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From what I understand you should rinse the frozen mysis in RO water, just in case you rinsed in tap water.

I am new also. When I bought my tank I bought a Deep Six but afterwards was warned that the accuracy is not great. So I bought a Instant Ocean swing arm hydrometer. My LFS uses one also and they get different readings on my sample water than I got. I use to be a home brewer and have a glass...

As stated, Creatine is perfectly safe. But expect to increase your water intake and expect some water weight. So it may not make sense if you're trying to get cut. There was a bit of story years ago with "creatine causing death". Well it involved a collegiate wrestler who was using creatine and...

I replaced the glass lid with ceiling tile egg crate from HD. It works good.

The glass top sort of looks good but it gets covered with evaporation and it raises the temperature by a lot. The ATO does suck but the salt issue is not the problem. You're not adding salt because the bottle touches. The reservoir is literaly the 2 lttle bottle. It just does not last long...

Thanks for the info. I replaced the Solana's bottle autotopoff with one from autotopoff.com. It seems to work well. It's good to know that 82' is nothing to panic about.

My parameters have been very good. My nitrates have been below 5 ppm. I'm pretty convinced I threw him away. I have been turning the nano powerheads off but not the main pump when feeding. I'll try that too.

Last Sunday night I noticed that my sally lightfoot was hiding in a cave and not moving. About and hour or 2 later I checked again and he moved about an inch. So I thought I would wait and see. In the morning I saw him outside the cave, on his side and not moving. Also 3 of his legs were off and...

Yesterday my temperature climbed to 82', I want it down my 76'. So I turned the Azoo fans on, they are normally only on when my MH lights are on. This lowered the temp over time to 77. This morning I opened all of the windows and the temp dropped to 74.5' even though my heater is set for 77'...

Thanks, I just needed to hear "relax, have a cup of coffee". Last night I was convinced my sally lightfoot was dead or dieing. This morning, however, I was 99.9% sure he was molting because I found his empty shell.

I have a green mushroom coral for about a week now. I was away yesterday but when I got home I noticed that the color was vibrant but it wasn't as full looking as it has been. This is with the light on. The only thing I noticed different about the tank was that the temperature was a few degrees...

A friend did what bionicarm suggested and it worked like a charm. By the way, it's VOIP, not VOP. VOP is voice of prophecy, among other things.

I was pretty sure the water is okay, but figured it was best to check. I have had a pump in it going the whole time. I'm assuming I can set up my QT tonight and cure the rock right in it. Needless to say, my 1st fish will be weeks away.

I bought a lb. of LR for a QT last week. I never set it up but plan on setting it up tonight. Should I be concerned? btw, I know there are mixed opinions about LR in a QT. My thought is that it allows me to get some beneficial bacteria in there. If I have to convert it into a HT I will pull the...

I was a homebrewer. I started with extract and moved on to all grain. I brewed ales, no lagers. It's a pain to do in an apartment, but I do miss the beer, I actually won a couple of ribbons. If I buy a house I'll probably start up again.

I had one 10 days ago on my new tank. I used Aiptasia-x and got him. I have not seen anymore since. I never removed it but let it just fall. I do a visual inspection of the rocks daily and have not seen any more of them.

The light will be on a timer. You hear these horror stories about algae taking over the tank that you want to get a reality check. I'll just set it for 12 hours a day and let it go at that.

There is some coraline on the LR. I'm happy to add some food and try to get a spike. As far as the algae goes I go away next weekend for 5 nights. Should I be worried about too much algae? This is my first aquarium.

I have a 34 gal. solana. I set it up almost 3 weeks ago with LR and LS. The LR was cured. I'm waiting a few more weeks before I put a CUC in. Is there any reason to have the light on for any period of time. If I'm sitting at home I turn it on just to see the rock work better but I'm wondering if...

I remember when Conan first came on. He was so bad and nervous that it was painful to watch. But he became great. I'm not a Jimmy Fallon fan but you gotta give him some time.