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The only change is I replaced a 55 watt actinic with a 55 watt 8k....Could this really be difference enough to ERUPT my sand in red slime?? I have an AQUA C skimmer---WHY NITRATES AT 0 :) :) :) I double checked both nitrate and phosphate on 2 different test kits. I use a home RO/DI set up. I...

Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 P.H. - 8.2 Nitrate -0 phosphate -0 Tank running about 6 months. I am getting what looks like diatom mixed with cyano and a little bright green mixed in. Due to other stats does this mean its from silicates? So find another source for water? Or can it be leaching off...

anenomes come from shallow reefs not deep

you have corals dont cut back lighting

sorry now on wii. i rread that a 10k bulb has more usable light than an ACTinic. is this true also is 185 watt compact flo at 14 inches depth enough light for a long tentacle ?

I have a 36 gallon copper banded butterfly, velvet damsel, coral beauty and "cream angel." The Copper banded butterfly stopped eating 2 days ago, refused to leave corner of tank, came home today found it under rock, put into a hospital 10 gal..Fish was dead 2 hours later. When put into...

My phosphate is slightly high. how can I lower it without a calcium precipitation? I do use ro/di water.

I have two maxijet 1200. PATHETIC I now realize for this tank... I clean the collection cup daily. Fills up daily with dark water. SO assuming working great... I use homemade RO/DI water. (BEEN LAZY was thinking about just buying 5 gallons from grocery store everytime...) I dose 5 drops...

Yes I was feeding twice a day 1 cube each time. Now I just do it once a day...seems to be slowing the accumulation! Thanks for help!

ALSO: My sandbed has now turned from white to a slightly dirty color from accumulated detritus/algae growth. Maybe a stupid question but... sand bed is 3 inches deep...I can take a turkey bastor and stir up this sand bed with no problems correct? This would make it nice and white again...

Just don't let drunk people around it...

Hi I have a 40 bowfront. Er maybe 36 bowfront. 2 power heads, a hang on back filter completely empty just to add water flow...a remora protein skimmer... If I added a powerhead and removed the filter there would be no change...that is how empty the filter is... I am starting to see the...

No, but my "Cream" angel picks at them.. Was thinking about getting rid of it for this reason.

I have 2 feather dusters next to eachother in the tank. About a week old. THey are 2 inches in diameter. THey both were spitting out clouds of milky stuff today. WHat is this?

Take your hydro to the fish store and test against their refracto to find out how wrong yours is. Or buy a refracto. If you want your salinity to be at 1.023 etc...add your water change water slightly lower every time....will gradually get it down there...