nasty gunk on top of water (carbon question)
 

Took out my carbon inserts and used peat instead. now there's a nasty "oil
slick" at the top of the tank. anyway to get rid of it w/o putting the
carbon back in?

nasty gunk on top of water (carbon question)
 

it's a protein layer, made by waste, fixed by having surface turbulence...
create some surface agitation, not only to keep from seeing it, but it
breaks it down, moves it, helps to keep it from building up...
"Aku, Shapeshifting Master Of Darkness" wrote in message
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Took out my carbon inserts and used peat instead. now there's a nasty "oil
slick" at the top of the tank. anyway to get rid of it w/o putting the
carbon back in?

nasty gunk on top of water (carbon question)
 

i bought a Hagen sufrace skimmer and attached it to my canister. no more
surface slick problem.

"RedForeman" wrote in message
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it's a protein layer, made by waste, fixed by having surface turbulence...
create some surface agitation, not only to keep from seeing it, but it
breaks it down, moves it, helps to keep it from building up...
"Aku, Shapeshifting Master Of Darkness" wrote in message
...
Took out my carbon inserts and used peat instead. now there's a nasty
"oil
slick" at the top of the tank. anyway to get rid of it w/o putting the
carbon back in?