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Wow, great article. Thanks a lot. Since I just did a wc yesterday, they're not looking too bad right now... I'll get something to start raising the ph and keep manually sucking out what I can get to and I'll see if that takes care of the issue.

It's not cyano, I've had lots of experience with that before. It looks just like the dino picture. I knew I'd seen that here before and just couldn't remember the name! Any specific cure for it, or just the normal lots of water changes and keep nutrients down?

i've spent the last half hour searching through "nuissance algae" posts and can't seem to find what i'm looking for. i know i've seen pictures of this algae on here before, but don't remember where or when. i'm getting a brown algae with bubbles spreading over my sand first, then to rocks...

I did this a few months ago and actually bought uncured live rock. It was beautiful but had tons of dieoff. I let it cure for about 2 weeks in a separate tub and changed the water maybe twice throughout that time (to help with the stench). I don't think it was completely finished curing, but...

I've had a pink birdsnest (it's an ORA pink birdsnest from this site) for 2 months in my 55 under T5's and it has about 20 new branches starting to grow off the tips. It's about half way up in the tank and honestly, I don't think I've done more than one water change since I put it in. I...

I agree that if it's a newer setup it just may not be stable yet. I lost literally everything (fish, shrimp, crabs, stars, everything) that I tried to put into mine for the first year or so... it wasn't always right away, a lot of them lived for a month or two or three then would die. But this...

Those ASM skimmers are really nice. I've had the G1 on my 55 and it sucks out a full cup of junk every week. Looks like they've got TONS of new equipment! I don't, however, recommend that honeycomb back rock unless you're using it for actual base rock (covered in lots of live rock and buried...

Some nems are shipped without water... he could still be alive. If you have another small tank you could drop it into, it might be worth trying. And it'll make a good story if you can say your anemone was in the trash and lived to tell about it

I've never seen my emeralds or porcelains touch a snail. I have one huge emerald and 3 other smaller ones and have had several porcelains. They're both really cool to watch. Especially the porcelains.

You wouldn't believe how helpful this is for those of us who live in the po-dunk hills of the middle of nowhere. I literally have nobody who's ever heard most of these words before, let alone know how to pronounce them. No fish stores, no other local reefers, no nothing. Keep 'em coming!

If there are no bubbles, do you have an airline run from the pump to outside of the water to suck in air? Just a thought. Or sometimes, if that line falls in the water it can take a while for air to run through it again. Or worse yet, it can get stopped up with dry salt. It should bubble in...

From the pics it looks like cyano... but if you say it's hard like the rocks, I'm not sure what it could be. The cyano would brush off or blow away if you tried to clean it. So, here's a bump for someone else who may know more.

I've been battling cyano off and on since i started my tank almost 2 years ago. Once I switched to RO/DI water, everything has gotten much better. But so far, the best success I've had is adding 10 turbo snails that I got from this site. They've been in there about 3 weeks and there's still...

My 55 is also losing 1-2 gal/day this winter and I'm in PA. I know it wasn't as much in the summer (maybe 1/2 gal/day), but I have more lighting on it now than I did this past summer... so I'll have to wait & see how much I can contribute to weather.

He hasn't logged in since the 16th and that was the last time he answered. I wouldn't worry all that much about it just yet. If it works out, great. If not, big deal. He could just be busy. Things happen.

One that I noticed isn't on Beth's (only because it's the one that took me forever to figure out) is: TTT-To The Top (when bumping a thread back up for more people to see it). Great idea, this one should be a sticky somewhere. Those acronyms can be confusing until you figure them out.

I'd also gladly make the trip down... it's only 3 hours and I have a friend in Pitt I could stay with. Let me know if there's a specific time/day you want people there. I could use a few things and would be happy to make a donation to the lady who owns it, even if she doesn't want to be paid...

I can't even imagine! I know I spend so much time & energy budgeting & trying to figure out how much I can afford to add, it is really disappointing when one fish dies, let alone the whole tank crashes. Hopefully you can find the problem. That must be really stressful!

Wow, that really sucks. Your normal params seem great. I'm not sure about toxins from the fish. But have you checked the tank for any stray voltage? Maybe from one of the pumps or powerheads? I don't know if maybe something could have gotten fried and maybe isn't working right, even if you...

And I've also left work early to get my shipments! Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!