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Thanks, I also have many videos of them close-up!

It may be a year old, but I still recieve an e-mail notice that a response has been posted and I always check them. So type away no matter how old!

Just wondering if anybody has tried it. I would like to try it someday!

Yes the water changes are helping everything. I just bought a phosphate test kit and it shows that my phosphates are high. I also bought phoslock to put in my filter to absorb the phosphates, so I will keep checking to see if it helps. Thanks for your help.

No, I don't have a phosphate test kit. As for my fish they have been doing great in any salinty, and I was told that corals prefer higher salinity levels. I have been doing a lot of water changes, so the water quality is improving according to the test strips, which monitor nitrates, nitrites...

I forgot to mention that my specific gravity tester was four points over the actual amount, so I was unkowingly keeping it at 1.017, when the recommended level for corals is 1.025, I thought I was suppossed to have it at 1.021. So I bought a tester that was certified.

I took some of my water into a pet store that does water testing for free, and he showed me that my nitrates were through the roof. The test kit I have been using I realize was not working, so I switch to test strips instead. I have had to give the tank many water changes with more to go in...

Thanks for the link! There is some important info there. The first thing that sticks out to me is that cyanobacteria is blood red, not brown like what you had. Unless there are different species, but it looks like something else entirely. 1.) Did you ever find out what it was? Also, 2.) how...

I didn't say I had a red slime problem, because it cleared up in a few days after adding it, and that was months ago. I only just added it again because I got behind on the regular maintainance as I stated previously, and I had a resurge this week, probably from feeding my aneonome frozen...

Thanks, but I have been using red slime remover for over a year now, and it hasn't bothered my polyps at all! My polyps have only gone down hill this past couple of months or so, probably due to the fact that I wasn't doing regular water changes, and I was adding a few additives that were...

I discovered from the pet store clerk that I should be using salt specific for reef tanks, when in fact I have been using salt for just a fish tank. This new salt is called Reef Crystals from Instant Ocean, and has more calcium, Vitamins, and trace elements. I am also slowly increasing the...

Thanks for the post. I have already begun the process of regular water changes, and I already compromised on the temp. by bringing it down to 80F. This still hasn't help my GSP though, it seems to be dieing off faster now. I think I need to do more water changes to try to clear up it's color...

Thank you for the info. I will take it into advisment. I don't think I have a dissolved O2 problem, because none of my fish are stressed or my anemomae as you can see in the photo. Also between the filter which has a simulated tidal flow feature, the airation from my protien skimmer and a...

The books I have read said that in their natural environment the temp is around 85 degrees F. If anybody has some literature that says otherwise could you post me a link? As for my tank I have two 30 spiral compact florescent lightbulbs behind one 24" Ocean Sun 10,000K florescent bulb. Seems...

I have had healthy greenstar polyps in my reef tank for a couple of years now and it grew quit a bit, but for the past few months I have noticed that it is getting smaller and thinner on the rock. Any ideas what could be the problem? I have been feeding it with Kent Marine Phytoplex and baby...