What % of the time is your display picture-worthy?

[Dominican]

Kristy,

Thought someone might catch that.

That's a great idea thanks. Never had much luck with flake or pellet alone though, unless it was soaked in garlic. There was always someone who wouldn't eat. Might try to wean them onto dry food using the garlic, because the option to auto-feed would be a God-send - not just for this light situation, but also to simplify tank mgmt when I'm away from home..

Shortened to: Actinics 7:30am - 10pm; MH: noon - 8pm
We'll see how that works out for now!

[350gt]

Mine love flake and pellets... And a auto feeder works wonders when not home.

Check out the eheim feeder, it lets you set up to 3 feeding times.

[Big_Pun]

ive been lucky and figured this tank out..... mine is always pretty clean aslong as gfo doesnt exhaust but i can tell right away and i keep 2lbs on hand at all times just incase. GFO is what keeps my tank clear i run carbon on ocasion. nutrient export in my tank is a big skimmer and bio-pellets. also tds on water for top-off/changes never gets above one. my lights are on a while 4x 54w t5 on at 8am then 2x 250 at 11am-9pm then t5 out at 10pm

[Dominican]

350gt, I'll keep that eheim in mind thanks. It looks pretty sweet.

bigpun, what do you mean when you say "as long as gfo doesn't exhaust?" I've run phosban (and carbon) for a long time via two TLF reactors chained together, but sounds like I might be missing something..

[Big_Pun]

it can only remove and hold so much before it starts to release some, so when I notice algae on glass is forming faster between cleanings I know it's done and needs to be changed out.

[Dominican]

Got it, thanks. The word "exhaust" threw me, but I guess it shouldn't have!