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You might try moving them up or down in the tank and adjusting your power heads to change the current. Most mushrooms are low to moderate light so they do better towards the bottom with slower water movement. I have some hairy mushrooms that love light and do well towards the top of my tank but...

actually spirulina enriched brine shimp gives them a lot of the nutrients they need. I have a foxface Lo that is very healthy with above and dried seaweed.

They make a product called Joe's Juice that works great on aptasia better than anything I have used in the past. They literally disolve within a few minutes. Also adding a few peppermint shrimp will help keep them under control. I had a fairly large aptasia in the back of my tank that I didn't...

I added my skunk cleaner, peppermints, and coral banded shrimp at a little after 1 month.

I like instant ocean but I now just buy my water at my local store already mixed. To me its worth paying $4.00/5 gallons already mixed, plus they use a filtration system to remove all the tap water impurities all I have to add is buffer.

This is normal and will stabilize in a few weeks. whenever you improve your lighting this usually happens. Reduce your lighting time and gradually work your way up.

Originally Posted by fish1031 does anyone know what these are? They help to represent the full spectrum of light. Some corals require a pure actinic to thrive.

As already stated, it will help reduce nitrates in the future by removing the materials that will eventually become nitrates. While your trying to get your nitrates down with water changes make sure to feed your fish as small amount of food as you can get away with, this will also help get your...

Originally Posted by woolfe really? I thought I was supposed to have a lot more then you listed...... Will just that many clean my tank? It's pretty nasty. I have a 105 gallon with about 40 dwarf blue legs, 20 red scarlets, 20 turbos, 40 astreas, 4 nassarius snails, 4 emerald crabs 1 Red...

I would look at a Bio Wheel filter system like the emperor 280 or 400 depending on the size of your tank. I have a 105 and use 2 400s plus a Red Sea protein skimmer. If you are having problems with ammonia, more than likely your tank has not cycled. Is it a new tank setup? If not than you...