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The price you pay setting up a QT is made up in the meds that you have to purchase when your tank gets infected. The truth is that coral dips aren't 100% on all parasites even the ones that are just coral predators.Eggs often survive dips and will hatch in your tank, at that point your in for a...

ALL CORALS should be dipped! In addition to QT. What coral dip are you using that killed a brain coral? How long did you leave it in the solution? Never lost a coral to a dip.

Low Alk can cause this along with low calcium. Was the rock out the water when you did the water change? I would check to make sure Alkalinity is in line first.

Bought a few fish today. I need to add some size to the tank so I bought a hippo tang. He's so small right now maybe 1.5". I also bought 2 Snowflake Clowns. I swore that I would never get another clownfish but when I saw these I loved the paint job. They are currently in QT and will probably be...

There is a difference between a pH Controller and a pH Checker. The checker will tell you what the pH of the water is. A Controller controls a device based on the value of the pH of the water. For instance. The way a calcium reactor works is that when the pH gets to a certain level it releases...

Lost: Lime Green Open Brain Figured this one wouldn't last as it looked horrible and was covered in cyano at one time which exposed bone.

I truly believe that a magnesium test is a total waste of money as a normal routine test. If you are having issues with your tank and you have tested all of the others then buy one. In addition it usually takes a lot of magnesium dosed into the water to get it to raise. Me personally, the only...

I have the Alk, Cal, & Phosphate ones and love them. Once you get the process down it's super easy. No guessing. Only thing is that they can become pricey with having to by the reagents. If you are looking to know exactly whats going on with your tank no tester is better. Also make sure you...

Where is this tank located? Windows and exterior walls can increase the heat of a tank even if the ambient room temp is low. I am currently dealing with it. I prefer my tank at 77 at all time because the actual reefs are 76. However, I had to stop trying to fight the extra 3 degrees and raised...

Unbelievable. Happened to me also. They sold me treated tap water with salt mix. At least the guy is willing to admit that he is lacking knowledge. My LFS that did it to me refused to let me test their water before purchase, in fact they didn't even have a TDS meter in the store.

I think basically that the tank went through a "new tank" syndrome along with the moving the old rock over stirring up gunk and it just created a firestorm. I also think that since I can't locate dead fish in my system the decay added to it. It just seemed to be a endless battle. I will post...

This makes no sense... sorry going to be blunt. The sun doesn't get changed every 10 months!

How long have you had the coral? What type of lighting did it come from? It is possible that you have shocked it by increasing the light intensity too fast. Me personally I think a 12 hour photo period is long especially with mHs. I personally run my LEDs for 6. I read in a scientific magazine...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 I have a Profilux II. There are support forums that I can go to. I know my tank is hot. It was hot when I stuck my hand in the tank today to pull out some turf algae. That's what prompted me to set up my controller. I'll get a fan or two tomorrow. Not an...

What controller do you have, they also should be calibrated, my Apex temp probe was almost 2 degrees off. I bought two of the cheapo digital ones and believe it or not they read different values, albeit only by a couple tenths of a degree, at that point I decided to split the difference and set...

Well, it's been a while since I last updated this thread. I just have not been happy with my tank lately. There have been a lot of loses, and invasions of my piece of the ocean. I have been battling a hair algae outbreak, which I won about a month ago with the assistance of 40 Mexican Turbos...

If you start stirring up your sand, or your corals won't open, then you have to much flow. Outside of that no setup is the same, rockwork along with pump size, placement, type of livestock will all play a part in your decision.

Quote: Originally Posted by spanko Gonna agree with Acrylic here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L4mNXS_wkjM I agree also.... However, I'm a big proponent of having a lot of space for the smaller organisms in the tank to breed and grow. That requires more rock, however...

Agree. + Shrimp eggs are free fish food.

Quote: Originally Posted by AK thinking about maybe getting tunze turbelle nanostream pump if cant salvage this one Theres a report out about tunze overstating there pump GPH