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Are there any additives???? Or anything to put in the tank to help this problem???? I read on Garf that the mexican hermit crab eat the bacteria. Does anyone have success with this?? Anyone with suggestions??

This bloom is beginning to creep onto the liverock. Should I ride it out for another week and see?

I added a DSB to my reef about 6 weeks ago and have started to getting a lot of red cyano popping up all over the tank. All parameters test normal with the exception of my nitrates which are at about 10 ppm. I have never had any cyano problems in the last 4 years the tank was set up as a berlin...

I dont think so, it says not to leave it in any longer than 24 hrs.

Mine pulse 24 hrs a day from what ive noticed

I have 2 in my 180 gallon reef. They are both very peaceful and great scavengers. They will feed on any excess food that settles to the bottom of the tank. On occassion they will try to look tough when a fish gets too close, but they are all bark and no bite in my own opinion. They are one of my...

Good one

To encourage zooplankton to come out and feed corals what time do you add your phytoplankton to you tank??

From what ive been reading up on they are saying flatworms arent all bad is that not correct?

The only way i got my nitrates down was i did 3 water changes in a week, they dropped to 5ppm. They have stayed there since, what do you have in your sandbed, any bristleworms or things like that, I would read an article by Dr Shciemek, On reefs search sand beds.

How often do you do water changes???

Cool thanks for letting me know about the website sounds like everyone likes the stuff, I will be making a purchase. Thanks everyone for there help.

Thanks Chris, I was wondering what affect the sand bed clams had on a DSB. Anybody?

I would start a new topic with that heading

Nobody has bought from IPSF? Or have opions on sandbed clams???/