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It is stringy. also I removed a lot of it two days ago and this stuff comes back faster then i could imagine. this picture is right in front of my return its literally being pounded by flow I dont think I could get more on it.

What would be your recommendation for the salt I should use? And as soon as my girlfriend gives up her camera ill post some pics lol my camera on my phone isn't that great

Thank you for the advice. And yes I'm starting to figure that out my big tank is 20xs easier than this little thing. It's very sensitive one day everythings perfect and the next day its off its very tedious.

I'm not sure on how much it raises the levels as its written as if I'm a chemist. And what's the difference between a small and large tank other than volume when dosing why wouldn't you have to dose a small tank if anything I would think the smaller the tank the more suppliments are needed due...

Hey guys so my magnesium is low and I went to the lfs and bought a magnesium supplement called MAGNESION. And after reading the instructions I was a bit confused it read add 5ml for every 20 gallons how would I do this with a nuvo pico 4 gallon tank I would rather not over dose and kill my whole...

Yea I figured that out after accidentally left clicking over it thank you.

Thank you that was helpful. I appreciate it.

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Okay so a little over a year into the saltwater addiction I have a crazy question. Is it weird that my tank is spotless? and has no algae? I remember reading something on this forum and the person said if you don't have any algae you have a problem. I had a very short outbreak of cyano algae but...

OK thanks for the help but definitely let me know the results.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Limpid Start doing water changes often, if your power was off 3 days then the bacteria in those bio wheel filters died and produced ammonia and now nitrates. You are probable going threw a cycle. A suggestion if it happens again empty the filters of water and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Siptang My phosphate, I couldn't keep down either. Constant water changes will bring the lvl of the the nitrates down to normal lvls in due time. (live rock will help also) Phosphate, I'm not the best guy to give you the advise but I heard that API's Phos-zorb is...

Yea I have both but to give an exact number I couldn't tell you . The tanks pretty full with live rock though. Nitrates-80ppm (I know its outrageous) Phosphates-2.0 ( I don't know if this is good or bad)

I have been having nitrate problems since the hurricane came threw the east coast. The power was out for 3 days. I just wanted to know what I can do to lower the nitrates? I have been doing 5 gallon water changes once a week (30g tank) and feeding much less. I also have been changing my filter...

Quote: Originally Posted by Al&Burke I would go with glass - acrylic expands in water and may blow the sides of your sump out, if they are too tight . oooo wow thank God I asked and someone knew that could happen!!

OK last question should it be acrylic or glass? so the plans are 10 gallon sump 3/4inch pvc pipe 1/4 inch glass/acrylic

ok thank you

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Take two pieces of card stock paper...put them inside the tank and place them edge to edge in the aquarium and tape the paper (the space is too large for one sheet) this will give you an inside template that you can measure for baffles. This is what I did for...

Ooo wow that's impressive thank you that's awesome.... ill be the first to let you no how it comes out.. Thank you again.