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- Subject: Re: [M][B] Help & questions after 1st week cycling 1st tank
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.232505.1544@attain.icd.teradyne.com>
- From: brian@picasso.icd.teradyne.com (Brian Hunter)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:25:05 GMT
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- In article <1ee9suINNgls@morrow.stanford.edu> AS.CCB@forsythe.stanford.edu (Christopher Bekins) writes:
- >To Todd: Dana's correct about keeping the gravel filterbed
- >clean, but don't clean the whole thing at one time; only clean
- >about 1/3 of the filterbed at a time when you do your water
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- When I clean the gravel I use a diatom filter. I clean the Entire
- bed as completely as I can. I have never had Any problem
- with the biologic filter afterwards.
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- >To fellow newsgroupers: What about Todd's original question?
- >How long could a typical marine UGF stand a power outage?
- >How would you recover from, say, an 8 - 12 hour outage? Do
- >an immediate radical water change? Do a total filterbed rinse
- >(as described above) and then a 100% water change? Anyone
- >had any experiences with power outages from which you successfully
- >recovered?
- >
- >Cheers,
- >Christopher (week three of tank cycle - 5th tank start-up in 3 years)
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- Well, I forgot to turn my pumps back on after feeding a few weeks ago.
- (A timer to be installed soon!) The pump was off untill I got home
- from work which was something greater than 8 hours with no problem
- at all.
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- I will point out this is a reef tank with a low load (only 3 fish).
- A heavily loaded tank might not fare as well.
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- Brian
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