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Fmxmatt

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I syphon the sand about once a week with my water changes

I find if i try and syphon off any crap of the sand i end up syphoning up the sand and it inevitably clogs the syphon :x

Got a pic of your tank jolliolli?

Depending on how i go in the weekend we might be hanging the MH lights this weekend so i'll see if i can take a pic once i've got them up. I suspect my diatom problem is related to light, (atm there i estimate there is only around 185W of light on a 400L tank), flow i need to increase this as well and maybe silicates

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I'm only running about 140w on a 350litre. Could be lighting times maybe? My timer poo'd itself during the week and 2 39w T5's stayed on for just over 48 hours, there was quite a bit of golden diatoms on the sand after that. But also contributing was a lack of water change I think

I modified my syphon because of the same reason :oops:

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