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Checked my tank parameters today; still zeros across nitrogen cycle/phosphate. pH is about 8.2ish, almost 8.3 and my alk is actually a bit low (about 1.8ish). I normally drip kalk to keep my alk up, but i can't with my pH being on the high end =/. I took some photos today. They were taken with...

I actually live in the suburbs towards the butler allegheny border at the moment. I go to school at PSU though (which trusting this tank to my semi-hobby familiar father might be a part of the problem). I have ran a twofishes phosphate reactor with medium in the sump before with no avail - I...

How many gph is that pump? Looks pretty big. Weird question, I know. I have issues with my 10g sump because it's not big enough to handle the on off surges so I had to restrict the flow a lot =(. Yours looks much nicer though and more functional; mine is just a 10g tank with baffles siliconed in...

I'd say aiptasia too. I'd say even if it's not, not worth the risk of aiptasia spreading. Take it out early =). I'd just search aiptasia on the forums and see what comes up, looks like most people have the best luck injecting them with saline or whatnot. Also people use peppermint shrimp with...

I live in Allegheny by the Butler border. Go to school at PSU though so not around here too much anymore.

You should be more than fine for soft's and some LPS. You can always position more light intensive corals accordingly higher up in the tank. Gotta start somewhere. zoos and softies will be more than fine =).

Just take a sample of water down to the store when you go to pick up the corals and have them test your levels. Keep in mind once you start messing with calcium, you will start a balancing game. Alk, calc, and pH and those all have a pretty complicated balancing relation. Add too much of one and...

I would say you are good to go with some simple softer corals. Zoos, polyps, and shrooms are all pretty simple. I think my first coral was a strip of green star polyps and now I can't get rid of them. Also my mushrooms have scattered throughout my entire tank randomly. I would say go for it As...

I am really at a loss for what to do at this point =(. Bad algae issue all around. Mostly hair.I will try to separate the thread describing my setup a bit to make it easier to read. Bolded some more applicable parts if you want to skim and shoot some ideas anyhow.Setup and History:My 30g reef...