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  1. fishead

    wits end w/ hair algea (please help)

    i bought RO and do 20% weekly change in my 75 gal tank, updated my lights to 380 watts vho w/ 2 blue actinics, 1 white actinic and 1 10,000k bulbs on 7 hours a day. water flow is driven by skimmer, 3 powerheads and hang-on filter moving over 1400 gallons an hour. all perameters including phos. =...
  2. fishead

    whats on my tang?

    i just scraped a bunch of green hair algea off my side glass then a half hour later black spots appeared on my tang it looks like a fell in a cactus. i dont know what it is. could it be a disease? anyone seen this before?
  3. fishead

    whats on my tang?

    just scraped hair algea of my side glass and noticed black spots like spores sticking to my yellow tang a half hour after i did it.
  4. fishead

    whats your favorite fish for reef?

    i want one more fish for my reef and need input. i now have a coral beauty, yellow tang, lawnmower and pinkspot blennies, rubyhead wrasse and manderin goby. i'd like a showcase fish that is hearty and colorful. pics would be appeciated. PS the tank is 75 gal.
  5. fishead

    copper remover?

    i recently desicovered that there is a test kit for copper but is there something that removes copper from a reef tank? i have lots of healthy corals but my luck with keeping an ample supply of turbo snails has me wondering, since my current research says they are highly suseptiple to copper.
  6. fishead

    what kelvin combos are you using?

    i just upgraded to vho 380 watts on my 75 gal. 4 bulbs, 2 are blue actinic and 2 are white actinic. the tank does not look good, the light is a stark white. what can i change to get some more blue tones? what combos are you using?
  7. fishead

    urgent help needed, worms....

    I wasnt sure until last night. when the lights go out worms; dosens of them, mabe a hundred come out of the rocks and sand and attack all the snails that are caught at the bottom of my tank and devour them. flatworms, i think. Is their something reef safe that will eat these worms?
  8. fishead

    kalkwasser drip, how much?

    my calcium is 380 to 400 right now in a 75 gal tank. want to add some kalkwasser but cant remember dose. does 1 tsp in a gallon sound right?
  9. fishead

    help! little worms killing snails?

    I pulled my 3 biggest mexican turbo snails out today. all dead and full of (flat worms) i guess. Are the worms killing them? or perhaps hermits killing them and the worms feeding on them. i did toss out a hermit i caught picking a part one just the other day.
  10. fishead

    you should've seen it!

    i got a red spot blenny from here last week, beautyful, about 4", and he just darted out of the rock into the sandbed and snatched up the ugliest thing ive ever saw. a centipede looking fuzzy thing, about an inch long. (what was that?). it was totaly awsome.
  11. fishead

    whats your tank temp?

    the temp in my house is 71 all year round but my tank temp is 78 to 80. The tank (75 gal) is built in a wall. the wall is hollow above and below and well ventilated. in the summer i have a pipe coming from the AC duct to blow cool air across the top of the water but in the winter i close it off...
  12. fishead

    green balls overtaking reef, please help

    been awhile since ive been here but i'm back with a big problem. tank is overrun with green hair alge. got an RO unit and doing major water changes. just replaced my lighting, from 3 year old NO 220 watts to VHO 380 watts in a 75 gal tank. I heard the blue spectrum starts changing to red in...
  13. fishead

    kalkwasser 1st time user

    I was using intant ocean salt in my tank for months then found out it has less calcium then other brands. i wached over time as my coroline algy died off and was replaced by green hair algy. I was using DI water from (Super Bigmart). I finally broke down and got an RO system and did a major...
  14. fishead

    ive tried it all and cant get it right

    got a 55 that used to be my reef. moved reef to 75 and been using 55 for aggres. w/ a huma, porci and a snowflake. got 2 whisper 3s and a skimmer along w/ plenty rock & sand for filtration. 160w of light, half blue half white on 10 hour timer. doing 10 gallon water change w/ DI every 2 weeks but...
  15. fishead

    HELP! orange linkia star

    he hasnt been lookin good for a week now. dull color and shriveled appearance. today one of his legs fell off. he is one of two ive had for over a year. other looks normal. should i chunk him? will he poison the tank?
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    Charlotte/Rock Hill area traders?

    I have a colt coral that just split. I bought it 2 years ago for $30 when it was about 2" tall the piece that just split away is made up of 2 main stalks each about 8" tall and 4" across. Iwill post a pic. for anyone interested.
  17. fishead

    worried about Mr Potatohead.

    i'm worried about my new porky puffer wich the kids have named mister potatohead. ive had him for over a week now and all he does is lay on the power head. only swims at feeding time and seems to spit out all the food he takes in. i'm feeding shrimp, scallops and clams. any recomendations? tank...
  18. fishead

    brt. star w/hole in its head.

    Woke up this morning to find one of my green bittle stars had a hole eaten in it center. came home from work to find 2 craters in it. I tossed it out emediatly and checked water. its fine. a closer look reveils (babys?) saw a few teeny tiny stars not the usual thick ones, but ones with round...
  19. fishead

    porky puffer and huma?

    ive got a lion and a huma in a 55 gal. I want to add a porcupine puffer. Is this a good idea?
  20. fishead

    Help, what should i get next?

    My Snowflake escaped (yes i did cry), my niger wouldnt leave my lion alone so i gave him to a freind. all i have left is my little huma and my lion and the tank looks so empty. i want to add another fish but dont know what to get. any ideas?
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