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So I am having a algae outbreak and don't know why...check my phosphate levels..0... Nitrate...5. Everything else is good also....any ideas...my clean up crew is pretty low, getting a bunch 50 snails and things Thursday ....will they clean it up...any other ideas?

My tank about a week ago started getting green algae in my sand...I do water changes once per week 10 percent, I lightly vacuumed it twice the past two water changes and it is back within a day, also have left the lights off for a day and a half twice....and bought a new halide Phoenix bulb...

For the past week my one clown(bigger one) has been beating up on the other. They have been in tank together for 2 years..the larger has been in tank for 3 years, the smaller for 2. The smaller one has resorted to hiding, i have 3 anemones in the tank so they aren't fighting over one. Have...

Ok just wondering what my limit on fish for my tank is...currently 2 clowns...1 blue hippo Yang(small 1.5 inches) and a flame angel...I know I am getting real close but would like to get one more...to much?

last week i added a Blue Hippo Tang, I went out and bought some sinking algae disc. It does not apper he is eating it..doesnt even pay attention or see it falling. Any suggestions on what I should feed it. It is my understanding it wont eat the mysis shrimp i feed other fish? Dont want to...

So just got my first ever order from SWF and the Peppermint shrimp is the smallest thing i ever saw..It is a 1/4 inch long. do they always send ones this small? I put it in the tank(i did acclimate it) and who knows if its alive or dead because no one would be able to see or find it! I barely...

I have had a bubble algae outbreak, and have now scrubbed all the LR except the 3 that have my Anemones on them. How can i safely move them to another rock so I can scrub those rocks.(I take the rocks out and scrub them in sink and rinse with saltwater) Of course those rocks are the worst!

What works best to get rid of it. It recently has spread like wildfire. If i manually remove it by removing the rocks and pulling them off then rinsing the rock with RO/DI can I do every rock in one day? or should I just do a couple of rocks each time?

Went away for 4 days and came home and my green bubble tip is now 2? It was pretty big but is this normal?

I posted a month ago about my algae problem...well it is gettong worse! I water change. Lightly stir it..and it is back 6 hrs later! Any suggestions? Already have a sand sifting star..

My dkh is 7 what is to high or low. I am starting to add corals, so far have a candy cane and a open brain. Side note my calcium sits at 400? To low?

Ok for the last two weeks all of a sudden i am having a bad brown algae outbreak??? Checked nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphate are all zero, ph 8.2..hardness 125 calcium is 400?? I am using Ro/di water. It seems to have started when i swithed to the ro water. I was using distilled?? the...

anyone have the fluval surface skimmer? or does anyone know anything good or bad about them?

I got my brain coral about 2 weeks ago...at night i would see its tenticles(looked like fine hair) come out. The past 3-4 days i have not? when the lights are on i see it swaying so i assume it is alive. I do i feed it if its tenticles are not out?

I have green algae on the back glass...because I never clean the back glass with magnet only the front. This algae is hard and actually wouldn't come off with the magnet....do other people scrape it off. I'm I hurting the tank? Another problem just recently is the front tank glass and the sand...

Got a green bubble tip Sunday...any hints on getting clowns into it...the one clown has been in tank one year, the other about 6months. I know it make take awhile or never but any hints to encourage it?

I got a candycane coral yesterday and my ? Is how do I get it to stay on the rock? I thought I wedged him in but this morning it had fell down to sand. Is there a trick?

Just got a teal open brain coral....I have it placed on the sand and it has some sand on it...will it hurt it?

I just bought a open teal brain and a candy cane corals. My ? Is do I place them high up in tank or at the bottom? My tank is pretty deep because it is a corner tank but I have a 250w halide on it. Right now I have the brain sitting on the sand on the bottom of the tank and the candy cane...

I recently noticed these white round disc thing on my LR and glass. They are round and stacked? Are they ok or should i get them out. I will try and get a pic