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i am using a dedicated bucket, but i havn't done a cleaning to it in a long time. I cleaned it last night and made new water and its at around 8ppm so there must still be some residue, but its much better.

I have recently started to have an algae outbreak after having my tank set up for over a year. I tested the water for everything and it was all ok. Then i tested my RO/DI water i was using for top off and it read 001 so that was perfect too. I am in the process of making water to do a water...

I have been told by many people to keep your salinity more in the 1.026-1.028 range because thats the salinity of natural seawater. Is this not accurate? Also, how do you suggest lowing PH? Should i get the additives that can lower PH or should i do this by another method? I was thinking the...

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i'm sorry! my Alk isn't 0... i meant to put ammonia. My alk is more in the 8.4 range. I have a 55g reef tank w/ 115lbs of LR and 40lbs of LS. My flow is the 200gph or so from my skimmer (Aqua C Remora mag 3 pump) plus 2 modified 6025 nanostreams. The nanostreams are in the corners, one facing...

My tank has been set up for about a year now and have never had a algea problem other than the initial outbreak. My parameters are perfect: Nitrate = 0 phos = 0 alk = 0 salinity = 1.026 ph = 8.4 calc = 370 What would cause this? The only changes i've made is i removed a ton of my xenia and...

i bought 5 domino damsles cause my g/f thought they were cute and i needed to cycle my tank. After about 6 months there were only 3 left (those 3 killed the other two). They were starting to bother my yellow tang so they had to go. After hours of trying to catch them i had to remove over 100lbs...

Dont be scared by xenia. It is hit or miss, but you can usually find it for free or very cheap from other reefers. I actually just gave away about 20 frags last night to a fellow reefer in my area. If it costs you nothing or maybe $5 and it dies you didnt lose much. DONT! whatever you do pay...

it will grow like crazy in some tanks and not in others. It grows like crazy in mine and i actually did what was suggested earlier in this thread about 3 months ago (attaching it to a rock in the sand) and it engulfed the rock, but can't go anywhere else. I love it!

what is this mod to the 6025? I have two of them and would be very interested at making them push more water. BTW, the 6025's hands down. My buddy has the koralia and they produce a more direct flow and they are much bigger. They are only effective if you point them at a wall so the water can...

if he is sucking water through the holes and running it down to a sump it pretty much serves the same purpose. The main downfall of his plan however is your sucking up water from the bottom only. Overflows usually have intakes at the bottom, middle and top. And the top is usually where the...

is it to late now to back off on the lighting? maybe put in one of my old bulbs? (i kept them cause they still work). Or reduce the hours?

ok... i use cyclop-eeze about every 3 days for my other softies and sps. So it doesnt sound like meaty foods are needed. Also, i notice with the LPS thier "stingers" come out in the dusk and night cycle of the tank. is this the best time to feed?

i understand your point, but the coral was growing like crazy! so i would think if it was under stress it would stop growing, or is that not the case?

I have two LPS type corals (bubble and candy cane). What should i be feeding them? Is just light and flow enough or should i spot feed them something like cycloplese or mysis shrimp?

What would cause corals to bleach? I have a green bird’s nest that seems to be getting less green and more white every day. What causes this? The only thing I can think of that I changed recently was my bulbs. And what can I do to fix this?

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i have a 55g w/ TEK T-5 lighting (6-bulb). I recently changed my bulbs and now that i think about it the change happened about the same time. My SG is at 1.027 Nitrates = 0 nitrite = 0 phosphates = 0 calcium = 370 alk = 8 I feed cyclopsyse about every 3 days the wierd part is my SPS are doing...

So i got a hairy mushroom about 4 months ago and it was doing great, but in the last 2-3 weeks it seems to be getting smaller and smaller by the day. Its appears that the edges are melting. Any ideas what causes this?? Nothing else in my tank seems to be having any problems (i have other SPS...

Tonga will work as a filter just like fiji would. 2.50 is a great price!