My coral QT seems to have dirty water all the time. It's only nice sparkling clear after a water change, but quickly the gunk starts to build up on the walls and the sand gets cloudy residue quickly. I have some gha growth in the tank but minimal... mostly get a brownish dusting or algae growth on the walls constantly. When i clean this off the walls and use a turkey baster on the sand, the debri had no where to go except style and wait for the next water change!
I have a 20g long tank currently, but switching to a 29g tank this week...and doing away with the sand! I use an Aquaclear HOB filter with only some ceramic balls for biological filtration. I removed the sponge since it seemed to just harbor the brown algae and really couldn't be cleaned well. I cut pieces of filter floss amid lay in the HOB filter when sitting things up, but have to watch that closely...loose filter floss in this type of filter rises quickly and overflows the filter... already had 2 overflow messes to clean up!
So, i was thinking of possibly using a canister filter. I have no experience with these. I don't want togo crazy on price for this small tank, but found this small internal marineland filter at petco. Anyone ever use one of these? You think this would work to clean up the debri in the water column after cleaning? Any other suggestions onwhat offers do in coral/invert QTs?
I have a 20g long tank currently, but switching to a 29g tank this week...and doing away with the sand! I use an Aquaclear HOB filter with only some ceramic balls for biological filtration. I removed the sponge since it seemed to just harbor the brown algae and really couldn't be cleaned well. I cut pieces of filter floss amid lay in the HOB filter when sitting things up, but have to watch that closely...loose filter floss in this type of filter rises quickly and overflows the filter... already had 2 overflow messes to clean up!
So, i was thinking of possibly using a canister filter. I have no experience with these. I don't want togo crazy on price for this small tank, but found this small internal marineland filter at petco. Anyone ever use one of these? You think this would work to clean up the debri in the water column after cleaning? Any other suggestions onwhat offers do in coral/invert QTs?