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Use the 3Reef search engine with these search terms.....either "snot algae" or "dinoflagellates". It's not cyano....cyano is easy to fix....
I use a real scientific method on these. I pick them up and put them on a coral. If after 24 hours, my coral is fine and the star is back on rock...
There are a LOT of species of starfish in the Asterina family. Most are not hitchhikers and are never seen in aquariums. Of the few that do make it...
Fixed.....inwall75
I'll keep you in my prayers Kacy. Get better soon.
That's HILARIOUS Kevin.....and very sage advice too.
Well, the owner of that LFS has pretty much lost everything. After I left, he ran that business into the ground (plus 2 other businesses). There is...
Aaron, The content is very good. I would go through it line by line because there are a number of words that spell-check didn't pick up (because...
The algae that they are asking about is semi-transparent and is the size of a grain of sand. The Neomeris annulata is much thicker than a grain of...
It's hard to say on the algae until it grows out a little more. It's likely a Caulerpa holdfast.
Have you tried Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Marine Algaefix? That might be available in Hawaii.
There are different types of "cup corals". However, all of the non-photosynthetic cup corals that I'm speaking of have a skeleton base. If the...
I'm in 100% agreement with Steve here. Can you exchange the Purple Up for some test kits?
I can't answer that. You have to test Calcium, Magnesium, and Alkalinity for a while and see how quickly they are depleted from you system. That...
Your live rock doesn't need any of those elements. Only the coralline algae that is living on your live rock needs them. Live rock is basically...
Your salt mix would have had Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium, and Strontium in it. In just a couple of days, there's no way that the coralline from...
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Sweet!!! At the camp I used to do for a week every year, we discourage fire and explosions for obvious reasons. Here are some interesting...
It's a non-photosynthetic cup coral. It's harmless.
One can usually vent the trapped air in the plumbing by shoving some airline tubing down the hole. Move it down slowly and eventually you'll get to...
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