DePreston's Blog – December 2012 Archive (3)

Marineland c530 canister filter

I have a c530 Marineland canister filter and have been using it for about 6 weeks, I was thinking of checking it out as to see how dirty it is and replace the carbon and the polishing filter media this week.  Any suggestions on what to use to improve the filter?  I have seen on you tube several additional items.  Anyone out there have and ideas?  Thanks.

Added by DePreston on December 30, 2012 at 5:59am — No Comments

Hard water

Why is my water so hard?  I measured it this morning and it showed between 150 and 300. Is this a problem? What should the numbers be?  I have a 90 gallon tank with a Marineland 530, and HOB, a UV running, another home made bio filter.  NO3 at 40, No2 zero, the ph is about 6.2, but the hardness is…

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Added by DePreston on December 30, 2012 at 5:46am — 5 Comments

Algae explosion

Help, I have quite a few small ball like algae growing in my plants and rocks.  What is going on?  They are stuck pretty well on them.  Any ideas on how to get rid of it and keep it away? 

Added by DePreston on December 23, 2012 at 5:23am — 2 Comments

               

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