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I have had the coral now for 3 weeks and it has yet to fully open. I have been feeding it chunks of mysis that my seahorses eat. My nitrates are 20-30 and falling as I have disconnected my fluval and done a water change. One new thing..it seems to be "traveling" around the tank..i put it in...

any suggestions on a type of filter to replace??

i will try giving it some mysis tonite. My nitrates have always been at 20-30. nothing i do brings them down!!

would frozen mysis suffice?? thats what i feed the seahorses(who stay away from it) What do i do..just drop some pieces onto/into it?? once a week??

I am new to a reef tank. I have a 35Hex tank with a protein skimmer, fluval 404 canister filter, prizm protein skimmer and 2x55w pc. In the tank is 6 seahorses which i've had for 1 year. My LFS told me that the brain coral was eay to keep. I have had him for 2 weeks now and he is still...

Thanks for all the advice. My filter system is a Fluval 404 and a Prism Protein skimmer. My ph is 8.4, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 25-30 nitrate and salinity is 1.25 I have always battled these nitrates and this is always were it stays!! What would happen to my seahorse if the bubble stings it...

I need some advice. I have a 35hex tank thats been established for over 1 year. I have 4 seahorses and a cleanup crew of emerald crabs, ble leg crabs and turbos'. I have just purchased a PC light 2X55w and bought 2 corals. The bubble coral is doing great after 1 week. the mushroom coral...