- Location
- LONG ISLAND NEW YORK
so today was the big day...
i didn't realize (nor did my friend I bought it from) that the bottom shelf in the second chamber had been pushed down so that it was at an angle with the lower side at the level of the opening that enters the pump chamber. This created a zero flow zone that had never been cleaned out for almost 2 years. i took that shelf out and found this mucky sludge like black debris down there that was full of those dead white worms and other foul creatures from the deep haha. I siphoned all of the water and crap out of the middle and pump chambers and cleaned it completely. Hopefully that was a big reason why my nitrates were 80. I did about a 35% water change however I did not test the trates tonight but I will tomorrow and hopefully they have been lowered somewhat.
i didn't realize (nor did my friend I bought it from) that the bottom shelf in the second chamber had been pushed down so that it was at an angle with the lower side at the level of the opening that enters the pump chamber. This created a zero flow zone that had never been cleaned out for almost 2 years. i took that shelf out and found this mucky sludge like black debris down there that was full of those dead white worms and other foul creatures from the deep haha. I siphoned all of the water and crap out of the middle and pump chambers and cleaned it completely. Hopefully that was a big reason why my nitrates were 80. I did about a 35% water change however I did not test the trates tonight but I will tomorrow and hopefully they have been lowered somewhat.
