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Randy Holmes Farley's take on aluminum oxide and ferric oxide http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/rhf/index.php#16. He does mention some very minor side effects of GFO like possible increased calcification on or near the GFO, but he does state the following: The bottom line: Would I use GFO to...

I believe aluminum-oxide was one of the types of products that I've read could release absorbed phosphates back into your system under certain conditions. That's why I specifically recommend iron oxide based products like GFO or chemipure elite. What do you consider "Chemicals"? I would guess...

Very nice. I really like Alveopora. I currently have two of them in my tank. Just be careful with it. They are very delicate. I had one that thrived and grew for almost a year. Then something knocked it off of it's perch and it fell to the sand. It bleached and slowly died after that. One...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 Don't try to use phosphate absorbing media, however, because it might shock your corals. Where are you getting this from? GFO is very commonly used with no ill effects that I have ever heard/read of. Unless you are talking about media other than GFO...

Quote: Originally Posted by spanko Oh yeah and this.................... http://www.natureisawesome.net/crazy-ocean-foam/ My thoughts exactly. Beaches are the oceans skimmer cup.

I would do a large water change (around 30%) to get the nitrates and phosphates down. I would also use some GFO to lower those phosphates. Either a bag of Chemipure elite or Phosban. Phosban works best with a reactor, but it does come with a mesh bag. You can just dumps some of it into the...

Grats on the 6 week old. I have a 5 week old and my 2 year old.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gemmy Congrats!!! Thanks! Now you know why I sound a bit grumpy or confrontational in some of my posts. Sleep deprivation...

I would say that a good skimmer does a better job of nitrate removal (or prevention), but removes very little phosphates, doesn't encourage pod population growth and generally smells worse when cleaning. The skimmer is a very effective uni-tasker and the turf scrubber (or macro's) has a broader...

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower I can't help but comment...Congratulations on quitting smoking and May you enjoy your new hobby for many. many years and in good health. Thanks. It's been over a year and a half since I quit smoking and set up my tank. Both the tank and the not smoking are...

Better then the way I did it. I walked into a LFS, handed them my credit card and told them to sell me everything I needed for a saltwater tank. Half of the stuff that they sold me is sitting on a shelf in my garage. For me the project of setting up a tank was a distraction to help me quit...

Oh. I picked up this Baby-o-pora frag about a month ago. I got a really good deal on it at my wife's uterus.

Picked these two up last week. Purple Stylo with and without the flash. My Photography skills are lacking. Red Acans: I haven't decided on final placement for the Acans. My Duncans are recovering nicely from their mauling. Coming out a little more each day.

Quote: Originally Posted by bender77 Pardon the spellings, but I think it looks like either a gonipora or aveolipora Now that you mention it, it does look like an Alveopora. Do the polyps have 12 little tentacles?

I tried to take a better picture of it, but my camera is 10 years and my photography skills are limited. It is very very tiny. I guess I should just nuke it with some Joe's Juice to be on the safe side.

That's cool. I thought about plumbing through the wall behind my tank into the garage, but was worried about temperature swings. It gets really hot in my garage. I would think a shed would be even worse.

If it makes you feel any better, my tank survived a massive kalk overdose. Someone at my LFS talked me into buying a cheap kalk reactor and sold me some concentrated kalk slurry to go with it. Needless to say, the guy gave me some bad advice and it started "snowing" in my tank as soon as I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower LOL...now it is being hailed as a phosphate remover too. In the January 2005 issue of Reefkeeping magazine, Randy Holmes-Farley has an article called "What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime". In it he talks about phosphates being lowered by dripping...

On a side note, many people believe that dripping kalk also reduces phosphates in your tank. Just another possible added bonus of dripping kalk.

My Duncan's have always been in medium-high light and have grown like crazy. They definitely don't like a lot of flow, but can handle moderately intense light.