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    Quote Originally Posted by Gabriel13 View Post
    Can we please talk about your filtration and see some pics of it. Very impressive!
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    I’m still on the fence with the Anoxic Filtration System and overflows/sumps. I will start with overflow system cleaning today and keep you posted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    I'm glad you found the problem. I can understand how it was driving you batty.
    Every single wc! My husband still balks, but he is grudgingly going to help so I hope this solves the problem or I’ll have to listen to him-ugh! Fingers crossed!

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    Gabriel,
    I’m still on the fence with the Anoxic Filtration System and overflows/sumps. I will start with overflow system cleaning today and keep you posted.
    Thank you Patty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenene View Post
    Hi Patty! Your tank looks great!

    I had the same issue since I have a corner flow tank too. I had a problem with my sump hoses leaking and hired an aquarium maintenance guy to fix it last year. At the time I asked him to pull the tubes out so I could clean them. He thought I was nuts. Said my tank was too clean. No such thing. I humored him and told him it was ocd. I completely get your frustration. You spend time putting clean water in....then turn on the pump to see garbage flying out of the return back into your clean tank! Ahhhhh!!!! It was great for a long time but is just starting to gunk up again. It scares me to pull on those tubes though. I am always visualizing cracking the tube, tank or something else that can’t be fixed in a timely manor. It’s tough to get brushes in them too..
    It’s good to see them all happy and bright. Throw that pic out to Kenny. He’d love to see it.
    You are my leader in forging ahead. Every time I look at those hoses under the tank and think of undoing those clamps, I picture 125 gallons of water pouring out everywhere. That fear over rides my OCD as I don’t have a valve shut off. Do you have valves that turn off? Thanks in advance my fearless tank hose leader!
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    Quote Originally Posted by brewmaster15 View Post
    Thanks Patty! I see them fine now. I'm trying to trouble shoot whats going on.

    Al
    Al, I think the problem is I updated my old phone and synced it to my i pad, but my i pad is old. Time to break down and get a new one. I loaded the ones that did show from work during a lull before the storm. Sorry I couldn’t follow up sooner.

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    Hey Patty, looks like you're the only anoxic entry, so far...

    Will be putting my tank in when I have something to photograph. Will just be the hardscape, but get ready for a fellow experimentalist....

    Great to see your tank and fish, looking very, very nice indeed. Good luck. Rob

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    Thanks Rob,
    I’ve been reading your afs thread. Glad to hear you’ll bringing your experiment here too. To that end here are my results a few hrs after wc. I usually test on the alternating day when I haven’t done wc. This is after cleaning corner overflows. I found out that the black corner overflows have a center panel that can be lifted out and I attacked the crud that had been built up there. My tank water was so dirty with this gunk that I skipped doing the hoses, till next week when hubby is on vacation. I am now as fearless as Jenene.
    I didn’t add liquid iron to my baskets as you did, so it would be interesting to see our progress in this regard. Today I’m just back to loving my tank sans gunk. Here’s my results92D54FD5-86FB-478E-8A90-29E3DD0BE5E7.jpg

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    If it wasn't for the bubbles I wouldn't be able to tell if there was water in there! Love it!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gabriel13 View Post
    Can we please talk about your filtration and see some pics of it. Very impressive!
    Now that I’ve finally figured out the overflow system, I thought I’d show you my sump and bionitrification baskets:3CFE8714-D554-4525-9117-4A814D6236A0.jpgAEB502F9-BEEB-4E5F-AB48-62CAE47D289F.jpgB33B8740-4020-45C4-B36F-9A8E50FC1319.jpg

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    The first pick is of my right side and the return pump. The second is of my bionitrification baskets . The third is of my filter socks. I have 3 more baskets under the filter socks for 9 total baskets. Here’s another pic that shows the heaters in my 1st chamber on the left850F1130-8FCC-4664-8062-D069085E136F.jpg. These baskets are suppose to gas off nitrates so you (in theory) don’t have to take them out through wc. I’m not convinced but will continue for now as my water is pretty clear.

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    A picture of my favorite DEF7E5A2-1423-4049-8BB7-0E0B5B3D08A7.jpg
    If the discus are happy, I’m happy

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    [QUOTE=Pices;1289479]And my clean tank!B34971BA-4C31-483B-B954-6FE99C23A286.jpg


    Looks like they are barreling down a highway

    (The Fifth Element)
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    Now that’s funny!
    If the discus are happy, I’m happy

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    How long have you been running the baskets in your system?

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