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My dkh is 9-10 (i dropped 2 drops in at a time, so im not sure if its the 9th or 10th drop that changed the color of the water) My calcium is between 380 and 400. The calcium is the one i question. I know its on the lower end of the safe range, but i dont get the growth i should be getting. My...

Have you considered LED at all? They dont produce any heat and cost pennies to run. They also last about 10 years (give or take). So with the cost of t5 bulbs and electricity to run them, in the long run, theyre actually cheaper. They also produce better color and incredible shimmer (imho). They...

Lol, i actually dont.... BUT we do have a pincushion urchin named martha stuart cause she redecorates my tank for me :rotfl: I found it while trying to identify one of my sps. Turns out its a pavona coral :)

http://www.flickriver.com/groups/hookthereef/pool/interesting/ everything in this reef has been knitted... well crocheted. everything looks exactly like what its supposed to replicate, the lady even made a humuhumu, a nudibranch, various anemones.... .... just check it out... heres a quick shot...

  Eepppp!!! I found the name of this coral!!!! Its a pavona decussata, or pavona coral for short. Im so excited cause ive asked so many people and ive shown pix to all the employees at like every reef store ive been to lol. FINALLY!!!! :laughing: i thought id share, cause im super excited about...

The first one I would dare to call a montipora spongodes,... although it looks like it could use some color. The second pic looks like an orange montipora digitata, but just being a small frag, it's hard to tell until it starts growing up some. Your plate coral is fine. It will make all...

^^^^^^ id this sps please???? its growing well in my tank and everyone that comes over asks for a frag of it and wants to know what it is (this is not a new coral) ^^^^ is this sps frag too please... is it a montipora digita of some sort? sorry for the bad pic, also how does it appear to be...

I never had much luck with brains (LOL..that sounds pretty funny), new corals need time to bloom after just arriving, the less you mess with them the better. Haha, well ive never had a brain, this is my first :) its so wierd how sometimes people, like you, have been in the hobby so long just...

5 degrees is a big swing.....1-2 degrees can be detrimental to a system, but I think you'll be just fine...... well, my temp is back up and everyone seems happy today. Not sure if im out of the woods, but im confident itll be okay now. :laughing: lesson learned :laughing:

You didn't crash your tank...the corals should bounce back. 5 degrees is much like if a storm rolled in and the temps dropped, it happens in nature so I feel pretty confident telling you not to worry.. The new corals in the bag...just let them float until the temp in the bag is the same as the...

So i went to do a water change, the way i have it set up, i basically dont have to ever touch water except to get the siphon started that is taking the old water out. For the new water, i just drop a pump with a hose attatched and let it fill the tank back up... I didnt realize my heater stopped...

"Anyone know of a reef safe ich treatment?" None that works. Dang! Do u run carbon in ur tank? That could b why, just a thought.... I didnt think there was any tgat really worked, but maybe itll keep it to a minimum?

The other day, I did a freshwater dip on my red velvet fairy because every new fish gets a little ich when they go into my dt, but it usually goes away. He didnt take the dip very well, he was rigid and not moving or breathing but he was behind my rock work. I could see him but not get him...

little ich in the tank is always bad. Because if something were to happen where their immune system is down BAM there goes your livestock...  Well, maybe it isnt ich, cause the outside temp in combination with my heater thermostat breaking just about cooked my tank last week, got it upto almost...

Okay, thanks... Guess its just "new coral paranoia" lol. Im currently keeping an eye on my red velvet wrasse, he has some white spots on him. Not sure if its ich but its freaking me out too cause ill never be able to catch that sucker to treat him... Then again my coral beauty gets them...

sorry for the terrible pic, its the best i could do. Of course it would park itself directly infront of the algae on the glass lol. ive been leaving that area alone because i dont want to disturb it if there is something wrong with it. If the pic is hard to decipher, the fold is directly in the...

The person I got the plate from put it in a little tupperware container for transport. It was a teeny bit too small. When I got it home, it had raised up on one side as if you pinched it into a little peak. Ive had it about 3 weeks now and it still hasnt flattened out. it looks healthy in every...