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I don't understand how i could have bad water conditions when all my levels are fine. Even my coral mushrooms are ok! I don't understand how my water conditions could be bad and yet all the tests I did came out fine, I even double checked by letting the fish store also test the water. I...

29gallon tank / 30pds of LR / 10 nitrates / 0 nitrites / 0 amonia 8.4 ph / 11 KH / 350 calcium / crushed coral My sand-sifter star is lossing the ends of his legs!!! It has happened on one of its legs and it looks like its happening to another. I have had it for 3 months and the tank has...

its coraline algae. I have had my 29g up for 4 months and worked very hard to get that purple algae. The more stable your KH and Calcium levels the better it will grow. Also there is some type of green stuff I put in my tank to feed the mushrooms that helps it grow too.

I have a 9watt UV on my 29g tank and I think it is helpful. I have 3 green chromis and 2 little tank raised clowns. My clean up crew consists of 4 blue and 4 red hermits, 3 trochus, 1 emerald, sand sifter star, cleaner shrimp and a peppermint shrimp. I have 30pds of live rock. Tank set...

:D It has been a few days since I added my mushrooms and they seems to be doing fine. I am going to get some polyps next and maybe some bubble corals. I am going to attempt some experiments with a low light annemone. Let you know how it goes...

Thanks for the responses....I have recently purchased several types of mushrooms to add to the tank with a few polyps. I am using the Kent calcium Part A and B to help grow coraline algae. Hopefully the 2 watts per gallon will be enough to let them grow too...I want to try and get an anemonne...

I have a 29 gallon and if I were you...I would use live sand bed instead of crushed coral. I have c.c. and although its not bad I think live sand is more natural. You definetly need a protien skimmer, heater, and 2 0r 3 powerheads. CPR makes a real nice backpack skimmer. You will also...

Thank you for the informative reply Kelly! Right now I am using the 2 30watt bulbs and one is aquitic and one is 10,000K. Like you observed this gives me 2wpg which should be more than adequate like you said for some soft corals. I am working on increasing my calcium levels, yesterday they...

I am very skeptical about this needing hundreds of watts of lights. I spoke to a few electricians about lighting and its effects. The 60 watt hood I recently bought with 2 30watt lights should be able to sustain some type of soft corals. Even with that lame 20 watt bulb I had before small...

I recently ungraded my lighting on my 29 gallon tank. I had a single 20 watt florecent light 24inch long. I now have 2 30watts 29inchs long, for a total of 60watts. One white light one aquitic blue. Can this support some types of soft corals like anemonies or other types?? Obviously no...

Hey I have the same skimmer you do and it does the same thing. It doesn't really produce any foam at all. I have a coffee like waste water in the collection cup! I have had mine for 3 months and to tell you the truth it seems to be working just fine to me. Although It doesn't produce foam...

I have a 9 watt UV sterelizer on my 29g tank with a rio 400 pump. My question is whether the pump should be at the bottom of the tank or at the top of the tank? Where would it be more effective to catch harmful parasites and bacteria??? I got the UV because I cannot seem to get rid of some...

If the water is cloudy when you do water changes it may be because you didn't rinse out the gravel before you put in it! This also happened to me. What you should do is use gravel vac and slowly remove the dust from the gravel. When your ready to do a water change use the gravel vac and when...

If I were you I would keep my crushed coral because as long as you have a good clean up crew the c.c. is very attractive, plus you already added it! Keep the power heads running too. I would wait two weeks for your tank to cycle, then add about 60pds of Live Rock. I would then take out the...

I just thought of this...Did you rinse off your c.c. before you added it?? If you didn't thats why the water is cloudy. When you add water it stirs up the c.c. and the dust spreads. Try to use a gravel filter to remove the dusty stuff from the bottom and then when you add water watch and...

I just thought of this...Did you rinse off your c.c. before you added it?? If you didn't thats why the water is cloudy. When you add water it stirs up the c.c. and the dust spreads. Try to use a gravel filter to remove the dusty stuff from the bottom and then when you add water watch and...

what size tank do you have??? maybe add some more live rock too. Where do you get the water for your water changes? Are you using R/O water?? Brown Algae comes from tap water often.

I have about 3 inches of c.c. on the bottom of my 29 gallon tank. When I started to get the unsightly brown algae I got trochus snails and hermit crabs. 1 snail per 10 gallons and I have now idea how many hermits. I have 3 snails, 4 blue hermits, 4 red hermits, 1 cleaner shrimp, emerald...

Man I am somewhat new to the hobby, but if you have a 100g tank with about 60pds of LR and a good protein skimmer with at least 2 powerheads you should be just fine! You are checking your water every day and thats good. I would do a 5% water change every other day too! Make sure you check...

It is strange isn't it??? I have the same problem with my 2 green Chromis. 29g with 20pds of LR. Recently I purchased a 9 watt UV Steralizer for my tank and started to feed garlic every other day. I added another Chromis 3 days ago and he hasnt shown any shaking signs yet. I really don't...