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People underestimate LR. You could run a succesful reef with 10 lbs in your system. It is just a matter of looks. The bio wheel is a nitrate factory because it trapps detritus and you can't clean it, then you pump the entire tank volume over it 6 times an hour, this is definitly a recipe for...

Put them near the top with gooe current (not enough to blow them away but enough that they are getting some). They will spread fast (that is the fun part). Leave the actinics on for 12 hours and the pc on for 10. If ou are running less than this now, sloooooly make the move toward the desired...

Skimming is not a new technology!!!! It has been around for a very long time. Good skimmer designs are new. But some is by far better than none. The emporer is useless on a reef other than for current (hang-ons are great for that because most use an air cooled pump). Your live rock has...

Kappa, You forget that the LFS gets their rock shiiped too. The LFS rock stays out of the water for 48 hour also. You are right if the rock is cured, then the die off has already occured. Kodi, I would say there is a good chance that one or two will make it if those rocks are treated right...

They need lots of light. They also requiregood water quality. They need lots of CA and strontium too. I would recomend getting a Tridacna derasa to start. They are usually brown or golden, they have no scutes on their shell, and their shell is able to completly close (gigas is simalar but...

What is the point of keeping a living ecosystem if you run it through a device designed to kill everything off??? I would say that they are a very stupid thing to put on a reef. If your temp is stable and your tank is healthy the fish will never get parasites. And they will have natural food...

They do look very cool, but they can also serve a purpose. Basically the only way they can be useful is if they are timed to the moon itself. The idea is that corals reproduce to the moon cycle... so why not try and help them out. But if it is off it is of no use. I have seen people use a...

Kalkwasser is calcium hydroxide and water. It is used to maintain the calcium and alk levels in your reef. The only better way is a CA reactor. Luke

People used NO lights or natural sunlight. They also were met with less sucess!! Many corals considered easy or at least possible now were not then. Luke

MH can and do explode. THey won't from lite salt splash but, if you have a nice 3" clam sitting high up in the reef and he decides to "sneeze"...POP oes the halide. Luke

Missy, Tonka is probably right that it is not the sebae. Reef aquarium volume II says: "...Hetaratis crispa...Common name: Sebea anemone...Reproduction: Asexual reproduction is occasional in the natural environment (J. Sprung, pers. obs.) and probably occurs by longitudinal fisson. Sexual...

DON'T PULL OUT THE FILTER MEDIA (YET!!!!!). If you have a problem with ammonia the last thing you want to do is remove biologic bacteria!!! It will be a good idea once your amonia problem is solved. Tonka is 100% right, the nitrates are not a problem (now) and the flake food is overboard...

Robster, Test your alk, then if low (it will be) buffer the tank. The CA should fall out of solution. once your alk is right the CA should be close too. Luke

Make it look good. If that means 10 lbs per gallon, fine. If it means .25 lbs per gallon great. Luke

How long has the light been on for? I would say you could lose all of the coraline on top if it does not like high light. This really isn't a problem though, because new higher light stuff will quickly replace it. It could aslo be the growth edge of the coraline, in that case it is growing. Luke

You don't actually need to feed the elegance, it is just a sign of good health if he does in fact take it. He should close his tentacles around the food and look sort of balloned closed while he is digesting. (I realize that this is vague). Gaping is a bacterial disease (reef aquarium vol 2...

Elegance corals mouths should not be wide open. Did he eat when you offered it to him?? I would say that he was gaping. Luke Ps Answer BurnNSpy's question on water parameters :) this should help.

Everything said is correct. It is a supersaturated solution of Calcium hydroxide or oxide dosed into the tank slowly to maintain CA levels. It is the wonder drug of reefs. (that is until your corals don't get the same feeling from it then its time for a reactor). Before you go out and mix up...

He is behind your rock work. He is enjoying exploring the nooks and craneys. They disappear into the rocks all the time. Not a problem. If he were dead you should be able to smell it. Luke (they do it all the time)

If you payed a chunk of change, then it is probably not a bubble tip. Bubbles are usually in the mid range (as far as anemones go) Luke