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It's something I've never thought about before. That being said, all my tanks are subjected to 24 hr lighting as well and have been for many many...
I use a lot of hagen 802 power heads and what I did was go to a hydroponics store and buy a bunch of the smallest "baskets" they use for starting...
This article by Rob Toonen is the best I've seen on the Linckia. Invertebrate Non-Column - Rob Toonen
Proper air exchange comes from turbulence of the surface water. Point a power head so that the surface water is in turbulence and that should do the...
It's my belief that you need to understand all the relationships between the important chemicals before dosing anything. A Simplified Guide to the...
In fact, air stones will do very little to help the gas exchange. Large bubbles do more in that large bubbles disturb the water surface more and...
Slight chance it's a bacterial bloom if not calcium.
Probably not a problem as the actual seal is between the glass pieces and the bead is to protect that bond mainly. Be aware that silicone does not...
Give it time, GSP are very resilient. As long as they are not decaying, they can come back. When I tried to kill them off with a "Kalk" matt, it...
For me, the star polyps is a weed, like xenia. Xenia though I can control. Most of the tanks I was able to almost completely eradicate the GSP but...
81°F is where my tanks run at coolest part of the day in winter. My normal upper range in summer would be 84° to 86° with spikes up to 88° on real...
Here's Biogeek's take on linckia. Invertebrate Non-Column - Rob Toonen
Any chance it's a macro algae? From the pic it has a similar appearance to nuisance macro that I have in my main tank, and I'm unable to get...
Don't know about that, but It's never bothered me to see them in the daytime. I don't see anywhere near the numbers in the daytime that I see at...
I've never removed a bristleworm from any of my tanks in the almost 15 yrs now in the hobby. This is a good read: Polychaete (aka "bristleworm")...
Are the leathers within reach of the torch coral? My torches are very aggressive to other corals, softies or LPS's.
It's not the first or last time hobbyists have purchased fish from the same tank thinking there would be no problem. However,most fish for sale are...
In most of Canada, a great deal of homes don't have sufficient air circulation in the homes that have been built more recently as standards have...
Diatom filter works.
How can there be a problem with this hobby? OH yeah, where am I going to put the next tank and keep the wife from knowing about it!
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