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Ratrod, I think finding the source is what is giving us trouble...so ideas on how to figure that out would be cool. like i said i detect no phosphate in my tap water just the water in the tank. Espkh9, thanks for the suggestion, I havn't heard of a phosphate reactor yet but i'll look into it.

Originally Posted by bigmac TDS meters are a good tool but their not going to tell you much about po4's...I use a Hannah po4 meter to test my water off the DI. I do use the TDS meter at the lab to tell me if and when my RO membrane is spent. The Sediment, Carbon block and RO membrane are...

Originally Posted by alix2.0 we cant post links to competitor sites. I've mentioned competitor sites before just not a link. Anyway I'm not buying any more of the same LR that I have (LR from saltwaterfish.com). So they aren't getting my business for that unless they offer me a diverse...

Originally Posted by alix2.0 saltwaterfish.com I would buy from saltwaterfish.com but i want a diversity of LR without ordering 20 lbs. of each rock. Oh and i forgot that they only have fiji LR.

Originally Posted by Al Mc If your water parameters (ph, S.G., temp., ammonia, nitrites and nitrates) are all 'good' then there is something alive in the sand, rock and/or filter material. zeros thought of things being eaten is an avenue to explore depending on your other fish/invert...

Originally Posted by ZeroC little things dying off (or being eaten to extinction) is not uncommon. The more important organisms that live on and in live rock is the bacteria that you can't see and if you've been running for 6 months and all your inhabitants seem happy then that bacteria is...

Originally Posted by ninjamini How long is this tank set up? 6 months maybe a little longer...

I have a 20 gallon tank with 20 lbs of LR and roughly 15 lbs of LS, but my LS was store bought and probably wasn't alive any longer, and I'm afraid that a lot of my LR died off. I know i used to see copeopods in my tank and no longer do. Also have noticed the disappearance of other organisms...

Originally Posted by rudedog40 Should I have the fans blow over the bulbs to cool them down, or face the fan output outward to suck the heat out of the fixture? I don't have any experience with that particular problem, but taking from my experience with computer heating, I would say you need an...

Originally Posted by reefkprZ your lights are far to weak for most corals, though you could consider some of the non photosynthetic ones once your water quality improves again. so if you really want a decent selection of corals consider upgrading them at some point. fish/inverts: there are a lot...

Originally Posted by b bauer get rid of the air stones and brine shrimp breed them in a different tank as for lighting what kind of coral do you want? I havn't decided for sure yet, i've been looking at some of the frag packs on the *********** websites since this site doesn't have packs of...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 Not trying to be rude; but please re-read your post. I may be a bit slow; but I have no idea what you had, what you have , and what you want. (Livestock, wise) I had 3 damsels now all dead due to one of my kids emptying a 6 gram tube of brine shrimp in my tank...

aww come on no one has any ideas for me? :(

also include info on what light upgrades I could make (specifics if possible)

It looks like I'm going have to start my 20G tank over after my brine shrimp accident due to Nitrate and Nitrite Levels killing my damsels. still have two but I'm thinking its just a matter of time. I still amazingly have my blue-legged hermits and snails alive though (thought for sure the...

its too late at night for me to get supplies to filter or net them, a have my canister filter running hoping it will catch a good deal of them, but ammonia levels have all ready killed one of my damsels, another seems close to death and the other is always hiding so i am unsure of its condition...

looks like my nitrates and nitrites sky rocketed too...

I had the feeling that would be an answer i got, i was hoping my crabs would make a large dent before they hatched, i did notice them eating near where most eggs landed. Wish i had a much larger tank, better chance of successful recovery then. I also noticed one of my damsels may be getting...

6 GMs of eggs...i'm guessing grams with an incorrect symbol of it? in a 20 gallon tank. I have a small anemone and 6-10 blue legs hermits and 3 damsels 15 lbs of live sand, 20 lbs of live rock. oh and about 10 snails.

yeah so I bought a tube of brine shrimp so i can give my aquarium a treat once in a while, well my kid decided to pour the whole tube in the aqu arium last night while i wasnt in the room, now at least half have hatched and i need to know if this is going to crash my tank do to them eating too...