So I am looking to add to my current 20H tank's equipment. It is running with a 130W CPF light, a 204 Fluval, two maxi-jet 400 power heads and a heater. I am getting RO water at Wal-mart but I don't know when the machine was last serviced. It's been running for jsut over 3 months and last tiem I checked my levels ammonia, nitrite, nitrate were 0, pH was 8.2, salinity and alkalinity were fine. Those are the only test I have.
I have a small cyano problem, which I am trying to get rid of by cutting back on lighting (8 Hours) but its not very successful. I am right now contributing it to the fact I have a canister filter running on the tank. I would like to replace the canister with a skimmer, which would hopefully help with the cyano, granted my water is really RO. Or maybe my cyano will go away with time? Will the replacement of the canister cause a ammonia spike?
Another purchase idea would be to setup a sump with a CPR CS50 overflow and a ten gallon tank and probably a rio pump. I would make the sump my self with just an intake section, place for rock and heater and then probably a bubble trap to the return. Later I could add a small skimmer to this but right now it would just replace the canister. The canister media would most likely be added some where in the sump for cycling reasons.
Sump would cost a bit more (overflow being the most expensive for the sump) and the skimmer would be the easiest to add on. I am concerned that the skimmer would take away too much flow/filtration from the canister and not be as helpful although I don't know which I would buy (suggestions?) The sump sound like a good idea, just a bit more of a project.
What would you guys suggest? I am also planning on adding more rock soon (currently about 20lbs). But what would be the best addition to the tank's health and maintenance right now?
I have a small cyano problem, which I am trying to get rid of by cutting back on lighting (8 Hours) but its not very successful. I am right now contributing it to the fact I have a canister filter running on the tank. I would like to replace the canister with a skimmer, which would hopefully help with the cyano, granted my water is really RO. Or maybe my cyano will go away with time? Will the replacement of the canister cause a ammonia spike?
Another purchase idea would be to setup a sump with a CPR CS50 overflow and a ten gallon tank and probably a rio pump. I would make the sump my self with just an intake section, place for rock and heater and then probably a bubble trap to the return. Later I could add a small skimmer to this but right now it would just replace the canister. The canister media would most likely be added some where in the sump for cycling reasons.
Sump would cost a bit more (overflow being the most expensive for the sump) and the skimmer would be the easiest to add on. I am concerned that the skimmer would take away too much flow/filtration from the canister and not be as helpful although I don't know which I would buy (suggestions?) The sump sound like a good idea, just a bit more of a project.
What would you guys suggest? I am also planning on adding more rock soon (currently about 20lbs). But what would be the best addition to the tank's health and maintenance right now?
