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I would suggest that you check your calcium levels. Also, I was wondering how long did it take for you to change your light bulbs and are they the same type? White usually means that the coralline algae is missing something vital...usually calcium or sufficient light. Good luck

Hey Entice: I had a nudibranch as well...got it from this site. It lasted about 2-3 months...didn't eat too much algae..hair or otherwise. It reminds me of a very very slow slug that moves quickly only when it feels danger. My nudibranch was green like your pic. I hope you have better luck than...

I just bought a frogsprawn recently and one stem is doing exactly the same thing...the tissue looks discolored and is falling away. I noticed that from the minute I placed the coral in my tank. I have several stems and the others are doing well. Stay off the iodine if you are doing small water...

I have a bright yellow cup coral which is more saucer shape. I have it under MH around the middle to top of the tank. The polps really like it much better. I also send brine shrimp to it and some of the polps do catch and digest it when they have a chance. Good luck. I believe it is a LPS...

Redding? Geez, you are pretty far up North. Welcome to the hobby anyways. I am in SF. Have you been to Sacramento for their LFS if you are just starting out? Good Luck

I think the first thing you should do is reduce the number of hours for your new lighting and allow your tank to slowly build up. I had the same problem when I upgraded my lighting from NO to PC lighting. I would suggest cutting your lighting time down to 5 hours a day and allow your tank to...

I recently saw a Metal Halide hood light system with the following specs and price...is this right? 24 inches 1 175 watts 10000K spectrum 2 PC lighting for 55 watts(actinic) complete hood system total price: $ 460.00 + tax no fan in the hood per the LFS and that the ballast is located away from...

Entice- Be careful about get a LMB since a good majority will only eat algae. I got one from 6th and that is all he eats in my tank. I don't know if you were going to 6th to get it but no one else carries a LMB around here...not even Nippon when I went to check. Besides making sure you have...

Does anyone know where I can get a Metal Halide Hood System? 175watts or 250watts, 10000K with 2 actinic PC lights. Anyone in the Bay Area looking to sell>

how many gallons is your tank? As for clams, you really should be getting metal halides eitherwise the colors will not be as nice. Depending on how large your tank is....I think you might need to get more light for hard SPS corals since they will probably not do well in your tank.

Entice-I will be stopping by Nippon in the next couple of weeks to check out their light systems. If you see any metal halide hood systems before I get there, can you keep an eye out for their prices? I am building a new reef tank that can support hard corals so I am spending a little more on...

welcome to the board. If you are getting some new PC lighting from your friend this weekend, I think you might experiece a mini-algae bloom since new light usually results in a fine green algae building along your tank walls,etc. I would suggest you hold off on getting anything until it passes...

I just got a hexagon shaped tank recently for free(25 gallons) that I want to convert into a high-powered SPS tank. As such, I am looking for places that I can pick up the following hood system: 1-2 metal halides with 10000K light bulbs/20000k bulbs 2 vho or pc acitinic bulbs 2 fans this is the...

I am building a new reef tank that is hexagon shaped(6-sides) and the length is a little irregular compared to rectangular tanks. My question is that I would like to get a complete hood system that can house 1-2 metal halide bulbs with 2 PC lights for hard SPS corals. Does anyone know where I...

Yeah, I saw the same things at 6th Avenue...I was going to pick the red one until I saw the same ones growing on some of my own live rock...just not as complete. Sooooo, I will save that $10 and be patient for my own to grow. Nah..those polps never came out. I got some yellow polps from a...

I have all PC lighting but it's close to around 6-7 watts per gallon but my acroporas are changing from a dark brown to lighter brown/yellow the last couple of days so I am the real colors will eventually pop out. If not, I am working on another reef tank with a metal halide but that one wont...

Entice- Hey! How's the new tank coming along? Are you almost done with the cycle yet? Last I saw...you were still going through the ammonia stage. What else are you still needing for that tank of yours?

I know about the tissue loss from another thread I started. It turned out that the Acropora was still under stress or may have been bad due to the LFS. I was mainly curious about the color question. My coral is turning from a dark brown to a lighter shade of brown/yellow so I was wondering if...

I bought an Acropora last week. I went through a mini-stress issue with tissue loss for parts of the Acropora but now I have two major pieces with multiple small pieces that are brown. The one closest to the light is getting lighter brown while the other piece which is somewhat close to the...

Typically, you don't really want to change your pads--it will create a mini cycle since the new pads will need to re-build your bacteria. I made the same mistake until I got some advice from more experienced reefers who said to just take some tank water and just rinse your pad out in the water...