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Originally Posted by fordsvt04 I am looking into getting a UVS and a Prot Skimmer from this company... What is your opion on that brand? Any info would be great thanks.. Go with seaclone. Dont buy any airstone type..

Ok, water changes and... any other info?

It's possible. But as I said, water changes are happening but it isn't going to remove all of the ammonia. The ammonia remains at .25 - .50 after water changes...

My friends tank is experiencing an Ammonia Spike two months after cycling. What do you suggest I tell him to do? Obviously water changes but you cant remove all of the ammonia. The ammonia was at .25 now it is at .50 - (rising!) There is nothing dead in the tank, guaranteed. All fish are alive...

Use a razorblade to scrape it off the front, this will leave the coralline spores floating in the water so that it can attach to another surface area and grow (more coralline!) But absolutely use a NEW blade and DO NOT scrape if you have an acrylic tank.

"and how long be4 the live rock begin 2 show purpleish colors " I assume you're talking about coralline algae which there are a few different colors, pink, red, purple... Unfortunately it wont just appear in your tank, it needs to be introduced into your tank via live rock. If your live rock...

PPM = Parts per million. You could do a 50% water change and still get the same reading of ammonia. Did you know that? The higher your ammonia is, the easier/faster it is to get rid of it. What you're aiming for is to remove as much as you can with water changes and hope/wait for the bacteria to...

Originally Posted by NigerBang Just to chime in...Im sure someone will correct me if I am wrong...Ammolock doesnt get rid of Ammonia..It "locks" it up to a less toxic state..and it will wear off and you will still have deadly ammonia in your tank....Quick fix that could possibly cause a long...

Originally Posted by TX Reef This is completey untrue. A hydrometer is every bit as accurate as the refractometers that most use. Almost all refractometers are salt/brine and are not made for seawater so there is a little error in the reading you get. The only people that have problems with...

My niger trigger actually ripped a snail right out of its shell last year. Good luck! PS. I watched it happen.

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Originally Posted by Chellie4u2 It was RO filtered water from walmart, I filled the jugs and then payed for them.. so im still clueless on how this happened?? Yeah I read that you used RO water which is why I didn't suggest it was that. Test the Walmart RO water itself for nitrates maybe?

Originally Posted by swaziland 3 inches or so. only nasty towards new fish 3 inches and he's killing your other fish? Please?

So you insinuate the cause of this with uneducated aquarists. Ill agree that they're probably not good in captivity and leave it at that.

Originally Posted by Chellie4u2 I have Oceanic Sea Salt mix.. that says it contains calcium and natural trace elements.. so whatever that means.. Does it actually say "Does not contain Nitrates or Phosphates" ? My salt mix says that. I did some searching on oceanic salt mix and it does say "A...

I wonder if your salt mix contains nitrates? You said you used RO water so it cant be from that.

I've learned many times that shortcuts never actually turn out to be shortcuts, if you know what I mean....

I've seen it quite a few times, it probably depends on the species.

Originally Posted by king4345 Here's mine 180 AGA corner overflows. LOVE the elegance coral!

Originally Posted by jba6511 looking for a good HOB Skimmer for a 10 gallon nano. Can someone please recommend one, preferably cheap? Also, will there be enough room to still use the glass top with the skimmer? I currently just set my lights on top of the glass so I would like to be able to keep...