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The trick here as mentioned is pristine water conditions, strong intense lights that reach deep into your tank as this nem will want to be down low...
If its red gracilaria algae as Peter suggests (and I think he's right) you're Tangs, if you have any, should be loving it. I agree with 2in10 that...
Good point - but in some cases this can be cost prohibited. My pump is jsut about $300, not easy to have 2 spares laying around. So it does help to...
Add an air stone to the tank, and a power head to the sump. Make sure that both the sump and tank have heaters and you will be fine.
Funny though isn't it? We do our best to mimic the ocean, refugiums designed after the Florida everglades – protein skimmers reproduce the foam of...
That's cool - nice to see a company doing that. I googled Jamaica and I would not advise using the sea water - their problems with run off, sewage,...
I wouldn't use sea water either for the reasons stated above. However, salinity and trace elements vary from place to place - so it doesn't surprise...
within a couple of days after you put something in the tank to decay (shrimp or the live). Ammonia will spike, than nitrites and finally nitrates,...
It's not a concern. Might want to check parameters and be prepared with a water change and fresh carbon, but it would be fine
+1 you have some more research to do and test kits to add. Never ad anything to your tnak that you can not test for - never add anything to your...
No skimmers are the same and its really different for everyone. There are trace oils and silicone on the inside of the skimmers that the saltwater...
Xenia is a dirty coral, the dirtier the water column to more it grows. In pristine water the coral grows much slower (acceptable levels that is)...
Mike, I thought I read that carbon fiber degrades in staltwater? I was reading an article about off shore drilling and carbon fiber rods had to be...
A refugium by design is an algae infested swamp. My refugium has cyano and has for some time, it stays in the slow moving fuge and does the job of...
Just going to add on to agree with Corailline and M-Ocean Man. But I will also add my 2 cents – a 2 month old tank is simply not stable enough for...
Adjust the red knob and raise the level of the bubbles. I ran this exact skimmer and it worked well when I ran the top of the bubble line around the...
Its not rocks or a powder more like sand sized pellets. Do you have a phosphate or silicate issue that you are dealing with or just being proactive?...
What type of Ballast's are you looking for? I might have some IceCap's laying around
Agreed – the use of tap water is a designed failure in my opinion and water conditioners are designed to remove chlorine. As mentioned the metals...
Let’s be clear, you can and should blow off detritus but not the shedding skin. Let the coral be when it skims over and goes through its natural...
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