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What do you feed him and how old is your tank? Besides the red mark he doesn't look very healthy. the rock looks very void of algae which means he may be suffering from malnutrition and is slowly wasting away.

I really don't like Kent additives. I like their salt but everything else seems really watered down or low quality. I like the Seachem additives. You should check your PH in the evenings before your lights go off and check it at the same time everytime. Ph drops naturally at night so it...

You may want to post your location and maybe somebody can hold your anename until you get the proper lighting. Don't worry about what has happened with your tank. You as with most of us started out with really bad advice from really bad pet stores that have to make money at our expense. Now...

I would reccomend a calcium test kit as well. I use the Red Sea test kit and really like it. Calcium and PH seem to work together. If calcium is really high then PH tends to drop and vice versa. If you use RO/DI water then you may need buffer in your make up water to boost the PH up above...

Originally posted by Chandler04 If yer REALLY lazy, get yerself a clean up crew. They'll clean for you, no prob. That, and an Algae Blenny. They eat the stuff, that;s their food. Then, if you feel that the job aint good enough, you could get a mag float. The clean up crew won't take care of...

Where in Nor Cal are you. Are you going to be selling anything and when. Cichlids like a high PH so I think that besides the skimmer and rock you could pretty much use everything else.

Originally posted by rosco The whole time I've been struggling with low ph. Well today I tested the water I've been using and the ph is so low there isn't even a number to compare. Is the test kit yellow? If the test kit is yellow it is because the machines put out pure water which has a...

If you want to use normal output bulbs then you can get a 2 bulb retrofit kit for about $30.00, or you can just mount a 2 bulb $5.00 shoplight fixture from walmart and put the aquarium bulbs in that. You won't be able to keep anything more than mushrooms probably but if you are not going for a...

My 125 gallon reef is a mix of aragocrete and Figi and after the aragacrete gets covered in corraline and corals you can't really tell the difference.

Originally posted by Caillou I don't think you'd get a 100% honest answer without a mod deleting it. I think that if you used the forum for a drawn out B%$#@ session then it would be cause it to be deleted or locked, but not for mentioning that you where disapointed with an order because...

I really like the Tronic heaters. My 200W heater is 3 years old and still works like a champ. I use the heater guard also.

Are you experiencing any algae or other problems. 20 is not really bad at all. You could try a Polyfilter pad. Not sure if they remove nitrates, but they do really clean up water quality which may help the nitrates. Yo could do the refugium and DSB thing if you want but it takes lots of time...

Your base rock is already being saturated with bacteria . Bacteria will colonize any and all surfaces. Granted live rock already has some beneficial bacteria which will mean a quicker cycle, but as far as bacteria's growth rate, both surfaces will do the same thing.

What ***** do you go to?

You can get te plastic grating cover from a home improvement stoe to put over the tank which will the keep fish in and not block the light.

Originally posted by RobChuck The first few things I would add are as much live rock as possible, I does not take very much live rock to filter a properly stocked tank, so I would avoid sacrifising swimming room and water volume for to much rock that will actually add to the bioload and...

Originally posted by Kitty snails snails snails You need to fix what is causing the algae and not throw in a bunch of snails that will add more waste. You can do water changes daily and have terrible algae if the tap water you are using is feeding the algae. I use water from the Glacier...

I think is is funny how the media ( who hates Bush ) has not even mentioned the tons of WMD's that Iraq trucked to Syria less than 3 months before the start of the War.

Originally posted by stando76 I know I am bending the rules, THanks Again. The rules are more of opinions. I personally like to do a slow cycle with one or two fish. It does not spike levels very high and it gives me something to look at other than an empty tank.

Originally posted by stando76 (I know that is frowned upon.... but too bad its my tank) That attidude is bound to encourage peoples help