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Hi, I am planning on starting a refugium, but I need a little advice. I have a 58 gallon with a oceanic sump model 1. The sump has 2 chambers, one large with a protein skimmer in it and a smaller one with the return pump. Can I just add a light and make the large chamber a refugium or do I need...

I never tried the Instant Ocean Nitrate Remover, but I tried a lot of the filter media and could never get it to reduce nitrates. I did buy a Nitrate Filter several months ago when I couldnt get my nitrates below 20ppm and it works great. It is expensive $275, but works great have 0 nitrates now.

The rest of the tank is pretty much the same. That rock is part of a large piece of rock, so it will be hard to remove. I bought a Sea Hare recently and put it in there but he doesnt do much to the rocks yet, mostly the walls.

Hi, I posted what I thought was a hair algae problem and someone correctly noted that I had a cyano bacteria infestation. I went with Boyd Chemi-clean and it looks like the cyano is gone because I had red stuff in my sand bed that is gone, and the red colored hair on the rocks seems to be gone...

I tried Peppermint shrimp for the aptasia, but my dottyback ate the small ones, one of the larger ones survived for a couple of days, but I haven't seen him since

I have had this problem for some time now. It seems to get better and then all of a sudden it gets worse. My water parameters are fine: Nitrates 0 PH 8.2 Salinity 1.26 Phosphates 0 I only use RO water. I had my lights on for about 10 hours, but I cut it down to 8 hours for a few weeks now and...

Ok, thanks again!

GrouperGenius, I checked my overflow box last night and it looks like the water inside the box is coming right up to the height of the slots that let the water in. How do I lower the level of the water? Thanks for all your help, you have been great!

No, my PH was at 7.75 at the height of the day for weeks and would never go up over 8 unless I put buffer in, but it would go back down by the next day. The only problem is that I have my light sitting on top of the glass.

Originally Posted by GrouperGenius To a degree, the 2 may be related. Excess CO2 can build up in your house due to being closed up tightly. The CO2 in the tank doesn't bleed off via surface agitation as it should. The excess CO2 can and will cause a drop in Ph. But there are many reasons why Ph...

I do have a fairly new house which I have heard can cause this type of problem. What can I do about it?

I did a 15 gallon change last week and a 10 gallon change the week before. I have a Reef Ready tank that has a box in the back that feeds the water to the sump, is that considered an overflow box? I thought the slime would have drained through that box, but it is not.

So it is ok then? I was hoping it was related to my PH problem. I can't seem to keep the PH up. I have to add buffer every week.

Hi, I have a 58 gallon reef tank. It is about two years old. My water parameters are fine ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates < 5. My PH is a little low and i have been having a hard time maintaining it, but I also have this slime/film on the top of the water in the display tank. I put a power...

I have the SS and the Prizm and I like the SS better. I experienced the same problem as itom37 where it just fills up all of a sudden and it does need constant adjustment. the one I have(65g version) is a little too small for my 58g and I was thinking of upgrading and everyone seems to like the...

Thanks for the help guys. I will put the heater in and bring the salinity up and test again!

I didn't have my heater in the mixing tub yet and I usually do bring it up to 1.26, this was more of an experiment so I didnt worry so much about the proper paramters. But the same approx salinity/temp with the other salt did have enough calcium. I will try warming the batch up and bringing it...

I started using Coral Pro Salt about a month ago around the time I discovered I had low calcium about 340ppm. Over that month I have done several 10-20% water changes and a Kalk drip and my calcium level didn't change. After reading a post last week that described a calcium problem with Red...

I am having the same problem. I use red sea coral pro with RO/DI water that I make at home and I can't get my Calcium above 360ppm. I have never tested the calcium level in the water that I make up for water changes, I will do that tonight. One of the previous posts asked if wishihadatank had...

The thing that puzzles me is that I have done a 30% water change once a week for three weeks and my nitrate level stays the same when I test it. I would have thought that it would come down a little after each water change.