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There it is! Rock and sand all in place! My family really got me today for April fools. My mom screamed that my tank was leaking and it was dripping down the stand. I sprinted downstairs to see my mom, dad, and sister laughing at me. Well, April fools!
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that is the one downside with this combo - they can get obscured in a larger tank. Hopefully they set up shop closer to the front for you.
I replied on the other thread 'bout coming by if you want but now that i think of it...
How high up are the returns - wonder if somehow it's too high above the water line and siphoning air in as it returns into the tank.
I actually was able to stop the bubbles. Just switched to one outlet. Now with my overflow, its really loud and about every couple of minutes it seems to gasp for air as if there isn't any water there. It makes a sort of gurgling noise. Does that mean my pump isnt Strong enough or do I just need to add water to the display?
gurgling overflow means the pump is too powerful for the overflow.
or it could mean you didn't put the air holes into the durso pipes...or the airholes are plugged up. or the airhole isn't large enough...or...
Basically it's fixable...
this is a durso/megaflow right?
anyways the gurgling happens because the overflow is creating a siphon. Once that siphon happens, it rapidly flushes the water down - but when the siphon breaks, you get the "gurgling/flushing sound".
or it could mean you didn't put the air holes into the durso pipes...or the airholes are plugged up. or the airhole isn't large enough...or...
Basically it's fixable...
this is a durso/megaflow right?
anyways the gurgling happens because the overflow is creating a siphon. Once that siphon happens, it rapidly flushes the water down - but when the siphon breaks, you get the "gurgling/flushing sound".
yes that should work. What size return pump are you using?
I like to wait until my Nitrates are below 10 before adding anything. I might start with one of you least favorite fish, as a "first" fish.
Have you added an ammonia source since adding the bio-spira? If you are not getting an ammonia reading I would add either some unscented household ammonia or feed the tank like you would if it had fish in it. You need to challenge the bio-filter before you add any fish to make sure it can handle the load. It happens many times where people get a zero ammonia reading and think the tank is cycled so they add their fish and within a day or so are getting ammonia readings because the tank can't handle the bio-load.
Add enough ammonia to give you a reading of 1ppm. If the tank is cycled it will be able to clear that out in about 12 hrs. Of course you can only do this if you have no ivestock in the tank already.
Add enough ammonia to give you a reading of 1ppm. If the tank is cycled it will be able to clear that out in about 12 hrs. Of course you can only do this if you have no ivestock in the tank already.