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In my opinion, the more water volume you have to work with, the more stable ph, salinity, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium etc. tends to be. With...
That's awesome! Enlarging the pic, definetly helps!
Thought I would post a pic of my new fish, Bartlet's Anthias, sorry for the darkness, didn't want to spook him by turning on the light. He really...
Get the largest tank you can, you and your fish will thank you in the long run. Smaller tanks means less stability and more maintanence. IMO, 14 is...
Aquarium pharmacutical's makes a $40 tap water filter that will attach to a simple kitchen sink, I have had good success with this for a fowlr. I...
You could try spaghetti worms, they are a good CUC and fish really don't bother them too much. Maybe a giant hermit crab?
Try garlic, that is good for both fresh water and marine. Also you could add a little slime coat to the water to help fight off infection. There is...
I had a small frag of a devil's hand that was doing great and getting big close for 7 days, I was convinced it was going to die. I was set to give...
They are very prolific! I have 100's of them in my tank, don't hurt anything but the algae!
I bought a clip on LED from E-Bay that only puts out like 2 watts and has blue, red, green and white led's that have individual switches for my 13"...
The use of a power head or water pump really helps in water changes, I don't think I have done a water change with out one. Getting water out is...
Check it with a refractometer, I bet your spg is too high. Most of the time your live rock will not effect your ca level very much.
The phytoplankton is fine, sounds to me like your specific gravity is too high, what do you use to test specific gravity? I recommend a refractometer...
The turtle cage would be fine, I don't think you need to add any supplements for mushrooms. Do you test for strontium? As mushrooms are a soft coral...
It sounds like something is picking on it like others have said. Your system sounds fine for mushrooms, if you can QT them so the fish cannot get to...
Zoa's are tough! My little tuxedo urchin pulls and pulls at the polyps until he rips them right off the rock then he carries them around like some...
I don't think it is the light, I have a lot more light than that on my 55 gallon (+500watts) and my mushrooms do fine from 1/2 way up on down. I...
Made some "walls" on my 6"x6" homemade eggcrate frag rack so the hermit crabs/unchin will quit trying to steal my frags. I made a PAR-38 LED light...
I have bought MH bulbs from them when they were on sale, no issues, fast shipping good communication. If you can find what you want on their site...
Depends on the species, I have 10 different species in my tank and some grow 1-3 polyps per month and some grow 1-3 polyps per week, it all depends...
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