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had some of that one time and i increased the water flow and it went away

I just got some frogspawn and hammer coral from a friend and they just don't open up like they did in his tank. is it my nitrate they are at 12

I got some live rock from a friend and it is covered with coraline algae its been about a month and its loosing it color kind of a fading. could it be my lighting. I run 660 watts vho lighting that is a bout a year old do i need new bulbs. the color is a purple pink color I have a deep purple...

I use a plastic mesh that defuses the water. Its about 3/8 to a 1/2 inch below the drain pipe. the mesh I found was at the salvation army from some kids toy. looks like it has 1/8 inch squares more like a grid.works fine for me.

wow, don't sugar coat it, let me know how you realy feel. I love a forum with a little life in it. sarcasim just a service I provide at no extra cost!

I ran across this web site www.eztank.com they claim that the way we keep reef and fish is wrong. and it goes on to say how great there method is any body use or know anything about this site?

might try some astrea snails or turbo snails about 30 should do.

is it green algae? I had a buddy that was getting rid of his live rock from his tank. It was loaded with green algae. he said that it would take over in my tank, but I had a secret weapon called a yellow tang. The green algae was gone in a week he devoured it. if you use tap water then that is...

sorry my pics are to big.

I just got done building a kalkwasser mixer. not that hard to build. I have a friend that has one and it works great. Mine also is my top off unit. This may not work for you and it sounds complicated but when you get down to its not. I have a 55 gal plastic drum out side my house that I fill up...

CAN'T SAY I USED OR HEARD OF ANY BODY USING THE 1454. MADE MY SKIMMER USING 1408 iT WORKS GREAT. BUT IF YOU GET INFO THAT THE 1454 IS BETTER i'M THERE

all righty, well I have a 125 gal,140 lbs live rock 4-5 inch sand bed, (4) 6ft. uri vho tubes=640 watts. tanks been up for a year. I would like some frog spawn,hammer corals. what do I need?

I have wondered about lighting calculations. why we calculate gal.in the tank before live rock and sand are added and not after the displacement of such things. anybody have answers to this??

sorry to say I had a rio 2100 hundred in my tank for circulation.125 gal.tank. while I was camping for 4 days having a good time bbq food , my rio was at home bbq fish and every other thing in my tank.by the time I got home I was in a race to save what was left,and try to curve the nitrite...

not to be rude but lordnikon is that a picture of you or a picture of uday hussein