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You have to adjust your skimmer for less watery junk, also skimmers have a break in period from a few days to a few weeks, what you should do for now is run a little carbon in your filter it should get rid of a lot of those particles, I wouldnt suggest allways running carbon but run it for a...

even then you are relying on your equipment to compensate for something you can control, I wouldnt believe either till the temp was accurate, What if the water is WAY cooler or warmer, how much can your refrec. or hydro. adjust? .........just get a heater

I wouldnt, just make your cycle take longer, how "uncure"was your rock, really really stinky?

First off, test your water and let us know what your parameters are, Green star polyps are really hardy and if they are not opening, its probably not just lack of flow, theres probably something off in your water

oh yeah forgot about the tap bit, change it all!

leave it totally off for a day, it wont kill anything if your livestock is currently healthy, then start at 8 hrs, slowly move up to 10-12

Water changes right now is only making your cycle take longer, its ok if you cant find the dead meat! Yes it is decomposing, at the same time building up your bactieria, if you take the food out of the tank, that bactieria will die off and when you do add a fish it will recycle the tank

hey guys, were bumping over here....................

Free BUMP-- also curious about thier flow needs, high,med, low?

You will pay a little more but everyone everywhere says Salifert brand is the best. I bought a good test kit and a cheap test kit, I do weekly test with the cheap one and if I see anything I dont like I whip out the good kit to find out for sure.

inexpensvie live rock?!?!?!?! NOT possible!!! You could get some uncured LR and cure it yourself, its usually a bit cheaper

dont forget, trash the bucket too, or use it for cleaning!!! Not for your tank!

Is red light the secret? I have looked into my tank with a regular flash light late at night but dont see anything diffrent than the day time, none of this" WOW NEW STUFF"

ok I had the same issue a week ago, I started my tank in the winter and now summer is here and I was freaking out. I was shooting to keep my tank at 78. Well it would jump to 81.2-7, Thats a huge jump in my opinion because you really dont want any change, and definatly less than 2 degrees...

If I try bbq tongs id probably kill him! Which would still be better than the current situation, but not quiet desirable! :help:

So yeah my emerald crab is trying to rip my new zoos apart, hes had them stressed out since day 2 and its time to go for him, Any tips to get him out of there? Everytime I try he crawls deeper into the rocks! One time he stuck out his claw and showed it to me like he has weapons! Little bugger!

Wow those thing look like fun, I bet it still hurts though! Glowplug was my name on the first message board I ever posted on. It was an -- nitro car forum! I used to race them up in Joyce park ohio. A glowplug is a sparkplug on a nitro motor.

you could try moving your rocks around, that would get rid of any established territory and cause everyone to go new home shoping, they might chill out for a little while at least

I have glass tops on mine, for a fan I guess I would have to take those off! Dont you get a ton of evaporation from that? Anyone know what temps are on world reefs? We are supposed to be mother nature right?! I have allways heard that water temps on reefs is incredibly stable, I dont get it...

You cant beat RO water, plus that stuff is$$$$$$$$ out the yingyang!