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Originally Posted by dmjordan why are you siphoning your sandbed???? because i have this stuff on the sand bed still and when i do my water changes i try to suck up as much as possible at a time i try not to take any sand with it but i cant help but take some every snail i have along with the...

ok i have a problem ive been siphoning so much ive lost alot of sand in the process in places its only 1/4" and i still cant seem to rid myself of this filt i checked phosphate and its says below 0.03 and that as writen by SALIFERT should be fine but i still cant shake this stuff anyway my...

cool more people then i thought

THATS BETTER !! nice to meet everyone im from eldon (lake ozark area) its nice to know im not alone

come on their has to be more people then just me from here dont tell me im all alone?

Originally Posted by mx Mr Bean ull always want them in a bag but to tell u the truth i bet it would work in the refugium. as long as water flows through it the media will suck out the phosphates. cool i just may try that thanks once again

Originally Posted by mx Mr Bean sry i dont kno much about canister filters but u could try adding phosgaurd (tiny white balls that remove phosphates) and carbon inside. thanks my old test kit (cheapo) didnt read anything so im trying SALIFERT i have already bought a few test kits from them...

Originally Posted by laurie01 I have a question about feeding my chocolate chip star. From reading this site, I was under the impression that I have to spot feed a piece of shrimp, krill, silversides or something like that (even though the guy at the LFS I bought him from said he doesn't do...

Originally Posted by Buckeye88 I have a 16 gallon tank that I've had for about 6 months now and I am getting brown gross looking alge or something that is constantly growing on it. I was just wondering what is the best way to keep the sand clean? i have the same stuff and i have to keep...

ive noticed there are alot!! of people from florida here LOLyour lucky!! anyways im just wondering how many are there from the great show me state ( SHOW ME ) go MO go

Originally Posted by MrineLfRlz BUMP? BUMP?? if no one knows if this will work with my set up is there anything else i will be able to use to rid me of phosphors? i also have a hang on type refugium with chaeto in it thanks

Originally Posted by chub I cant get any coraline growth. I had the water tested and the calcium was 300, I use IO salt and have almost a full pail. Is there any thing I can add once a week or so to bring it up, Im gone most of the week and getting some just to feed and do top offs right can be...

Originally Posted by wilsonreef I use Tropic Marin Pro Reef with excellent results. i just found a good place that sells this stuff and from the look of it its for a great price but i was also reading up on "KENT" type salt what is peoples take on it i already use a number of there aditives

ok ive been really busy trying to fix my problem RODI unit,CUC,water changes frequent,clean clean and clean some more now im going to have to add more sand ive cleaned so much also bumped up my flow now ive added 45lbs more LR for more bio filtering (IM DONE FOR A WHILE MAN IM TIRED )...

did full water change testerday and today all ammonia tested less then>0.25 so i went ahead and put them in i really like it here are the old and new pics

Originally Posted by reefkprZ IO salt is designed for fish ONLY aquariums. period. yes people have succesfully used it on reef tanks. but thats not what it is designed for. IO Reef Crystals IS designed for reef tanks. IF you use IO on a reef tank its not the mixes fault, its the fact that its...

Originally Posted by mie my calcium has steadily declined to about 320 i have tried to raise it slowly but i cant get it up past 340 i read that sometimes the magnesium is the prob. that it wont let calcium go any higher get a magnesium test kit

i was also told to calcium brings alk. down as it goes up and that its a balancing act also adding another 45lbs of LR from this site is curing now to my 50lbs in it now to help purify water even more

Originally Posted by CGRANT If you have a algae problem something is wrong? What is you flow rate now? List your params. I target ~20 time for a fowlr ~30 times for a mixed reef, ~40 times for sps dominated tank. Really depends what you are planning on keeping. well when i first got my tank i...

you need about 3-5 gallons of water per inch of fish example 3-fish that are 3 inches each how big of a tank can they be in? 3x3=9x 3-5 gallons we will do 5 so 3x3=9x5=45 gallon tank is needed hope this helps