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YellowBelly · 09-11-2007, 05:06 PM

I use carbon and a phosphate remover in a reactor. I have two of my powerheads close to the waters surface to break the water and make ripples. If I just have one on the film starts to form on one side of the tank. I do have a reef ready aquarium so the overflow helps to eliminate the scum on the surface. I also use a protein skimmer and have Chaetopmorpha algae in my refugium. The tank cycles 10 times through the sump/refugium and the water in the top tank moves at 33 times the total volume.

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YellowBelly Skunk Shrimp Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 20 Posts: 271 Karma: 251	I use carbon and a phosphate remover in a reactor. I have two of my powerheads close to the waters surface to break the water and make ripples. If I just have one on the film starts to form on one side of the tank. I do have a reef ready aquarium so the overflow helps to eliminate the scum on the surface. I also use a protein skimmer and have Chaetopmorpha algae in my refugium. The tank cycles 10 times through the sump/refugium and the water in the top tank moves at 33 times the total volume.