125 Gallon "Angels in Paradise" Journal - Page 3 - Journals

raven_wilde · 12-12-2005, 04:51 PM

Ah, so nice of CaribSea to step up like they have... very nice company.

ibanezgfx · 12-13-2005, 10:19 AM

i love your tank. i wish i could make my 55g look like that but im a complete newb

imatrout · 12-22-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by crshadow

Well, to answer your questions, only 3 out of about 12 bags of eco-complete I used were contaminated. At the time I had not yet discovered the phosphate issue associated with the contaminated eco-complete. By the time I did, I had already added plants to the tank and didn't want to start over. I figured I'd just take care of it with water changes, but I didn't realize just how many water changes it would actually take to get rid of it all!

For what it's worth, Caribsea did eventually send me replacements, which I am saving for another tank.

The EXACT same thing happened to me and Carib-Sea stepped up and sent me 14 bags. It's such a hassle to tear down a big tank I am waiting to see if the PO4 levels subside. They seem to be. I have them down to the 10 ppm range (still way too high) I started in the 100 ppm range too. I also started with a very heavy planting and still to this day have virtually zero algae. I am keeping the NO3 up in the 25 ppm range to help the uptake of PO4.

Here's a picture of my tank. This is about 2 monthsafter the Eco -Complete install.