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hmm thanks stan im not sure what scheme im gonna go with yet, but to day i added less than a half of cap ful of seachem reef cal to my tank and when i came home my xenias were pulsing again i dont know if the cal helped or not i wouldnt think so since i think the xenias like iodine any way.. i...

alright i guess i can find some thing else to do for the time that was gonna take then i think it has already cycled its self cause i used my tank water, and my ammonia was a little high this morning thanks guys!!!

ok, sounds good ill do just that Boy i was sure hoping i could add my sick fish this weekend!!! should i leave all the carbon and sponges and bio whell and stuff in there for the raw shrimp, and the cycle???

upon reading SOME of the link you sent me, from what i can understand i take it that they are sying that the aquarist should add lime water or kalk as 1 of the options to not shock your tank with a over dose of cal, mag, or alk is this correct??? so if i do a drip method of kalk to my tank does...

thanks i think your right!!!

ok when i started up my qt tank i just added water from my existing tank that has been up for about 3 months, and ro/di water its been up now for about a week, and i just threw a sponge in there tonight that had been in my reef tank for about a week all i have for filtration is a biowheel, a...

yep your right thanks alot!!! i have reef calcium seachem i think, so should i add some according to the directions on the bottle???? or should i wait since i just added the corals tonight?? i think my alk is like 179 ppm is that bad??

guess i need to read it again, but i could have swore!! are u sure its a API test kit master reef???

huh?? thats not what the book says??? or maybe i dont understand arent you suspose to count from the 1st drop??? am i doing something wrong the directions aint all that good!!!

ok i got a API reef master test kit and for those who arent familiar with it 7 to 12 individual drops are equal to perfect calcium or between 400 to 520 well im at like 15 to 18 drops which is probably like 580 to 620 ppm is that bad or will my new sps and xenia have a surplus of calcium to...

today i got some kind of polypy coral, and not the bumpy kind not sure exactly what it is but it has like greenish polyps on it, and its skeleton is kinda red put it right under my 12 k, although as much light as i have on my 75 i could probably put it on the sand and it would grow fine im gonna...

thanks thats just what i wanted to hear man!!!

im in indiana anderson, in so come and gettum plweae!!!

heythanks guys great info ill go to the web site and look to see whats up

any 1`???? know????

eventually the water level will lower these skimmers are real sensitive to water chemistry how old is you tank check you params it needs to adjust to its new enviorment kinda like a new fish trust me just monitor it and eventually the water level will go down i bet there may be some gunk clogged...

dont worry i wasnt planning on it but thanks for the info im thinking about just flushing them the damsels any way not the foxface but i doubt i do!!! ill give them away to some one with a qt tank!!!

make sure you try turning it both ways. the pointy thing should be pointed to the front towards where the power head will be. i have the same skimmer on my 75 so i know im guessing its probably clogged or you got the return flow to deep in the water try running it completley out of the water and...

i bought a used hamilton reef star 14k light set up complete with the ballast but im not gonna use the light right now the ballast it came with is a icecap ballast, and it dosent say any thing about only being for a hqi buld it only says MH250 does this mean i can use it on a mogul based socket...

yeah im glad i set it up to it feels good to have a new tank!!! yeah its gonna be a real challenge to try this one last time if i dont make it this time ill eat my hat!!!! i know the trick the first step is that you dont have the store catch him or her with a net have them use a bucket thingy...