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I read often that live sand but much better than CC. I tend to believe that as well but someone in the hobby for many years told me that LS will eventually mess up with the filter especially by bio-wheel. What do you think? :confused:

Greetings! I was given recently a Protein skimmer to put in my reef tank. I installed it but.. THE NOISE OF THE PUMP DRIVES ME CRAZY :eek: Well... it works well but since the tank is in my office, I find the noise quite disturbing. My question is: Do you keep your Protein Skimmer 24/7 or do...

I purchased a nice polyp several months ago. It was good and healthy. My lfs told me that I need to supplement with Cal and Stront, which I purchased and did. The polyps were really nice but gradually closed. Now it looks like there is a kind of dark red allergy on it and none of the polyps have...

Greetings! ;) I was wondering what kinds of corals you would recommend for use with a 10,000K light and a 20,000K light assuming good water quality?

One of my co-worker has a fiscus and a huma triggers in a 20gal tank. He takes care of them since last May. Tonight he asked me to stop by and see his fishes because they look "strange". Well... I saw the fiscus trigger color also dark BLUE :eek: He is so dark that it almost looked like the...

I just got a coral plate the other day. It does not move too much but I like the color in my tank. I was wondering whether it needs to be fed anything in addition or regular Calcium and Strontium?

I was wondering if the REEF VITAL DNA by Marc Weiss Companies, Inc. is any good at all? Does anyone use it in your reef? :confused:

Not that I ever want to try that but for my own interest who will win? Any chance a trigger (clown, fiscus...) can beat the shrimp? ;)

I got a polyp coral which seems very healthy. For already a week I see a kind of transparent whitish "tube" coming out of the rock in the midst of other polyps. It's hard to describe but do you have any idea what I am talking about? Is is a new polyp or does it try to "reach out" to another...

I never had one and have no idea how to keep one but I love it. I found they are gorgeous. Anybody here have one? How big of a tank do they need? How to you keep them? Are they compatible with other fishes? ;)

I was given a KENT MARINE rev. osmo. unit by a friend but I am not sure how to use it. I see two "cardriges" (maybe I need to replace one because it's too old?). There a blue tube and an orange one. I assume that "dirty" water comes out of the orange? Is it true? Please give me any info because...

I have made yesterday my first internet order for live stuff. Big step for me and sorry for my local lfs. I took a cleaner package just to see how they come up. If I am satisfied, I'll pass an order with fish later. Just a question though... I took the two freebie serpent stars but ... how do...

A friend of mine got a 20gal tank in a garage sale. He is interested in reef tank and asked me to help but I never handled a 20gal before. For me a 20gal reef is too small but I want to hear from you. What are your suggestions for a 20gal tank? What kind of inverts? What kind of corals? Any...

I have had a "brown" polyps for quite a while already. Some heads have white spots in the middle. I am wondering what it means? - are the young - are they old and dying - is the water quality decreasing? Thanks for your help. :D

This morning when I looked at my tank I saw the feather duster's head completely out of its body on the bottom of the tank. It looks like a "clear cut" :eek: What does it mean? Is my feather duster dead? Will the head grow again? Shall I remove the body out of the tank too? PLEASE HELP! :confused:

I was wondering what's your favorite book you have read about reef tank. I have never found a book that really satisfied me. Did you? Any idea? :cool:

I saw last week blood shrimps @ $9.99. Never seen a price like this. I got 2 for my reef tank. Anyone had any experience of breeding this shrimp? :)

Sorry to ask this (maybe) stupid question but it seems that I have parasites in 2 of my reef tanks! I thought that I would never have parasites in a reef tanks because of the live rocks, corals... but - in my 50gal tank, one damsel has ick and fishes are scratching. The tank is full of live...

I am not sure that this is the right message board for this question but I was wondering whether the reef builder of SEACHEM (to increase KH) will impact and increase my PH? I have a PH at 8.4 and a KH at 7. What do you suggest? :eek:

Arg! I saw for the last couple of days the mushrooms retracting and becoming very small. I tested the water tonight and the Ph. is at 8.6+ and Kh=6 This is in my 30 gal reef tank. O put some reef builder (Seachem) Is the reaction of the mushroom due to the Ph. increase? What do you suggest to...