Hi all
I've moved into a new place and the tank has gone through some changes as well. Made a small upgrade from a 20 gallon to a 29 gallon. I was in the process of going bare bottom through water changes anyway, so I'm starting bare bottom.
I was moving over about two weeks, so I shut down the protein skimmer so I didn't have to worry about overflow during that time, and saw that my tank was no worse for the wear.
When I set up the new tank, of course I wanted to give every part a good cleaning, so at first all I put on was the HOB filter with some carbon and a sponge. I noticed that everything was still doing well in the tank with just a heater and the filter, so it's been two weeks now and I still haven't added any other equipment back. I'm kind of enjoying having less noise and wire clutter, so I'm thinking of taking off the HOB and doing just a powerhead and a heater.
I've experimented over the past two years with all sorts of filter media...carbon, chemipure, purigen, phosphate remover pads, phosguard, nitrate remover pads, polishing pads, and prob some other stuff I'm forgetting. While I don't think it's all completely useless, I've never used any of it and though "My tank can't do without this." I've left the skimmer unplugged many times before and again never noticed any drastic difference. As long as I keep up with water changes, things are usually fine.
Any failure/success stories or suggestions with decluttering a tank from all the equipment?
I've moved into a new place and the tank has gone through some changes as well. Made a small upgrade from a 20 gallon to a 29 gallon. I was in the process of going bare bottom through water changes anyway, so I'm starting bare bottom.
I was moving over about two weeks, so I shut down the protein skimmer so I didn't have to worry about overflow during that time, and saw that my tank was no worse for the wear.
When I set up the new tank, of course I wanted to give every part a good cleaning, so at first all I put on was the HOB filter with some carbon and a sponge. I noticed that everything was still doing well in the tank with just a heater and the filter, so it's been two weeks now and I still haven't added any other equipment back. I'm kind of enjoying having less noise and wire clutter, so I'm thinking of taking off the HOB and doing just a powerhead and a heater.
I've experimented over the past two years with all sorts of filter media...carbon, chemipure, purigen, phosphate remover pads, phosguard, nitrate remover pads, polishing pads, and prob some other stuff I'm forgetting. While I don't think it's all completely useless, I've never used any of it and though "My tank can't do without this." I've left the skimmer unplugged many times before and again never noticed any drastic difference. As long as I keep up with water changes, things are usually fine.
Any failure/success stories or suggestions with decluttering a tank from all the equipment?
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