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Originally Posted by GeoJ I don't want to hi-jack this thread but I will say that after adding the air stone my alk levels became more stable (I did not have to change it), so it is working for me... I would have not mentioned it in such detail if it were a minor or inconsequential detail. its...

Originally Posted by GeoJ I use an air pump because I add Kalkwasser to my topoff water,it stirs the supplement. . once limewater is saturated all agitation to the limewater surface does is help expose it to carbon dioxide in the surroundng air which makes more calcium precipate out and it...

I store RO in airtight 5gallon containers (not buckets though same difference). keep it air tight it really doesn't matter if it sits for 4-6wks. My actual tank top off is limewater and stagnant is good (all the bad stuff precipitates and down to the bottom. water movement stirs it up and clouds...

corals seem to do better with fish. I even tried it myself with the biocube and even with one fish the few corals especially the monti cap seem to thrive better. I cant explain the dynamics but there seem to be something to the consistant or maybe even type of nutrient supplied by fish...

Originally Posted by Flower Phytoplantkton isn't coral food I have Phytoplex the bottle says cultured phytoplankton for corals. So I need other coral food? nope. hard corals (LPS and SPS) for certain dont eat it and its only speculated a few soft corals MAY be able to utilize it. the idea...

Originally Posted by meowzer Don't you rinse the corals after you dip them??? I use 2 containers....one with the tank water with lugols added...dip coral in that then I have a container with just tank water, and I rinse the corals in that before adding them to the tank....do you not think that...

the easy way to add sand without making a mess is turning the flow off in the tank and using a tuperwear container (or the like) with top. fill the container with sand and put the top on it. slowly bring the topped container to the bottom of the tank and slowly release the top. then you can...

Originally Posted by Flower You don't dump the dip in there with the coral do you? I doubt you do, but someone may misunderstand... I use the bag water or tank water in a seperate container and add lugols per bottle recommendation for dipping (40 drops per gallon or in my case 10 drops per...

A Skimmer -not a requirement. can be substituted with water changes, low bioload, mature liverock ect or just plain skipped if you take other measures to maintain water quality Sand - definately not a requirement Rocks - or anything with adequate surface area to host bacteria but yeah your...

its fine to add multiple corals at once but if it were my first ones I'd probably buy one and make sure it does okay for a few days just so if something didn't go well you only wasted money on one coral. I give corals absolutely NO acclimation besides floating the bag for 5-10 minutes. In fact I...

what do you have? LPS and many softies dont require anything more than a FOWLR besides better lighting and a little more flow. Other stuff beyond light and flow are based on the ability to maintain low nitrates and phosphates and maintain adequate carbonate (alkalinity or dKH) and calcium...

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not reef safe.

Originally Posted by u mike Has anyone ever used or heard of this skimmer. super reef octopus xp 1000sss cone. asa I conutine to search for a skimmer this seems to fit with the size to fit under my tank. its pictured/discussed above.

mine kicked the bucket so needless to say my last attempt at fang blennies (even though I've only tried yellow canary fang blennies which arent the boldest of fang blennies).

Originally Posted by jpgnmt I have seen "rinsed foods" mentioned a few times. How does one do that? only works with frozen. put in under clean water and rinse . of course you can only rinse until before you start rinsing away the actual food.. you basically are thawing it out running off the...

cynobacteria not true algae (the bubbles are the dead give away). thrives on light and excessive organics plain and simple. reducing light significantly is not usually an option (or effective when organics are high). to get rid of it without treatment you are going to have to toothbrush and...

Originally Posted by u mike I am looking for in sump one. One of the guys at lfs was telling me about red sea. I looked into them via google. will research octo also. Is there any special size for 65 gal thank God, I was thinking to myself pretty much ALL but a few expensive hang on backs...

get used to it. the bigger they grow/more you have the more you will accidently break. I've accidently broke off pieces of EVERY single branching sps I have save a stylo which branches are thick. branching monti's seem the most fragile. think I've broke pieces of my two montipora digitatas at...

all "blue wave" ballast are magnetic (nearly ALL pulse start or HQI but the 400w are pulse start as a true 400w HQI ballast doesn't exist) but not all sunlight supply ballast are magnetic (galaxy ballast are electronic). the 400w radiums are designed to work on pulse start ballast so the 400w...