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I'm running a UV and everything has been great. It helps to further purify the water in a reef tank which is essential for corals. Zissou mentioned...
Dammit Bruce! Now you got me wanting that thing, it looks cool! I like the LunarTracker too! A little steep though, but it looks like it's really...
Detritus will always settle at the bottom, but it's so little that it wont cause a problem. I have it too, it's just harmless debri. Now, if you...
Bio-balls are important to keep the tank maturing. Once it reaches "maturity" you can replace them with LR or you may have a spike since young tanks...
RO/DI is nothing more than drinking water. It's purified, full of minerals. I highly doubt it has trace calcium. RO/DI will not replenish lost...
Dont let everyone scare you. Iodine is very important and everyone in a coral reef benefits from it; read up, everyone uses Iodine. Just be very...
Someone should give Bruce an honorary award from 3Reef for having a high ass karma rating! Look at his posts, my god, watch out Matt!
Hey VAMP! Nice setup you're planning, sounds like a lot of fun and very exciting! You can't go wrong with MH man, you shouldn't leave it out if...
Very nice Bruce! Ahh, you're acclimating. I had my reef with crappy worn out PC's for a few days until I purchased my pendant. Sold my previous...
The main reason that you MUST do water changes is to keep the nitrates and phosphates low. If you are not running media to remove both, they will...
With any coral, whether stonies or softies, you need a skimmer. Mushrooms probably live in cleaner areas than xenia colonies.
Lexan is lighter than the average plexi, no? I think they use it for drag racing.
If your water is excellent and you dont bother it, it should bounce back!
isn't acanthastrea a large polyp stony? Oh yeah, I'm using all MH! 30g reef, softies and lps corals. Gonna do maybe two SPS corals. montipora,...
Oh yes, that looks like the ass I pricked off my now dead zoo colony some months back. I totally know how you feel. I would Iodine dip that frag...
Reef lover, it might not be algae. It might be marginopora. Google it, they are harmless filter feeders and are also photosynthetic. They are...
Bruce, in response to your question of whether they will harm inhabitants if you go from white to blue, I never had a problem. I use to just turn...
Sorry to hear that Codemeister. I lost a frilly mushroom Friday, it dispersed. If you have a healthy ecosystem, just let it be eaten by hermits and...
I can back up waynes advice on the CB Shrimp. I have seen it with my own two eyes, they eat them like noodles. ;)
Do you have pest algae growing in the tank? Sometimes it makes the skin itchy. I think it may have something to do with water quality, too many...
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