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Like many CRS hobbists, I think something you have to bear with. I don't think you ever want to use a surface shimmer and get your CRSes sucked into the filter? Don't worry, so far non of my CRS died.
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my tank surface is always cover by a firm of oil like when i look from under the water upward.the oil cant be scoop using a net.everytime i did a wc to get rid of it 1 day later it would appear back again.
realy no idea what happening.
my almost 2 month crs tank has only taiwan moss,riccia and downoi.a diy co2
and cannister filter
Like many CRS hobbists, I think something you have to bear with. I don't think you ever want to use a surface shimmer and get your CRSes sucked into the filter? Don't worry, so far non of my CRS died.
Is there any way to get rid of it? coz it would stain the water surface edge of my tank which make it look ugly.
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Its a layer of protien.
You can't scoop that up. If you want to get rid of that protein layer, what you will need to invest in a surface skimmer.
Search for "oil on surface".
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you can cover the stains by stickers, 2" or so and have your water level slightly higher?
i tried surface skimmer b4 but my crs got suck into the filter ..i had no choice but to remove it.now it very unslighty of the tank surface.
i guess i have no choice but to make do with it.
does anyone expierence this b4 and come out with any solution??
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As I mentioned earlier, do a search for "oil on surface". There are many posts on this and many solutions as well.
Good luck.
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Mollies are known to eat this surface "oil". However i'm afraid the mollies will also take your CRS as snacks.
maybe you could refer to this thread
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ight=oily+film
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I cover the inlet of the surface skimmer with gauze. The type that is used to cover riccia on rocks, drift wood, etc.Originally Posted by jerome
i tried surface skimmer b4 but my crs got suck into the filter ..i had no choice but to remove it.now it very unslighty of the tank surface.
i guess i have no choice but to make do with it.
does anyone expierence this b4 and come out with any solution??
Before I did this, my shrimps "went" into the cannister filer. I actually found something like 7 or 8 of them there. Only 1 died fortunately. I don't have this problem anymore since covering the inlet.
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