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Yes or even how are you doing? Veterinary gloves are inexpensive and you can get models that go all the way up to your shoulders for people with...
What brand of pH monitor do you have? Most pH monitors can be calibrated with 7 and 10 calibration fluid packets. There are a few brands that use...
very nice
Garlic, Vitamin's, and HUFA's
They are loud, they are inefficient compared to JBJ's and that's why you can use lower rated JBJ's and get the same results, they will heat up your...
I see people fall into several categories. Most newer hobbyists tend to overfeed. With that said, there are also some newer hobbyists who've been...
You could probably get a 1/4 HP JBJ chiller that is just as efficient for around the same price as that 1/3 HP chiller. Either way, that chiller...
That could easily be the cause. Another possibility is that you don't know what your Nitrates are. If your Nitrates are extremely high, the 3...
Sorry. HUFA - Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids When doctors tell humans to increase their Omega-3 fats by eating more fish, those are HUFA's...
Cool. Looks like you had fun.
Wowsers. I'm glad you're still with us. And yes, all clownfish are annoying.
The easiest way to control a phytoplankton bloom or a bacterial bloom is to run UV. They are definitely a useful piece of equipment but many people...
Don't worry about that picture. That is my friends tank. He's in my reef club. There are reasons why that happened and you would have to make all...
Happy birthday bud!!!
Looking pretty good. Can you take a water sample to a fish store and have them tell you if you're closer to 20 or 40?
Neomeris annulata (spindleweed algae) It's a calcareous algae and very few fish will touch it. However, that's not really a big deal because it...
Yes. Will there be buffering that occurs? Yes, especially at the beginning. However, once the bed matures and bacterial biofilms are coating the...
sounds like a dinoflagellate bloom. Does it disappear substantially overnight and get worse as the day progresses? Does it look somewhat like...
Could be a couple of days, could be a week. If you know someone with a UV sterilizer you can borrow, it will be gone in a day.
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