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about a quarter of my 75 gallon tank has red algae on the c.c. should i remove it and replace with new c.c. if left alone will it harm anything on the reef thanks

I am confused on the specific gravity that is ideal for a reef tank. The pet store said 1.019 so parasites would not be a problem. So that is what i had it at and my corals looked bad then i let some water evaporate the gravity went up to 1.024 and my corals look great. What is the ideal gravity.

my 75gallon reef tank is about 8 months old it started as fo then fowlr now im starting to add corals as i reseach the corals i see lps or sps what are the abb. for

I was using tap water for my reef aquarium then I was told ro water would be much better i went to wal-marts and i did not see it. I bought spring water that said it was processed by: charcoal filtered, micron filtered, ozonated. I don't know if this is good or not?

my specific gravity is 1.021 their is no ammonia ph is 8.2 i dont know the numbers for nitrite or nitrate but he said they were well in range the others i dont know i have 1 power head an 802 im using tap water with prime what is a wet dry sump. yes i do have a skimmer a prizm? i think thats...

just got into saltwater aquariums i set up a 75 gal. about 5 months ago i have some mushroom corals a yellow tang ,coral beauty ,clown, live rock and some inverts. all the test at the lfs check good for water quality but their is a brown film ontop of the water can anyone give me some advice. thanks

I have a new tank and just resently got into salt water. I have some mushroom corrals, clown fish, snails, etc. I am getting a small film on top of my water and the tests keep coming back ok. Any advise