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my 2 cents I dip every new coral I put into my reef, irrespective of the source I use Coral RX , occasionally after the 5 minutes in a plastic...
update despite fact all tanks where started with tap water and all filled from same batches combined with fact, water has been periodically...
Thats not a bad issue IMHO running GFO in a reactor will certainly help reduce available nutrients and should help to reduce this and also help...
Can you get images up Starfish? if we could all see exactly what we are dealing with at this stage it would help people fine tune the already...
Thanks epsilon I only saw the "Tank has been set up 1 week and 3 days" thus assumed it was rocks, sand and saltwater only at this stage Steve
If the tank has no higher life forms in then leaving the lights off completely during the cycle is ideal IME turning them on for a few minutes...
The thread has stayed non political and thus no reason for anyone to close it IMHO I have made a call - to edit comments from your post Ryland...
Nature is amazingly clever JJL I would put them all in, and eventually, you will end up with the exact amount of snails you need in the tank...
How-To: Mineralized Soil Substrate, by Aaron Talbot : Aquatic Plant Central all you need to know about clay as a component in a freshwater tank...
things like this are appreciated itsmesiva thanks for the heads up Steve
Hi Gexx substrate - people used to just use fine gravel, but there are much better options nowdays , fine sand is a nice looking choice and does...
Its often suggested to place them on the sand bed, due to fact that when its expanded, the flesh is easily damaged, thus a fine grade sand bed is...
Is the Wellso directon sand bed? some people place them on plastic drain pipe, about an inch high or so as this keeps them just out of the way of...
excellent a video link on photobucket, so Steve gets to see it the image quality is not that great , but thats the nature of the beast with...
BS2007 there are species of crabs that may eat similar things as Turbo snails but I do not know any that can scale glass or acrylic to do so so...
wondering about with a sock on your head and napping often is a recipe for disaster it caused an uncle of mine some serious grief with the law in...
They look frozen to me jbraslins its like 1 large square block of ice for me You Tube blind - Ironic humour attempt by Steve
Do not have any clams at present Alpha03 but just did a bit of research for you and found that Cliff Babcock - Highland Reefer from the chemistry...
+1 on above also heating the water helps to dissolve it faster, I use a product primarily consisting of Mag sulphate and find mixing it with...
Kiwiroo A quick check on the sponsors forums here, will reveal a number of threads by happy customers I will not mention specific suppliers,...
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