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Guys my 28g jbj has been up for 2 yrs now and everything is o.k except that i get a green dust on the glass everyday!!! I have 2 clean the glass every 2nd day or it looks bad. The only skimmer i have is the stock one, i run phosguard,purigen and FF in the media chamber and have 3 or 4 turbo...

I have a jbj 28g hqi, chiller, stand, 30lbs or LR, fire shrimp, pair of Rod's Onyx clowns, red brain, green brain, hammer coral, bubble coral, xena, ricordia, zoo's, a korila power head, all testing equip and refractomter etc...i want to sale it all for 700.00 Just the tank and chiller cost that...

My cameras toast! i got caterpillar things in my tank, they are green and orange with " bristle " looking things on em and they are everywhere and also littlt bug things that look like shrimp but they crawl and their tales are curled under, they are clear and looks like you can see their spine...

I have 28g HQI. I do 3-4 gallon WC every 2 weeks but im stopin b/c after every WC i get new diatom break outs and now i have green " carpet" looking algea on my SB along with the diatoms. Tanks and all param. were great until last WC now it looks like mess again. I am going to keep lights off...

I have a 28g HQI. I run my 150w MH and 36w actinics 8 hrs a day. What is the purpose of the actinic's and am i running them to much? Are they serving a crucial purpose or are they to enhance the tanks looks? My corals do " shine" better when they are on.

I have a candy cane coral with about 8 heads that is thriving but lately i have been finding white cotton looking stuff on it, at first i though it might be some filterfloss that got into the DT but its not b/c tonight i got some more off of it. I looks like a white ball/tubular thing about the...

I had a big issue with trates being to high about 3 weeks ago, i got them under control by changing 50% of my water twice and replacing filter floss. I now replace FF evry 3 days and my water quality seems in normal range on everything but the one thing i noticed is that my skimmate cup is...

I got a pair from a SWF member and they are great but the keep staying right against the glass(acrylic) and swimming up and down with there nose against the tank...i think they are seeing their on reflection and getting spooked...Is this normal and will they get used to it?

I dont have room for a permanent QT tank. I only have corals in my tank but i get tired of hitchikers, is there a way to " dip " them to get rid of hitchikers before adding them to my DT? I was thinking of making a small acrylic box to hang over the side of my tank that i could sit the new...

https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/318052/tank-going-south-help-please I have been battling trates. The above thread is my last post on the subject. i changed my airstone out today, the one i bought is smaller than the one i had in it but i did'nt know it til i got home! The old airstone in my...

My tank is 4 months old its a 28g HQI and it has been doing great until now. I have no fish and 20lbs of LS and 30 lbs Of LR and purigen, phosguard and filter floss in the media box. My CUC is 8 nass, 6 turbos and 2 Mexicans. My corals are a candy cane, hammer coral, xenia, 4 types of zoos and a...

My tank is 4 months old. I set it up right and did what i was told and learned on this site and took it slow in the beggining. My tank is a 28g HQI and it is cycled and now has a few corals in it and WAS doing good. I had a Small diatom bloom after the cycle but since then i have had no algea of...

I have a reef tank right now, will one day have 2 GSMC in it but until i find a pair its a reef only. My question is this, when i get new frags in from LFS or online can i put them in some DI water to get the hitchikers off? The last 2 frags i got had some bad hichikers on them and i found em in...

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Can i buy a 3g nano and put water from a water change in it and use it for a Qt tank? I only buy one or 2 coral at a time and i would like to be able to put them in this for a week or so before moving them to my DT tank. I was thinking of not adding any LR or LS to the QT because im trying to...

I put a peice of LR under my new maxima clams but the three times i came home today to check the tank they had moved off of it so i said to hades with it and put them on the LR. When i moved them i noticed small white snail looking things on them...im guessing they came outa the SB but i have...

I added two maxima clams to my tank fri. and they look great but i have to admit i dont know " how " to place them. I just set them on the SB but like the LFS had them but after reading i am thinking i need to put a rock under them or place them on the LR...can someone tell me quick, i dont...

I just put 2 clams in my tank, i have 2 blue leg hermits, do i need to take them out ? will they bother the clams? On my candy cane coral there is 2 starfish. They look white with brown stripes or vice versa. They are staying on the candy cane. Do i need to remove them from the tank or leave em...

I didnt know where else to post this thread. Sorry. I live in south Ga and im looking for a LFS with a selection of corals that are not just stone polyps, 1 or 2 anemones and shrooms. Does anyone know of any in tallahasse area or albany etc....Im in valdosta Ga. area. Thanks for any input. Im...

I have just purchased a open brain. I had him on my LR about middle ways up but i read on here he needs to be on the SB. When he was on the LR he would " puff" up like a ballon and get real big. Once i have moved him to SB he doesnt do that anymore. I feed him every 2 days and he eats fine. The...