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The tank has been up for about 6 mo now. Yes, there is a lot of HA. I've been doing everything to get rid of it, but as we all know it's a long slow battle. The good thing is that I'm beggining to notice a leveling off of HA's growth. All my Chem are in check and as you can see below I think...

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It's tough, but doable. The rewards are worth the trouble. Here's mine:

6 mo now. Yes the skilter is very noisy, but it's only on during the day when no one's home. It was recommended by my LFS. There didn't seem to be many options for a 5G tank. I have to say though, it has been working like a charm.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is "IMO/IME"

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What is the difference b/w vho lighting and pc lighting with respect to luminosity?

Currently I run a 20in 28 watt 50/50 corallife...Tank is doing fine, but growth is slow. I currently ran across a 20in 2x40w Satellite Dual(by current USA) with Dual Actinic (420nm/460nm) and Dual Daylight (6,700K/10,000K) bulbs and fixtures come with a fan and two switches for dawn/dusk...

why kill em????

my skimmer is on during the day about 14 hrs due to the amount of noise it creates. i turn it off at night before I go to bed. I will try scrubbing it off and cut back on the feedings. i also use DI H20. Thanks for the info

Green-Hair algae is beggining to grow on my live rock. I'm only assuming that I had a spike in nitrates and phosphates...probably due to overfeeding. I kept my skimmer on for longer periods of time and increased water changes to 2x/week, which seems to have retarded the growth. Any...

They came back out as expected....no problems so far

the color is still there, and there is no visible signs of infection. Thanks for the info. I will monitor them closely.

About a week ago my greenstar polyps stopped coming out. All that is left is the white/pink "carpet" that it grows on and the "stumps" they come out of. It's as if they went in for the night (as they usually do) but now they don't want to come out. Are they dead??? All other corals appear...