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+1 on using a larger grain if your set on SPS I had fine 1.5mm argonite in my reef prior to going for SPS and when I increased the flow, I soon...
Bulldogniner I have added coral banded shrimp to a tank that has cleaner shrimp in with no issues I have added blood shrimp to a tank with cleaner...
Is the piece circled in blue an adaptor that makes the piece circled in orange (strainer) fit onto the end of the black tube? Will the clear...
Those Ca, DKH levels seem fine to me - well I ran 440 and 9 for a long period on my reef mag - you will need a test kit - The Salifert one is easy...
Join the I regret introducing GSP club, Ted shrooms - similar experience in my set up months ago I had 2 fuzzy brown shrooms on the end of a GSP...
This is normal with new set ups, even when using previously used/ broken in skimmers Ive recently experienced the same thing with my Deltec I had...
You will be needing some shades for the GSP under that new light serious upgrade - congrats Steve
Looks a great place to be Whisky Tango Im looking forward to the underwater shots Steve
Thats a good result, Reef Sparky Steve
Different species of bacteria are involved in the nitrogen cycle so its not sequential - you can have Ammonia and Nitrite at the same time bacteria...
Tanks looking good ReefSparky whatever happened to that yellow polyp rock you had that was taken over by grape calerpa? did you manage to clear...
is the tank near a window? sounds like it might be if your able to run airline from outside into you skimmer is it possible that more natural...
cool update Dingo tanks looking very good How many SPS corals / frags/ coloniesdo you have in there now? Steve
as advised above place the feather / worm on the sand bed close to rockwork they can and often will, secrete a glue like substance that will stick...
welcome to 3 reef Azocean Steve
5 - 7 watts per gallon is a general principle depending on ambient temp of locality ( what the water temp would be if no heater was used) types -...
IMO If you have halides - Im not sure of need for any white supplemental lighting is negated I understand the blues - ability to have the extra...
for a 35 gallon tank I believe AquaC remora may be a slimline model that should fit side by side with your HOB on the back of the tank I would...
Welcome to 3 reef Steve
a 5 week old tank, will have developed a certain amount of bacteria but not enough to cope with the wastes of the new fish instantly there is often...
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