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I do not have a TDS meter so I am using a fresh set of filters and new batch of RO/DI water to potentially resolve top off issues. I am currently using Red Sea Coral Pro salt which I am sure is a reef salt. As far as watcher changes are concerned, I believe I pretty well have the idea, I make a...

Temp is 82F Salinity is 1.024 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 20's Calcium 360 - 380 hard to tell KH - 9 Phosphate - appears to be 0 PH - 8.0

I was able to blow " most " of it off with a turkey baster. Would that cause zoas not to open? Should I be considering a dip? Would that also cause Green Star Polyps not to open? I do not see any purple anywhere near them.

Hello, I have attached a few pictures. All tank parameters that I am able to test for are in line. My Zoas stopped opening about 1 1/2 weeks ago and now this morning I am noticing this purplish stuff growing on them. The green star polyps have also not been opening. I have completed two 5...

Hello, No I am not having a problem at all with water temp it stays at a constant 78 with a heater. I have replaced the power compact lighting with LED lighting though which may be helping out greatly. I am also using a Vortech mp10 a design where the motor is on the outside of the tank not on...

Lights are off right now so the nem is a bit closed up. But you can see its legs right under it. I am 100% sure it is an emerald crab as I bought it from SWF and it looks just like the picture of an emerald crab. :P

Hello Everyone :) I just have an oddball question. I have tried searching Google and this website to see if I could find any results but was not able to. I have an emerald crab that always insists on being near the anemone, Even while it has no food. It just likes to be right at the foot. Is...

Did you buy your tank new or used? Maybe someone has used chemicals in the tank that are now in the silicone? What are you feeding them? Them turning white may be more of a sign of general impending death than the problem itself.

Hello, I am by no means an expert on Algae, But I would say that in a 180 you need to have more of a cleanup crew than a few crabs and snails. They are truly essential. Some people have success without them but I'd say that number is far less than people that have proper cleanup crews. So I...

Hello, I did not see an area for buy and selling stuff. But if anyone has a broken vortech mp10 or mp40 they would like to sell please message me or email me at nicholas.olson@support.com Thanks.

I am raising a thread from the dead because I used the " search function :) " My question about this is if I am raising my salinity using the ATO method, Do I make the salinity where I would normally want it 1.026? Or do I make the water very salty like 1.030 so that it will raise it? Hopefully...

My new cleanup crew consists of : 25 - Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crabs 9 - Astrea Turbo Snails 10 - Nassarius Snails 5 - Bumble Bee Snails 5 - Cerith Snails 1 - Emerald Crab 1 - Peppermint Shrimp One of the bags of snails had a really foul odor when I opened it. Is this normal or did one of them die?

Update - On 10/1/2012 I tested my water and had a very minor trace of ammonia zero nitrite and zero nitrate. I have a massive bloom of diatom algae so I feel my cycle is over after roughly 2 weeks. I completed a 6 gallon water change, In the process getting water all over the floor and ordered...

Hello, I am a bit confused at the moment with the progress of my cycle. I have a 29 gallon Biocube with 40lbs of live sand and 32 lbs of live rock, I cycled with the die off of the live rock during transportation. I have witness a huge spike in my Nitrites 5.0 PPM+ it was off the scale and...

You calibrate it to fresh RO water and it is good to go from there. :)