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finally got a chance to take a close up pic, hopefully this can help:

what about using thick fishing wire. does that last over the long term?

do corals also contribute to the nutrients in the tank? Is there an significant output to zooxanthellae? Is it ok to add 10+ corals to an established but understocked tank at once?

another qu: i have some small Halymenia growing in the fuge too, is that good for nutrient export? Any pro's/con's?

Thanks LR is from Australia (west coast, not Great Barrier Reef). not Dictyota bartayresii either, but i think that it may be a Dictyota. Had a look around, and it most closely resembles Dictyota pulchella. Mine is more brown while the pulchella looks more yellow, however some of the other...

Thanks guys, but i've looked up both those suggessions, and nither seem to match. It actually is brown, not red, admittedly the pic makes it look more red, i've adjusted the colours to make it look more realistic. Does Halymenia = Halimeda?

Beautiful sun coral... am very jealous

Hoping someone could help me ID this brown algae. Soft, thin brown leaves, extremely fast growing. Trying to figure out whether i should leave it in my fuge as nutrient export. :?: Leaves feel like wet tissue paper, very thin with not veins/branches. Almost feels like soft lettuce.

I agree, i dont really see the appeal of hards are, they look like they're plastic. along with colour, one main deciding point for me when buying corals is movement, i love a tank where theres lots of movement and everything looks alive, even to the non-reefer (infidels!). (sorry for bringing...

Below is a quick deisgn i made to address 2 problems, the main being the small bubbles that occur in my refugium due to splashing from the overflow, and the second being loud noise. I am yet to build it , but basically the plan is for the bubbles to raise to the top of the left chamber, while...

hahaha at Marco67's sig : "Just another $100. and I swear I'll stop spending on the tank for awhile". i've had to say to myself that i'm not allowed to go to any LFS for 3 weeks, just to stop myself spending anymore. its hard, so hard.

newbie, i just answered youre other post, this was my response: One thing i forgot to mention which Jolieve reminded me was good water flow. Crabs, nudi's, etc, are not solving the problem, just removing a little of the mess. to get rid of it properly, you need address the underling issue...

Depending on your source of water, the water changes could be encouraging dyno growth, as your source water could be providing nutrients to the dyno. 1. are you using RO water? if not, this is likely your problem. try using RO water instead. 2. skimming, skimming should remove the nutrients...

why did you fail? cos i've just started planning a diy skimmer. have any advice?

ok, so put a few drops of vinegar, and if theres a fizz, then thats calcium carb. Fizz, as in audiably, or bubbles?