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The white algae you are talking about is mostlikly dead coarline algea. For the high nitrates, do two 50% water changes (two days in a row), and your nitrates should be cut by about 80-100%

Originally Posted by dapak83 well i did start with tap butttt.... i m doing changes and everything with RO water soo i shud be good sooner or later hehe! Do 3 50% water changes (or 2 75%changes).. over the course of 3 days. Cut back your lighting and that stuff should start disappearing.

brita will not pull out everything from tap water.. TDS (total disolved solids) in your water will probably range in teh 400-900ppm range. All of that is impurities in the water; which in a satlwater tank is what all the nusiense algae thrives off of. RO Water will bring the TDS down to the...

Originally Posted by THERICK Hello fellow Reefers. I currently have a 55g reef tank with orbit 4x65 power compact lights (10,000k / atinic). I'm planning on upgrading my tank to a 90 gallon tank and would like to add some more lighting. Due to heat issues I'd like to avoid using Metal Halide...

It's not needed, as stated above.. but highly recommended. If you dont get a skimmer.. I recommend good size water changes weekly. at minimum I would do 50%

how many lbs of this rock do you have and how big is you tank?? If you put in 70+ lbs of already cured LR.. your probably wont see anymore the a .25 or .5 spike on ammonia.. and that probably wont last for more then a day or two.

Originally Posted by NW2SLTFSH Does that work? I would have thought that would be like a baked potatoe effect and trap heat in? Very ingenius solution though If the tinfoil is on the outside part of the window it works. I dont know about the inside.

Originally Posted by airforceb2 How can they not have any left? It is a stand-alone filter. As for RO/DI units...I have one from the auction site. It was $100 shipped. Made by Dvoneb and filters 100GPD. I love it. yup.. famous autcion site.. there is a seller called filterdirect.. look...

The price of power went up from the main provider in texas last month. it was only supposed to be 10% but our bill went up 25% :(

im with the get it replaced crowd. I personally would take a chance with 'it's just a chip'. Your home and flooring is worth more then to take a chance.

Originally Posted by ReefNut Yep, PC or VHOs of adequate wattage would be fine for those corals. The only thing the PCs or VHOs wouldn't support are the light demanding corals, anemones & clams. The anemones and clams comment, It really depends. I have seen a 20gallon setup with 2 vho's that...

Originally Posted by zanoshanox ok, thanks guys. Its a perfect cube, 18 inches in all dimensions. I forgot about the link thing, but i think u guys got the point... I think a single 250 (150 or 175 would probably work as well) should be plenty for your cube. However, I would research at...

I bled in my tank a few weeks back.. I can't say it was a big deal. I did the same thing. I cut my self and didnt know it. stuck my hand in the tank and then noticed I was bleeding. No problems from it that I can tell.

I like the acclimating proceadure from this website when acclimating a lot of stuff at once (like a cleanup crew package) However.. That process has never worked for any star.. I have never been able to keep a star.. I've tried a 6 hour acclimation process on the last one and it still broke...

almost all softcorals will do well under pc lighting, the ones you mentioned should be in the clear. However, VHO lighting is much better then pc lighting (imo), the intial cost is a little more but the bulbs last much longer and you will have more choices on corals later down the road...

Originally Posted by zanoshanox Ok guys, heres my problem. My first SW tank, 38 G, 18 inches in length. How do i light that? I want to support higher light requirement inverts, but i cant find anything to get me 4+ WPG on my 38. Its a cube.. i can prolly get a pic if that would help...(dont...

Originally Posted by Drakken I had a purple monster, um I mean lobster. Are they messy? It made a mess out of my firefish. It killed 2 firefish and one had a few chunks taken out of it. It made a mess out of my blennie then killed him too. Then it made a mess when I tore the tank apart...

I wish I could find a sale like that :(

get a little better lighting.. and get some different frags to put in there. (make sure you have plenty of licve rock too.

this thread is much easier to get to all the pictures then you other one that is posted elsewhere :D