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Quarantine is an oft overlooked step in marine tanks, especially for those new to it. Even if they hear about it before hand many skip it because its one of those things not many freshwater people use so its an outside the box idea to some one new to the hobby. as well as what is seen as the...

I'm not a fan of algaecides, yes they kill algae but the problem is, they kill algae. including any phytoplanktonic style algae which is food for a lot of our critters (micro fauna etc.) as well as the stuff we want gone so the damage tends to be unseen. In the long run it may even be negligible...

if I could think of everything I wanted to say in one post that would be great, the brain fits and farts are really beginning to tick me off.

not hermit crabs, emerald crabs Mithrax Sculptus. it looks like a traditional crab but has spoon tipped claws. small ones are better the bigger they are the more prone they are to ingesting animal matter to flesh out their diet especially in aquaria low on plant matter to forage,. Any hermit...

phosphates (which your hair algae is consuming) inhibit coraline growth, so if you have no hair algae but don't eliminate the fuel for it the coraline development will be stunted.

the pink is coraline algae, a calcerous algae the red is probably the base for foraminiferans, but could also be coraline, coraline algae comes in every color out there, pink and purple being the most common in aquariums, reds semi common, yellows and greens tend not to last in our little glass...

the coraline is good stuff, emerald crabs are awesome little hair algae eaters. you could borrow some ones seahare for a bit if you want it mowed really fast. but it would eat all you have then run out of food. so you would have to find it a new home once your tank was cleaned out. either that...

I try to use my waste water for watering house plants and my garden, since I live in the city I pay both water and sewer on all the water I might as well use it.

lol hair algae is never a fun battle.

the internal organ one looks like it might be a clove polyp (clavularia sp.) of some sort put it in a medium/high flow area. it will most likely look better with some flow. and for god sakes man get some grazers in there snails etc

Just ordered a new bulb. 14k so we shall see how good the color is I decided to try an off brand for giggles. I was going to run the pheonix bulb but I'm not above a little experimentation, the reviews were decent on it but we shall see. should have it by friday

xenia is one strange coral, the why does it live and why does it die has been kicked around forever and no satisfactory answers have ever been solidly conclusive. Anyone can throw guesses out there but unfortunately the honest truth is no one knows why in some cases xenia dies off and others...

Sump has been inline and running for a couple days now. Been a bit under the weather so I haven't done much with the tank but feed it and keep it topped off.

conoror show some pictures of the "internal organ" looking one I am intrigued.

Pegasus Xenia is actually not really a mechanical filter feeder, it has no mouth (thus no mechanism to actually feed on particulate matter). its one of the very few corals that are almost purely photosynthetic it is believed it may absorb nutrients directly from the water as DOC (dissolved...

Good point beth, since the copper is detrimental to the bacteria as well. the chances for an ammonia spike killing everything is fairly high.

in new tank I do what ever water changes it takes to keep my ammonia 0.5 or lower since higher amounts can inhibit the growth of various nitrifying bacteria. as for water I only trust my own RO/di water. and since I run my reefs at 1.027-1.028 prefab mixed does me no good. so I can't help with...

ok copper power is a complexed copper product, since copper tends to complex with molecules like carbonates then precipitate out of solution they complexed it with a protien to keep it in solution. Follow the dosing meticulously, (yes one ounce for a full 20g with no decorations or other...