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  1. yvr
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    Weird stuff growing?

    I agree that you may want to start over as other have suggested. I would definitely suggest using only RO/DI water for your tank. Dealing with...
    Post by: yvr, Mar 2, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Why is my Colt Coral Dying

    Colt corals will sometimes stay closed for several days or shed a waxy film layer as part of their growing process. But, since your coral hasn't been...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 23, 2010 in forum: Soft Corals
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    Low pH level

    pH fluctuates through the day. The net consumption of carbon dioxide during the daylight hours, leads to some aquariums to become deficient in CO2...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 23, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Red Algea

    That type of algae is usually caused by aquarium water with excess nutrients like phosphate, nitrates etc. There are some commercial dry foods also...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: Algae
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    salt brand and testing kit

    I have just switched over to Tropic Marin's new Bio Actif Salt in my smaller 60 gallon mixed SPS LPS reef and have kept using their standard Tropic...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Low pH level

    pH fluctuates through the day. The net consumption of carbon dioxide during the daylight hours, leads to some aquariums to become deficient in CO2...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Help with my hammer coral

    It is a bit difficult to know exactly what the problem is without a pic. But from what you described, it may be tissue necrosis. You can use airline...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Flat worm issue

    FlatwormXit should work to help clear it up. I dip all my new corals in an iodine bath like Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure before introducing them into...
    Post by: yvr, Feb 8, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Phosphates too high :-(

    Some foods including dry and frozen may contain undesirable things like nitrates, phosphates etc and overfeeding the tank is also another factor....
    Post by: yvr, Feb 1, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Nitrite not decreasing!!

    A large water change is a sure fire way to bring down the nitrates in your tank but, understanding why you have elevated nitrates is very important....
    Post by: yvr, Jan 27, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Nitrate at 80

    A large water change is a sure fire way to bring down the nitrates in your tank but, understanding why you have elevated nitrates is very important....
    Post by: yvr, Jan 18, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    feeding?

    You can try and target feed the coral with small pieces of mysis or similar. You can also try a commercial coral diet. I use both TM Pro-Coral...
    Post by: yvr, Jan 18, 2010 in forum: Coral Health
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    Sponge q's

    As sponges do not have specialized cells, cutting off /fragging the sponge in question should be fine and it should grow back in theory.
    Post by: yvr, Jan 11, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    brain coral

    The brain coral does show minor signs of tissue erosion/necrosis but it seems to be pretty minor. In the future if you notice necrotic tissue on an...
    Post by: yvr, Jan 11, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    160ppm nitrate!!!!

    Keeping excess nutrients out of the aquarium water is one key element in reducing your NO3. As you may know, dirty bio media become a nitrate...
    Post by: yvr, Jan 4, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    leather is going fast i think

    You can use airline tubing to siphon off the dead/necrotic tissue. Then try a giving the coral a bath with an Iodine solution like TM Pro Coral Cure...
    Post by: yvr, Jan 4, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Help with GHA!!!

    Sounds like you have been having a heck of a time with algae...first cyano and now hair algae. Keeping excess nutrients out of the aquarium water is...
    Post by: yvr, Dec 14, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    Injured Sting Ray - Please Help

    Elasmobranchs tend to heal quickly, however if the sore on it's mouth seems to be getting worse or looks like it is getting infected, you can try...
    Post by: yvr, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Diseases
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    Ughh Zoa pox...

    You can try giving the zoanthid colonies a bath with an Iodine solution like TM Pro Coral Cure or similar product. The iodine will act as an...
    Post by: yvr, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Coral Health
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    Nitrate??

    Keeping excess nutrients out of the aquarium water is one key element in reducing your NO3. As you now know, dirty bio media become a nitrate...
    Post by: yvr, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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