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Then you probably have a ways to go cycle wise. Water from an established tank hold very little nitrifying bacteria IMO, not even close to what a...
Are those baby snails Collonista snails, look like baby turbo snails? Sure when you get the time. Just pm me an image after you crop it. K+ and...
Nice and great images of budding. Really good example, I am going to have to use that in the future if you do not mind ( with credit given of...
Hey Mkizla, Did you start with dry rock, cured...... something in between, how about sand? Diatoms are in a whole different ball park than...
Wait! What! Moved------> to the bucket. lol. Yes I will be getting my copy, thanks for the heads up.
Do you run a skimmer, add any trace elements to the tank?
I believe it was temperature and food. I was doing it by the seat of my pants and had no clue. I went to MCNA in Long Beach for the convention....
Oh yeah I remember this thread. I really like what you did with the walls, very nice.
For me the most efficient and best system I have had for a reef tank is the Berlin Method. Sufficient live rock and a skimmer and carbon. I do use...
As far as rock goes, ask for cured rock, you do not want rock with the potential for die off, it will only cause another mini-cycle. I would add at...
Bleaching to me is when the zooxanthellae leave the zoanthid. They become stark white all over not just the center. A coloration shift to me is when...
Bio-balls fail for two reasons in my opinion. First they do not have enough area for anaerobic bacteria to grow, which is essential. And I am not...
Hi, I would invest in a decent test kit and do your own testing. Hint of nitrate is too subjective, some LFS employees hate testing water parameter...
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Those beauties need MH. :-) But if you must, and if I did go to the dark side I would replicate this members lighting...
It looks amazing, the Figi leather and the euphyllia right next to it add a lot of color. Is the carpet anemone still in there or did it out grow...
Yeap it's vicious cycle I tell you. " maybe if I tweek this just a little" I am the worst at messing with things. My tank would be in a lot better...
If the while part is tissue than yes it can re-colonize with zooxanthellae. If the while is skeleton than no, new tissue may grow over it though....
Thank you, I know I love to looks at other members corals, so I am glad that it's enjoyable.
It has been my experience that zoanthids shift coloration in response to lighting rather than bleach. I get the same whitening to the center when I...
See above post Dingo, your too funny. I have more frags of rp than I know what to do with, and it shading other corals is becoming an issue. I am...
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