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Originally Posted by Snaredrum I would think that the area in the picture might be in a low flow area. And yes, it looks like cyano. I had the same problem and found out it was when I was out of town and my son spilled a little to much food in. Well it sat in the coroner with little to no flow...

Caught this at a good time. When I tested my water tonight I got a reading of 8.4 for pH and 13.6 dkh for alkalinity (used API for ph and Salifert for dkh). I'm more comfortable with reading the ph results then I am with the dkh, but assuming I test dkh correctly, what do I do to lower it to...

I believe that I have started to get red slime algea on my sand. I've attached some pictures hoping someone can confirm what I think it is. There not the best but I'm hoping their good enough. It is a deep red and I've noticed a few stingy things growing from it...not a lot, but just doesn't...

Well...finally go the QT cycled and my fish list narrowed down. Just need some help with the order to add them. I know that you should add the fish from most peaceful to most aggressive and I think that I've done that, but the confirmation from the experienced hobbists would be greatly...

Originally Posted by jessica47421 i have about 10 of the nass sails in my 55 gal and i did have the brown stuff before i adding them i did i added one turbo the other day just for extra Thanks...I'm thinking that I need to add a few more Nass snails. I also read that conchs were good at...

Originally Posted by m0nk Sometimes snails just die. You really have no way of knowing how long the LFS had them before selling them to you so it could have been really old. With your tests turning out ok you really don't need to worry. When you end up with all your snails dead, then it's...

I guess if all 3 were still, but alive, I wouldn't worry...but since one died it has me a little concerned that something is wrong. Guess I should see how they are doing tomorrow.

Originally Posted by LazyPinoy do they move at night? The 2 that I still have were moving around yesterday, just haven't seen them do anything today. I knew the 3rd one was dead when one of my Nassarius snails was sucked to the opening. When I removed it from the tank it did have an odor.

Originally Posted by Farslayer Same here my friend, don't worry. How did you acclimate the snails? The snails have been in the tank for over a month now and up until the last day or 2 were very active. Initially took care of my diatom bloom then my hair algea and lately have been doing a good...

I started with 3 turbos...one died and the other 2 have not moved since I've been home from work (about 4 hours now). They are attached to some LR but just staying still. Up until Sunday they were doing very well...very active and doing a great job keeping the tank clean. I'm not sure what is...

Thanks Earlybird...might have to consider metal halides then! Last time I tested my calcium it was a little low. I need to do a water change and see if that brings it up some.

I don't...I guess adding a ball valve couldn't hurt. The skimmer was like this when I first set the tank up, but has been doing its job since then.

I think that I am spending too much time looking at pictures of all these beautiful reef tanks and now I want one. My initial plan was to do a nice FOWLR tank, but some of these corals are just awesome. I just added my first, a few zoo frags, but I can see myself wanting to get the colors in...

Last week I took my skimmer (AquaC Urchin Pro) out of the sump to clean it and it doesn't seem to be working the same way it did prior to the cleaning. I would regularly remove the collection cup of the skimmer to dump it an rinse it out and it was always dirty with the foul smell. Now, the...

Last night they were all moving around, so I guess I will have to check tomorrow and do the sniff test again if it hasn't moved! I hope it does because they do a great job cleaning the tank. Thanks for the help.

Picked it up and it smells fine. Would the smell be really noticable if it were dead? My inverts are usually very active, especially the turbos...they are usually all over the place. Thanks for relieving my zoo worries. Just put them in yesterday and would hate for anything to happen to them.

How do you tell if a Turbo is dead. I have one that was just still on the bottom, retracted into its' shell. Is that how they sleep or is it dead or do they sometimes just stay still. Last night one of my Astraea's was on one of the turbos shells (not sure if it is the same turbo) excreting...

Well...picked up 3 zoo frags today...one with mostly blue, one green and orange and one orange. Here are some pictures...they suck, but it is the best I could do. I think I need a macro lens. Thanks again for everyones help. Now that I've got them I reset my light timers to give the tank 8...

Astraea snails and turbo snails took care of my diatom bloom. For my 65 gal I go t3 turbos and 10 astraea's...also cut back the lighting period. Took about a week to go away.

What is a good book for corals?