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do you replace the polisher pads when you do a water change or rinse them? no problems with water quality?

the collection cup has about 1/4 inch every 2 days. i have cut back on the feeding I think i was feeding to much seaweed. but you know the hey i'm starving look they give you. lol

i have noticed in some refugiums there is some kind of foam in between the chamber deviders. is this to reduce debris? and what kind of foam is it? would this help my problem or is a baceria breeding ground?

no. would I still be having a detrius out break do they come and go?

I have a wave maker in the dt. and a return pump from the refugium.

80 gl tank has been up and running for 4 mo. all the chemical readings are great. but my water some days its clear then the next day its not. there seems to be alot of brown tint debris to the water. I have a over flow to the refuge with a skimmer, a lg piece of lr and a return chamber. any...

I figured the snails would eat other algae that has grown on the glass but it sounds like thats not enough.

the LFS said to leave in the bag then let them loose. they have been there for about a month.

I just did my test tonight thought that migh be it PH 8.2, amonia 0, nitrate 0, nitrite 0, salinity 1.022. all the fish are doing fine. Yes I did get them to eat the diatoms and its pretty well cleaned up. Is ther any thing I can do?

I have a 80gl tank its been running for 3mo. In the last 2 weeks 3 of my turbo snails have died. then I was reading and they need calcium. could that be it and if so how do you add them to your tank?

really you just freeze it and cut off a chunk for them? Is it really that simple? What kind of fish are you feeding?

I have a 80gl its only 2 mo old. I know its prob to soon to add one but I was thinnking ahead. I have a jebo fixture w/ 4 PC. But if I decide to get into reef I will invest in MH. also I think they are paired they don't stray far from each other.

I have 2 perc clowns will they host any type of anemone? do they need seperate ones or will they share one?

My fox face has been turning the pale "fake like I am dead" look. He used to only do it when the lights were tuned on or when the kids would scrape the algae off the glass. Now he will race around the tank then go behind the heater and the" fake dead". He still eats and no sign of ick. Is this...

i guess i'll be patient. I only have PC. I'm a newbie

thanks I want to clean it for that reason. I have seen pictures of tanks with a really pretty pink purple algae on the back of the tank. how do you get that stuff to grow? Is it something that comes in time or only in a reef tank?

should I be scraping the back wall of my tank that has diatoms on it?

what are the best "greens" for my fox face? I have some flakes,I have heard of leaf lettus being fed. I have also seen sheets of seaweed in the LFS or a frozen mix?

thanks again. just making a wish list for now.

thanks for the quick reply. I am trying really hard to go slow.