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You suck I am going to have you banned from the boards so people don't have to look at your tank and get so jealous. Way to make my tank look even worse p.s.

As a fellow canister user, I would go with the fuge if I had the room. Though I must say, I do not have any problems I can relate to the canister and wet/dry I use. If you keep it clean on a weekly basis, it should be ok. Water looks crystal clear in my tank...BUT.... I am beginning to wonder...

Hey Stuck!!! Hows the tank? And you know, next post you make is #1000! yaya!!! lol...anyway, no, i didn't test the salt mix after, it is Instant ocean, and it says in bi bold letters NO PHOSPHATES....which I blindly accepted as fact. It is a good point, and I will definately check that next...

Bang, My source water is 0 po4. I did a water change this morning and will test again tonight (po4 test was last night toward end of evening) I guess I can cut down feeding a bit more. I do not want to use po4 lock or any of those other chemical products. I dont have a skimmer so thats out with...

here is an awesome pdf...gives tables and details of every trace and major element in salt mixes. I tried to attach, but this crappy vbulletin is the only one in the world that wont let you attach a .pdf :mad: If anyone wants the report, ill email it Thanks

Cant seem to find a table for acceptable ranges for phosphate. Bought a seatest kit yesterday and measured phosphates .08-1.0 mg/L in the tank, 0 po4 in my source water. Any thoughts on if that is ok? All other tests are pretty perfect except my calc is still a bit low at 380, but is up from a...

Anyone ever hear of this brand? LFS reccomended it for my yellow tang. I have been feeding him (her?) ocean nutritionals alge cubes, but feel like he needs more food spread out over the course of the day since they like to graze, and i dont feel i have enough algae in the tank for him. So I got...

Hello fellow hex tank owner! Adding LR is difficult, and I myself would love to add more, but there isnt room always for this. Im in thsi dilemna now becasue the tank is so high (60 hex) and stacking rocks any higher than I have now makes me cringe! Do not add any chemicals to your tank to...

ime anemones wil sometimes take a walk looking for a better spot to live. He could also be looking for a better light source, as your lighting seems a bit low for them. 2 in a 10 is dangerous. One is even not the best choice. IN that volume of water, if he dies it can wipe out a tank in short...

If you dont see bits of it floating around etc, more than likely he is just hiding. They make a mess when they disintegrate and/or are torn apart. They are almost impossible to find when they shrink up to hide as they can take their entire mass and shrink down to the size of a dime. They can...

Great tank, and congrats on your first adventure...

I say its because you cant pick what you want and you just get stuff...like one of the packages has an urchin...another has a sand sifting star...etc....so you will be getting things you may not need or want based on your tank. And as far as I know, a cbs will not tolerate a peppermint unless in...

Most likely they are worms...harmless filter feeders. Do they look like super min-cinnamon buns except white? I do not know the scientific name, when I first discovered them, Ophiura came up with the exact name and where to see pics of them...you may want to email here for the exact name.

I feel the pre-packaged deals arent all they're cracked up to be. Better off picking specific items and ordering that way. May cost you a few $ more, but i think its worth it.

If the tang is in your tank with ich, more than likely ich is now in your tank. It takes only 3-5 days for ich to detach and then go into its "swimming" cycle. This is the stage where it will look for more hosts. I had ich a while back because of a tang, and it started showing on other fish. I...

Good luck! Looks like a nice tank and hood combo so far. Have fun and happy reefing

Got it Bang! I will dose in the tank itself then for now on, thanks for the tip! I have a very high current area where surge from the powerhead and canister filter outlet both come together, and anything I have dosed in the past, even the 15 ml of b-ionic, I kinda drip it in. I will resume that...

Gone- I use IO salt as well. As I learned from Bang, thomas, izzo and some others, test your source water BEFORE you add anything and see what you get as far as ph, alk etc... Mixing the salt in, as well I learned, is super super important. This is what worked for me, and it seems is the correct...

Live and learn lol, thats why although I feel like I post too much sometimes, everytime i do i feel like i learn something. Even as what i thought was a minor issue of mixing the salt. All is well now. Problem is, right on the box for instant ocean it says "it can be used immediately, though we...

I have a feeling I'll need one too :-( We love the hot summer days (unless its really humid) and leave windows open even on 90 degree days. I hate air conditioning and rarely use central air, and not about to change habits. Last year was lucky, summer in New england never got above 80 it...