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Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Everyone has their own way of doing things. I add a pinch of reef buffer in my top off. It keeps the alk and PH stable. I add calcium once a week. Sounds like what I was doing except I wasn't adding calcium. What type of calcium do you use?

Quote: Originally Posted by tangs rule So what's seems to be growing that's eating up the calcium? and what do you consider "low" ca? My Monti Cap has been growing like crazy. I think the heads are splitting on my Torch. The Duncan is always growing new heads. Been scraping a fair amount of...

I've always had decent coralline growth. The only SPS that I have is a Montepora Capricornis and the Porites on my Xmas tree rock. I have a fair amount of LPS. A hammer, torch, alveopora, pagoda cup, duncans, acans and bubble coral. For softies I have a couple of leathers that are getting...

Well...I let the guy at the LFS talk me into a Two Little Fishes KW 300 kalkwasser reactor. I guess it would be an OK piece of equipment except that the check valve that it comes with immediately failed. This caused the kalk to syphon back into top off reservoir. If that isn't bad enough, I...

Don't use tap water. Tap water quality/contents varies. At best it usually contains nutrients that will spur unsightly algae growth. At worst it contains elements/metals/toxins that are harmful to fish and/or inverts. The vast majority of reefers use RO/DI water. A lot of marine fish stores...

Up until now I've managed Calcium and dKH in my 90 Gallon mixed reef separately. My Calcium needs were mostly handled by water changes with the occasional shot of purple up when needed. I add 1/4 cup of Two Little Fishies "PH Balance" (probably just over priced baking soda) to 10 Gallons of...

You also probably want to put the rock in BEFORE the sand. There are a lot of critters that like to burrow in the sand. Having 100 lbs of rock collapse on them is not ideal. - Fill tank half way with saltwater. - Add rocks. - Add sand around the rocks. - Fill rest of the way with salt...

I'm with everyone else here. The undergravel filter is only going to cause problems. Those bubble towers are going to cause an insane amount of salt creep. I personally can't think of a good reason to put an air stone in a saltwater tank. I prefer my salt to stay in the water. Not form a...

I've used Aiptasia X to control my Aiptasia fairly effectively for quite some time. A few months ago I had Majano hitchhike in on some coral. The Aiptasia X doesn't even phase the Majano. I eventually tried Joe's Juice and it works quite well. It instantly obliterates the Majano. If I were...

You may want to look into a Phosban Reactor. You can get one for around $35 and they don't take up much space. It's good to have some method of exporting phosphates even if you are limiting the amount going into the tank. I'm a heavy feeder so I use both a Phosban reactor and Chaetomorpha.

It doesn't matter if you put it in RO or salt. I think different fish have different feeding requirements. I don't know how long it is safe to let them starve since mine will start dinning on my shrimp and such if I don't feed often enough.

How much space do you think I need to leave between my Torch and my Duncans?

There can be other issues with Triggers depending on the type of tank. Most triggers are too aggressive for a reef tank. Even my relatively docile Niger Trigger has a nasty habit of ripping chunks of food away from my Bubbletip Anemone. I believe he also some times dines on smaller Peppermint...

Thaw water from frozen food can be really high in phosphates. Some foods are worse then others. I don't rinse very small food like frozen cyclopse for obvious reasons, but I do rinse larger food like Mysis. I have a very fine cup-top strainer that I use, but a lot of people just use a fish...

Algea problems can be a sign of a phosphate problem. I would test for phosphates and use the standard phosphate reducing techniques. Frozen PE Mysis was causing crazy phosphate problems for me before I started rinsing it. I'm also using a phosphate absorbing media reacter, Chaetomorpha macros...

Does anyone know of a good resource for finding out what corals can tolerate each others stings? I've read that you can put Hammers and Fine Grape next to each other and that different types of mushrooms are ok together. I have a Torch that is getting close to some Duncan's. Will these two...

It seems to be a common belief that 24/7 lighting will mitigate the risk of Caulerpa going sexual. I have no idea if it's true or not, but I did encounter several articles and posts where people stated as much when I was setting up my fuge. I personally don't care either way since I decided to...

Maybe something like encrusting gorgonian? It looks sort of like a thick layer of Coraline when it's withdrawn. Quote: Originally Posted by BTLDreef That's probably what it is. My guess was that it was a dead/dying coral that was attached to the LR.

It depends on what you put in it. I've read that Chaetomorpha should have a dark period. I've read that most Caulerpa should have light 24/7 to keep it from going sexual. I use Chaeto in my fuge and I have the fuge lights on opposite of the lights in my tank.

You were right about the hermit crab.