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Yup, your DSB is working for you. What happens (from my understanding) is that the dissolved oxygen is consumed and once you have a low oxygen...
Yes, your nitrates are probably the cause – realistically they are higher than you are testing because the red slim is absorbing the excess nutrients...
Sorry Tony, I forgot this presumably rhetorical question that I just can’t let pass by…..Yes, it absolutely will – the day you drain your tank is the...
I am with Luna and Mike so far - sounds like Cyano with some flow on it. While waiting on the camera - check here and see if you can ID it. Tho I...
Good replies on this thread. I like what Sparky wrote about the elegance coral. I too was a bit shocked over the years when I learned that some...
Absolutely concur, I love having sponges in my tank – add’s color and I find then rather attractive.
Hmm. I am suppose to be in a tax meeting but it was delayed – so lets talk about sponges. A sponge is made up of loosely bound cells that are...
No, and I wouldn’t - but I might if I didn’t have funds at the ready. My ozinator crapped out yesterday after years of service. So I logged onto...
huh? it shouldn't - is your fuge separate from your sump or are we talking an all in one ? The detritus should collect in section one since the...
Are you asking me about Tangsters rule? Yes I do. I have a 180 gallon reef that's about 12 years old, my refugium is 20 gallons (in the middle...
Its not so much a problem with mixing the substrate and it is with disturbing what he already has built. As for the mud, it has more organisms than...
Cheato does best in fast moving water, Caulerpa prefers slow moving water….you gots urself a mismatch. I follow the tangster 10/10 rule for years...
.....and just for poops and giggles you might as well read here: Vodka Dosing by 'Genetics' and 'Stony_Corals' - Reefkeeping.com
Culligan will come out and check the unit and replace the filters -- I spend several hundred a year on my house RO maintenance. But its no where...
Hello Chris, When I first read your tag line “how should I have my miracle mud in my refugium?” I was thinking…..”on the bottom?” Anywho….I...
More info needed….pictures would work too. Is it gurgling or a rushing noise like a toilet flushing every handful of seconds? Going to need...
Whoa....slow down there slugger -- 80% water change is not a good idea, actually its a bad one. What else can you test? what is your PH and DKH...
Vodka, Brown Sugar and vinegar are single carbons used to reduce nitrates and phosphates. As suggested you can search for Carbon dosing, or just go...
I had to google your pump, so hopefully I have accurate data……Your dropping 800 GPH and using a 1000 GPH return pump with 4’ vertical run and...
Hey - I use the same skimmer. I'll be home tonight at 6pm eastern - PM me if you wish and I'll toss you my number...been using the super skimmer for...
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