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I wouldnt use the water. The reason is you stated you used this water to cycle your tank with 3 shrimps. The nitrate level is probably high. If you try and use this water when you cycle your new rock you will see those nitrates sky rocket. Now you have a new problem..hair algae and maybe...

YIPEE!!!! Let the Corraline algae begin...

Boomer, You are the expert on Cal/Alk/PH. I think I have reason to be happy. I just wanted to confirm with you. After alot of work my water has been consistently testing at the following levels. Cal..450-460 Alk..10-11 dkh Ph..8.2 to 8.3 Should I be dancing..??

The problem is not the center brace melting. Acrylic is a great at retaining heat. If the center brace gets too hot and water splashing on the brace it can crack. Sort of like a hot glass and cold water. If the brace cracks you can have a failure of your tank. If you have an acrylic tank you...

Danrw84, Sorry to see you get out of the hobby. If anyway possible don't sell. You helped me in the past with advice. I hate to see you go.

The link to aquabotanic is a comparison of a lights for a freshwater planted aquaria. I would believe there are differences between that use and the type of VHO's we use on a reef tank. I would like to see research comparing lighting used on reefs. This is a very interesting topic.

I have had both ...and my opinion is go all VHO. My corals seem to look better under the light. Everything opens up great. Plus it gives you the option to go bigger in the future and use VHO to supplement MH (that's my plan).

What size tank do you have. I had 4x55 watt pc on a 40 and switched to 4x95 VHO. The difference is incredible. Atinics look so much better and now I have total tank coverage. PC's in my opinion (nothing scientific) are designed for smaller tanks. Anything above 20 gallon and I think it is hard...

Nothing...Got home today. Found a few holes in live rock. Of course it would be in my base rock in the back. Placed a silverside by the whole, nothing took the bait. Looked around after lights out ..found out where my lobster hides, found alot of worms and life on my rock(yipee!) , my...

I'm still at work.. getting ready to leave now and see what I find. Last night was the first time I heard anything so hopefully I can see something. Spent an hour at 4am looking in the tank with no luck.

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I thought about a pistol shrimp also since no fish loss and the lobster and crab are okay. I just wanted someone else to say. Thanks Michelle and Bang for giving me some hope...

Any other opinions or advice on how I can be sure..HELP!!..I'm freaking out

That's what I'm afraid of. I dont want to take my tank down. Everything is finally stable and growing. I have no ideal what rock it could be in. I have never seen a trace of a Mantis. Even the snail I lost are just empty shells. I thought they would smash the shells. Is there any way I can...

Tank was upgraded from a 29 gal about six months ago. Never have lost a fish even during minor ick outbreak. Last night I woke up and heard a clicking noise. Not too loud, but I had never heard it before. I got a flashlight, but I couldnt find anything unusual after looking for an hour. I have a...

That alot of vinegar (4 tsp) ..I would worry about alk and nutrients with that much .

This sounds very interesting. I drip kalk and have a couple of questions. 1. How much vinegar and kalk would you use to make 1 gallon? 2. Acetate feeds the bacteria..would that cause a nutrient problem? 3. What are the risks to your alk? If anyone can anwser these I would appreciate it

If I didnt see the molt periodically I wouldnt know I have one. The last time I saw it up close was in my LFS. Beautiful creatures, mine has never touched anything

Good coral.. Grows very fast and needs alot of space since it stings other corals. It likes moderate current. I had one but had to give away because it needed so much space and grew so fast. They are easy to frag.

I hate Rio powerheads. Before I joined this board I purchased 4 Rio's for water movement. The first one failed in a month. Yesterday I went home to find another one had stopped. I took it apart, banged it around, and finally got it to work again. Now however it rattles like it's dying. I just...