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k9BOLX · 11-04-2006, 01:34 PM

my tank has been up now for about 3 months. I have already gone through a diatom bloom and it cleared up. I have started to ge another now. I have about 120# of live rock. Im curious whether this could be something to do with the bioballs. Alot of people have suggested taking them out as I have enough live rock in the tank. Any thoughts?

I was just reading some other post about diatom bloom and crazy white sponges appearing in the sump. I just did a water cahnge and sucked a bunch of these sponges out. Is that why I am getting the diatom bloom again?
was taht a bad move?

11-04-2006, 01:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
k9BOLX Spaghetti Worm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgetown, KY Posts: 185 Karma: 13	my tank has been up now for about 3 months. I have already gone through a diatom bloom and it cleared up. I have started to ge another now. I have about 120# of live rock. Im curious whether this could be something to do with the bioballs. Alot of people have suggested taking them out as I have enough live rock in the tank. Any thoughts? I was just reading some other post about diatom bloom and crazy white sponges appearing in the sump. I just did a water cahnge and sucked a bunch of these sponges out. Is that why I am getting the diatom bloom again? was taht a bad move? _________ 95G AGA Wave\| 120# Carib-sea Aragonite \|100# Fiji live rock\| euro-reef 80 Skimmer \| Megalflow 3 sump \| 6 bulb Tek-light T5 HO 250G AFY \| 150G sump \| 100G fuge \| 35G frag \| Reeflo ORCA 250 \| 3x250w Halides \| t5 actinics \| Oceans motion custom "2way-4way" Last edited by k9BOLX; 11-04-2006 at 02:22 PM.