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The trouble with algae 'removers' is that when the algae dies it releases all that nitrate, phosphate, sugars etc back into the tank.

Maybe the nitrates. 15ppm is very high compared to reefs. pH is also a bit low, has it always been 8.1? My feeding goes down to once a month, on average once every 2 weeks - more of a suppliment realy.

Never tested it, but I would think so.

We had a jellyfish tank at the London Aquarium. Its a huge circular tank that the water flowed around - looked like a huge wheel. The jellyfish flowed round and round, with actinic lighting behind them - it looks fantastic.

Run your skimmer as much as you can. Your tank sounds polluted with nutrients (overfeeding, dead animals etc) which you need to get out. Remove as much of the hair algae as you can by hand, so that the nutrients/nitrates etc, are removed and not just recycled. If your reading are bad it might be...

You need at least 4-5 watts per gallon for Star polyps, I have 3 species and they are all growing great. Be carefull with the iodine, are you measuring the concentration?

Remember, natural light produces all the colour spectrums, one type of bulb will not.

Thanks! Few years younger than you - 28 on Friday. Originally posted by dcm22: Happy Birthday on Sept.22. Thats cool. Same Birthday !!!!! Are you same age as me also?? Have a good one, Don (dcm22)

Did I read right??? Saltwaterfish.com are selling Conch??? Is this the same Conch that is incredibly rare, endangered, protected etc, etc??? Please tell me I am wrong....

If it is the tunze that I know, they are excellent and you may well have removed the majority of protein in your tank.

Tunze have been around for decades and are the main producers of rotation skimmers which, by many are considered to be the best skimmers there are. Originally posted by krazzydart: a lot of good answers, but have you called the manufacturor,,,, how long have they been in business??? I wouldn't...

Not seen or heard of these slurp guns, - for catching fish right?? Like a giant syringe that sucks up the fish??? What r ppl? Originally posted by FubR: Yo Clayton, I have a great idea, and this has to do with the damsels...You should make like a mini slurp gun that could fit in one hand and be...

Well the system for propogating soft corals has now been up and running in the back garden for about a week. If there proves to be enough light in this country (rainy England) then this will be a very inexpensive way to rapidly produce soft coral. For the myriad of people that are unhappy with...

Thanks Angel, I will check it out. I always thought Cauliflower coral was Cladiella spp. (a soft coral), but even scientific names are swapped around.

I would mix actinics and MH, but you may want to go with 10,000 K MH bulbs to get a better mix of light.

There are two types of foam produced by skimmers - normal foam and protein foam. The normal foam consists of tiny bubbles of identical size, these burst quickly. Above the normal foam brown protein foam is produced which consists of larger bubbles of different sizes. It is the protein foam that...

I just bought a Regal tang too!!! They are browsers and must have greenery - I bought mine to keep the caulerpa and hair algae (I have been adding magnesium lately) under control. They will also take meat foods. Good luck - they are a cool fish!! I paid £20 for mine - a bargain in England.

Never called it that myself but I guess it's the same thing Originally posted by MR . SALTY: Isn't this called NEW TANK SYNDROME?? When you throw the bio system way out of ballance and cause a compleate recycle.

Carbon would remove any colour pigments, but why is that Ranger? By the way did you get my email? Originally posted by Reef Ranger: The main problem with the algae scrubbers is that over time your water will take on a yellow tint to it...rather un attractive. -Ranger-

Interesting fact: On reef at mid-day at a depth of 1 meter the light intensity is, on average 45000 lux. This is equivalent to 38 tubes of 36 watts each per square meter.