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uv sterilizer won't help that much, but it will help spores from your display from infecting other tanks in your system.
:) well you just have to stuff it down in that 10 maybe. THanks!
Any orders that say "Free Frag Friday" or something to that effect in the comments field will receive a free frag of some sort if you select the...
the best is to have a dosing regime that has component parts so to speak. mag/alk/cal all separate. you can't make corrections as well with mixed...
probably a species like gelidium, best you can get is something like "red turf algae" without a microscope. what is the scale in that picture?
yep "cleaner clams" are either littlenecks or cherrystones. They are good filter feeders, just beware when they die, they are so foul and it tends to...
nemo... everyone is allowed a rant post, I have had a few myself. Shows your human..
here is the problem with products like purple up etc... if you have no clue what your mag/alk/calcium is you shouldn't use them. you may be putting...
cleaner shrimp don't clean tanks, only parasites. nice if you want a pet, but not a clean up crew member.
qt + not buying on impulse...think they covered all the bases. no qt isn't the way to go, but if you can't do it any other way....puffers and wrasses...
no such thing as pre-cycled water, there is no beneficial bacteria in the water column, it is confined to surface area really, (lives on surfaces)....
phyto is good to add for boosting the zooplankton like said...adds nutrients like said...you almost have to be the first person to a thread to add...
keep the water quality up and they beat it themselves - if they are going to pull through. I think chasing them down for treatment adds some stress,...
trading the bio balss for something that will remove nitrates is a good idea...rock rubble, algae etc.. all good choices. Skimmers help to remove...
i like having the return slow, the refugium works better with lower flow anyway, and boost the current in the tank with powerheads. by breaking it up...
light is too weak for strong growth. higher flow means more compact, less flow it spreads. really though if the nitrates are low, that is probably...
lessons learned the easy way are soon forgotten. ;)
ah the mantis shrimp...bane of the snailsman. :) You should see how big some get, we have species that are close to 8 inches long here. Not the kind...
a toothbrush sounds like it will be your best friend.
hope she recovers!
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