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Ball tip anemone if it has no skeleton. Hidden cup coral if it does.
yup sounds like flatworms.
For Alk 9 and Ca 450. Unfortunately I always run low on the Ca about 350-400 and high on the alk around 10.8. Dosing amounts change from day do day,...
First real SW tank in 1986. LOL 27 years and counting. Sigh, longer than a lot of members are old. Internet as we know it today was had not arrived...
Unfortunately you received very bad advice from whoever sold you those fish. Neither is appropriate for a 40 gallon fish tank. Both beautiful fish...
Congrats on the new job, graduation, new home, new tank......boy that is a lot of change. Welcome back.
Test kits can be really tricky and show incorrect values. Retest tomorrow and see if the value changes. Congrats on the new acquisitions.
Silly fish.
Welcome to 3reef. :) Boy I wish there had been forums when I started, but heck there was no internet either. ::)
Jerry, it's entirely possible that skimmer could hold the volume of water in my tank.
Sorry I have no clue if that is doable, but I am curious as to the answer. I googled: "Drying out bio-pellets and reusing them", I got a couple...
Thank you. :)
If you have a skimmer running that should significantly help. You can adjust the power heads to provide more surface agitation. Here is a link to...
Too much bacteria in a newly set up tank. I would increase the O2 and use some prime and a water change to give those poor fish a chance.
I would start with a limited amount of snails depending on the amount of available food source, basically algae. IMO you should be able to run the...
Flow is a good thing. You do not have a sump correct? So you will have to get an hang on the back skimmer. If you go to the Marinedepot site you...
For a fish only tank your nitrates can go a lot higher, so at this point you have nothing to worry about. Initially try to keep nitrates below 20 but...
That is fantastic Renee. Really looking forward to seeing the progress and your fish selection.
You goal is to have no detectable ammonia and nitrites. You will most likely have nitrates which is fine if they are not allowed to climb too high....
You could definitely do that if the rock if fully cured and has no pest anemones and or nuisance algae. Just keep doing what your doing, testing the...
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