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Ok thank you. Today and last night were stressful to say the least.

It did remind me of some kind of acidic sulfide/sulfer look, I have two bags of chemi pure in my filter I will take them out and put in new.

Yes,I bought the tank used and moved the sand too. I cleaned it some on setup with a gravel Vac but I'm sure it's still pretty dirty underneath,it is around 3 inches thick in back and deeper in front with some new sand added for preparing for the jawfish it could be 5 or 6 inches in some...

Yes,I'm quite sure an Allen Bradley/Rockwell setup could automate your whole house easily. No kidding

So yesterday I had something happen I need some clues on.I have a 75 gallon reef and 4 small fish.Any way I work a lot of hours on second shift,my tank looked fine when I left for work at 2 Pm when I got home at 3 am it was horrible,I had a coating of slimey yellowish algae on my glass the water...

Ok Acrylic,now you have me really thinking.If you really wanted to you could set up basically every function and control it from your PC,I mean basically even your reactors and whatever you needed. I cannot think of anything that we could not automate,well,cleaning the glass might be tough and...

Yes,I have been thinking about that too,set up a pump to drain and a pump to fill. Have a programmed controller that would shut off your main pump and power heads and such then have it turn the drain pump on,when the water reached a determined level a sensor on the tank would tell the controller...

Ok I will try to get pics,the algae on the glass is brown and fuzzy easy to remove also easy to remove on the gravel if I just stir it a little it just kinda disappears. The green algae on the rocks is harder to remove but it and the corraline are together and it seems as if I noticed the purple...

Noticing brown algae patches on the sand bed,I am assuming algae, no pics yet. Also my back glass has brown algae but I haven't cleaned it off.should I ? Or what kind is it? I am getting some purple corraline growth in areas but also battling some green hair algae,and some green algae that looks...

Ok,Thank you for the info,my wife called and said he has been a busy fellow digging his hole and he has moved to a better viewing area. I might have to lower my temp a little,although I run it about 78 now,so it should not be too big an issue,unless my corals don't like it.

Added a blue dot jawfish today to my 75 gallon reef. Ive been wanting one of these for a while,I added some more aragonite to the front of my tank a couple weeks ago in hopes he stays in the front,I had to leave for work right after adding him, he immediately went to the back left corner of...

All very good points,Thank You again for the input.I appreciate the feedback. I can see myself one day working towards bigger things, and more automation to make it more enjoyable,so as to cut down on the more un fun parts that come with responsible animal husbandry.IMO partial water changes...

And my freshwater days were before the advent of the modern Internet. I have learned a LOT just surfing around through this site

Just curious also,I see where you or someone mentioned QT all new arrivals, I'm assuming you QT corals in a different tank? And is it smaller? Also do you keep water in the hospital and coral tanks always? Or is it okay to just set them up as needed? Sorry for all these Questions but I'm trying...

Ok,I know I'm getting ahead of myself,but browsing the lfs today I spotted an awesome tank and stand(new) I believe it was 200 gallons and I liked the deep look for reef,I think it was 48x36. It had two corner overflows. Just curious why people build their own,pros and cons and I'm sure cost is...

Trying to be prepared for down the road if I need to treat a fish for ich or something.what is the best solution? Maybe a spare ten gallon tank on hand with medication and heater? And some kind of water mover ? Help ?

Thank you. Maybe a two part manually at first if needed? And just let the ATO do it's job,is that a possibility ?

Just curious,I am waiting on a tunze auto topoff myself,later down the road I may need a calc system,how would I hook it to the tunze ? Any suggestions appreciated.