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Tank is a reef and has been set up since July 4th. Mixed LR with base rock which was actually Reef Saver Eco Rox I think its called. Nice stuff, real light stuff. Anyway I am getting this brown spot looking stuff all over the rocks. Doesn't look like diatoms, I don't think. Then it seems...

Go to the "Share your Aquarium" forum. I have pics and maybe it will help explain/show why I have socks. Its labeled 120 Plumbed into basement

Thanks. You know what. Before my skimmer I have two Filter socks. It looks like only when the filter socks are dirty it begins to skim. I changed the socks last night and now again it is just bubbling water. Is it possible the water is too clean to skim? This tank has only been up since...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Let me understand you...Are you saying that you use a gravel vacuum on your sand? Nobody does that in saltwater. The use a CUC (clean up crew) of snails, hermit crabs and serpent or brittle stars. Sandsifting stars or cucumbers...a sandsifting goby..never a...

Thats the thing, it just happens. Don't know exactly when. Seems very inconsistant.

Anyone have one of these? Sometimes it seems to be skimming thick brown foam then sometimes it is just bubbling in the lower chamber with nothing happening. What's the deal? The tank has been only running since July 4th so does this have something to do with it? Help please

Why you ask, because of the filter socks? Was wondering about that myself. What are you recommending?

Im really not sure why captions are not appearing. Its confusing without them. I wrote what everything was but it is not appearing.

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Well here it is. Took me over a year to save for this monster. (In my eyes...Monster). Its a 120 Gallon reef plumbed through my hardwood floors to the basement. In the basement I have three tanks. The sump which is approximately 50 gallons which holds my Precision Marine Bullet II skimmer...

The Yellow Tang is the only fish in the tank. Its a new set up really.

Two spots on Yellow today. Ughhh!!

Originally Posted by JAXFishGirl does it look like this?? <- not my pic :) Thats it. Cool thanks. I even got the Pineapple part down. Ha. Thank you great Pic.

No I can't get a pic of it. Small but I have a numerous amount of them on the LR I bought from this site. They are white with a little tint of brown on them. Like I said pineapple shaped, white and little spines on top. Help?

Hello?

Originally Posted by Beth Yes, it will kill what is only on the fish. As I said, black ich does not have the infestation power as white ich. You may get away with it. The longer you wait, the less likely that will work, however. What were you reading that said 3 months? The life-cycle cycle...

Originally Posted by BTLDreef I have never siphoned my sand except for when I had flatworms years ago. I have stirred it, but that's about the extent of it. If you have build up on the sand and you have a proper clean up crew, my guess is that you don't have proper flow in the tank... How many...

So if I leave this reef fish-less for 3 weeks that is the only way to kill black ich? I was reading that it might take longer, close to 3 months to get rid of black ich. I don't understand though how will a Formalin bath kill it if I use it as a bath then return the fish to the tank. Wont...

I have a few nas snails. Its a 120 I have a 55 gallon refuge, 35 gallong LR tank and a 50-55 gallon sump. How do you guys suck this stuff up without pulling all the sand out of the tank? Using a python I am referring to

Well always having aragonite and recently switching to live sand I noticed it is harder to keep clean. Aragonite was heavy enough to stick a siphon in the aragonite and just lift and take away poop. With the live sand it is a pain in the AZZ. All the sand comes up. If I lowered the siphon it...