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yeah i realize that there is a lighting issue now. i will try to correct that this week end. thanks for the tips! put yourself down for a raise! ;-)

50 watts is all i got. its a full spectrum light, but it is definitely not metal halide. what should i feed it and how?

the setup is a 120 gal tank. the PH is 8.3, the specifi gravity is 1.023. the nitrates are under 20. nh3 and no2 are 0. i am running about 50watts of light. the anenome is a week old today. i have not fed it yet but i think it may be getting some table scraps from the skunk clown and anenome...

Can someone please help identify what went wrong here? I have a pink tipped anmone that spent the day yesterday all shrivled up and now it has finally started to inflate. however, the tentacles no longer inflate to the tips. what happened? thanks in advance!

wow it doesnt take much does it. thanks for the info!

What is the best way to incrementally increase the salinity?

What does it usually take to alter salinity? is there some formula that could be used to determine. My salinity is at 30 ppt right now at 78 degrees F. Should I be messing with it at all? Thanks in advance!

My Pink Tipped Hatian anemone seems to inflate and deflate fully once every 24 hours. Is this normal? Is this behaviour because of the crab anemone or the clown fish always bugging it? Thanks in advance!

there is an excellent thread on slime removal. it worked for me! the biggest things in combating it for me were: RO/DI water use, not over feeding, and no more than 12-14 hours of lighting. heres the thread: https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/73002/how-to-rid-your-tank-of-red-slime

its not cyano. i have seen that algea and i have eradicated it. the algea that you refer to is dark red. the algea that i refer to is the color of this smiley thing ->:jumping:

does it is extract helpful things like vitamins, etc.

When doing water changes (10%) do you have to mixed and aerated too?

I seem to have some gray/purple algae forming on my crushed coral on the bottom of the tank. It sort of looks like the purple stuff on the live rock. I know it’s not cyano (I have conquered that) and it’s not the brown diatoms (that are getting eaten by the cleanup crew). Is this stuff bad? What...

That is the question. I have been running Carbon in my filters for a few months now. is it neccessary? Could I be doing harm by utilizing the carbon? Thanks! -Phil

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A couple quick questions on my FOWLR 120 gallon tank and algae… The tank has been up for a 4-5 months now and have had, to varying degrees, 3 different colored algae’s (in order of dominance): Brown, Red(Cyano), and Green. The most dominant form is brown. I was under the impression that these...

Thanks for the replys guys and gals... I may try some *highly* diluted bleach mixture on them only after I give them a mechanical scrub. I have a phobia about using such a harse chemical in this environment. I just started using RO/DI about a week ago and have done about a 10-15% water change so...

What is the accepted way of cleaning dead coral (crushed and ornamental)? Would it be a organic solution (snails) or a mechanical solution (elbow grease and a chemical cocktail)? If you suggest a mechanical solution, please indicate what tools/chemicals you would use. My tank is relatively new...

Bacteria? Thats interesting. My tank exhibited the same cloudiness on startup and cleared itself in short order without anything organic added. I just ran the filter for a few days and whammo it worked.

I am guessing this is normal. i had the same issue when i set up my tank. it was cloudy for a couple days. i am no expert but i am guessing that the filter media needs to get "broken in" before it starts really working. a flocculation of sorts. either way i am sure the tank will clear up...