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red algae from what I can see (titan red) the tangs will love it
Welcome to the LED age :-) It can drive you batty. I did a ton of research with my change to LED. I finally decided on the Vertex illumina sr200 -...
#1 bi weekly water changes - such a little thing can make a huge difference. #2 take your time - don't rush anything in this hobby #3 GFO and carbon...
Royal grammas are not aggressive - but are territorial. the wide open mouth thing is just a warning and only used to stake out the territory. Once he...
please add a refugium with cheto - this will help keep things stable and fix issues easier. sump/refugium/protien skimmer/live rock/dry rock/ course...
wow that is one nasty hermit crab - what kind is it? I have only seen it happen early in my reef. mostly due to little amount of food and or not the...
what type of lights? very typical of under yr old tanks. try carbon/gfo to help eliminate. are you using ro water?
i have had my 2 torches for three years - they both every once in a while close up for a day - with all parameters being perfect. if you see others...
My 2cents leave it alone - torch like most long tentacle lps they will detract at some point. If it is a new addition it will take time for it to...
IMO hermit crabs are essential to a reef - they only kill snails if there are no empty shells. snails hermit crabs are agreat start - go with option...
could have been a hermit or fish sitting on it or near - they have their own moods :-)
I Do not know this product but i have found that short cuts in this hobby are recipes for disaster. Take your time enjoy the process it will teach...
do you have some cuc already? the best cuc i have are tiger tail strawberry conch red hermits turbo and centh and nass snails skunk cleaner shrimp...
how long has the aquarium been up and running? I would go with package 1 to start. the second package seems way over priced IMO down the road I...
oh I just noticed that a button polyp is almost touching it. that could be the issue. button polyps are aggressive.
during the day it does get fat - the only time it seems to deflate is when a hermit crab or other bugs it. have you moved it?
my favia does not always show tentacles. Might just be full :-)
Great red slime article. https://s3.amazonaws.com/redfish/Redfish_Magazine_2012_November_Au.pdf Check out page 17 to 19. This will help anyone...
IMO the root cause is the low PH - cyano. A few suggestions - if you can increase flow. Run carbon/gfo - do small wc weekly if you can. I have...
if the rock is small enough I would just get rid of it. they are not good IMO
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