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ok. I will do that. Im thinking that the bulbs are the problem since I never had this problem. Kind of wierd that in 2 week it covers the whole tank after a cleaning. I even shut the lights off for 2 days after cleaning. Then I turn them on for the 4 hrs for blues and 2 hrs for whites. Never had...

I leave my blues on for 4 hrs and my whites on for 2 hrs. So the time isn't a problem. It never did this until the 1 1/4 year to 1 1/2 year mark. I will check the nitrates but the last time I checked when the algae was blooming it was fine.

Would it be much better and cheaper to just buy a MH instead of replacing these bulbs? Its going to cost me 300 dollars every 1 to 1 1/2 years to replace 16 bulbs. 2 to 2 1/2 years is going to equal almost the price of buying a 500 watt MH. The MHs are only 1 to 2 bulbs to replace. 69 dollars...

Ok. So this is most likely the cause of the Hair Algae bloom? Do I need to get all bulbs replaced (blues and whites) if it is?

I have been having a huge algae problem for about 6-7 months now. It gets all over the tank in about 2 weeks. My water is fine. I havn't change any of the bulbs yet on my 2 48" Nova Extremes. I have had the lights for about 1 3/4 years. Could this be causing the hair algae bloom? The lights are...

Don't know but I do have algae in the tank. I have green hair algae and some algae on the glass that it can eat.

Ok, well the Orange Starfish disolved. I checked my Salinity today and noticed that it was completely wrong. I used another Hydrometer and it was 1.032 . The one I had used for about a year now said 1.025. I checked my water in the Trash Can that I used (RO WATER) and it was 1.032. I reduced...

Tank size is 75 My tank setup consists of a wet/dry filter with 3 filter pads, bio balls with Live Rock, and a Carbon Filteration. I just added the live rock and carbon filter bag to my wet/dry today. I took out some of the Bio Balls. I have 80 IBS of LR. My lights consist of 4 whites and 4...

Well, I did remove the front LS/CC because it was stained brown yestereday but I did a 50% water change after that, but my fish and anenome our actually looking alot healthier since I did that. I think its because I had alot of Debris in the sand. My starfish is actually looking a little better...

Well. I just checked my ammonia and it is .5. It think this is the problem Im having. I just bought some stuff to remove ammonia. Hopefully this helps alot.

Well Guys and Girls, I have taken out 3/4 of the LS/CC in the front and replaced it with 40 IBS of Live Sand. I have about 2 inches think now in the front. I left the LS/CC under the rock and behind it alone. So I have a total of 80 IBS of LS and 20 IBS of CC. I left about 1/2 inch of CC on...

Um.... I have the LR on top of the sand. Is that bad. I hope that isnt what your saying. If it is, what should I do to remove this sand from under the rocks?

Could I buy new LS and just put it over the other sand or would this still cause a spike? I was thinking of just taking out the CC I see and leaving the LS in there.

I have know idea why this is happening. I just put the Orange starfish in there 4 days ago and now hes having the same problem. Do you think there is something in the tank that is causing this?

I currently have a 75 gallon with 60 IBs of LS and 40 IBs of CC. I want to remove all LS and CC and replace it with new LS. Is this possible without causing extreme stress to my inverts and fish. The CC has risson to the top and is now all stained brown. I was told you could mix but I didnt know...

I raised it to 1.024 now but my starfish our looking even worse. The leg is almost completely off now and the new orange starfish is looking even worse. Is there anything I can put in the tank to help them?

Thank you for your feeback. I will gradually return the SG back to 1.025. Hopefully this saves one of them. I will check back later on today to see if she replys as well.

I have one Red Starfish and one Orange Linckia Starfish. I'v had the Red Starfish for 8 months and the Orange Linckia Starfish for 3 days. My SG rating is 1.23. I accimulated them for 2 1/2 hrs using the drip method. Could that be my problem, the SG rating. I used to have my saltwater at...

Ok, I have had my tank for a year now and there has been no problems at all. My starfish has been in there for 8 months and there has been no problems with it. I recently noticed that two of the starfishs legs our almost all white and you can see the bone. I dont know if this is a disease or if...

MH is better but it gets very hot. Plus its way more expensive. Everyone talks about T-5s though. I guess because of price and you get more for your money.