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Actually, I have looked into this and am leaving the window next to the tank wide open at night and cracked in the 90-100 degree daytime. Doesn't seem to be helping.

I recently purchased a pH meter and my readings I am getting are pretty scary. I bought all the fluids and checked calibration so I am led to believe that these readings are correct. First off, my tank and all the living creatures from starfish to fish and corals all are happy and active. The...

hmmm, then again maybe not:(

sorry... larger photo:)

:confused: I have had my umbrella mushroom for 8 months and it was doing great until about a month ago. My other mushrooms are doing great and madly multiplying so I wasn't to concerned when it closed up for awhile. No it is starting to open back up and it has a lot of little frilly stuff on...

There is a January Tank of the month at another reef site that is beautiful and he only has hang on tank equiptment. It can be done :)

My mandrin in a 125 has plenty of pods but also will chase and eat the fozen shrimp from the cubes. He has always eaten this, even when he was in my 55 and pretty much ate all the pods he would eat the shrimp. I guess I am very lucky. I won't get another until I have the refugium full of...

I have CC and a CC mix in 2 tanks (55&125) and have had sucess with most of my corals. Softies and SPS. I don't put them directly on the substrate though. I like them on the LR instaed. This also places them up closer to the lights. Many debates here on substrates, I like my CC and don't...

Do you have any livestock? If so what are you feeding? I have been fighting the cyno battle too and like to see what is possibly causing it in other tanks. I have started rinsing ALL frozen foods in RO/DI water, helps a little. Good luck.:happyfish

Just curious what the board would suggest. I have a 125 gallon reef tank with fish. The majority of my corals are just frags. The tank is several years old, and I have started adding more corals. When I bought the tank it only had a few mushrooms in it with fish. I have some softies and a...

I have a clarki that wiggles over my mandrin. I worried that he was acting agressively, but on closer inspection he does this right before he spits food out for him. I think he is in love, the mandrin thinks he's wierd, but he usually takes the easy lunch.:D :D

blk822, Do you have a reef tank? If so, what kind of corals do you have under your lighting? My softies are doing great but I want to upgrade to some hard corals:D

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Okay, I hate to ask but how do I check my ballasts to see what series they are? I have the lights hanging inside the canopy and all the ballasts are up on top in a box. Thanks:confused: :confused:

Due to the holidays and the winter slow season it is not in the budget to put in a whole new lighting system right now. I just need to know if it would be benificial to change 1 or 2 of the 100watts to the 175 watts which can run on the existing system. Thanks:D :D