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It might be worth giving your sand a siphon using a gravel vac to remove any built up detritus. What is the exact level of nitrates in the tank? How...
It looks like aiptasia to me too
Sounds like your sand is leeching PO4. You can check this by taking a handful and rinse with RO water then soak in some RO over night then measure...
How old is the tank? How deep is your sand bed? Did you use CC sand?
I admit it I am an aquatic geek, it is my passion to evolve my own system. I carbon dose and find it annoying that this has to be done twice a day,...
I have found that the only way to keep them is in pairs or singly, I have 2 pairs (2 yellow tails and 2 talbots) and their are hardly any conflicts....
Yup they can be very aggressive, I have 4 in a 200L tank, my two tangs rule the tank though...
Bioplastic at bottom of fermenter; [img] About to innoculate bioplastic fermenter using bacteria previously grown using sugar. [img]
This happens to a lot of pretty juvenile damsels, did it end up all black?
I was suggesting that if it was my tank I would keep the cc sand, I just don't see the point of changing sand in your system that is already live for...
Just put in the the bacterial fermenter and it instantly sinks so no need to add anything to the mix to try to sink it... Now to add the bacteria...
Looks very similar to Pomacentrus proteus but will the red streaks Fishes | POMACENTRIDAE | Pomacentrus proteus | Marine Iconography of the...
How long has this tank been set up, once it has gone through the initial cycle (usually takes around 6-8 weeks) nitrite shouldn't be a problem unless...
lol :) Thank you for the nice comments :)
I don't even have a lawn :(
I would make up a litre of fresh seawater using RO. On the salt mix box it should say how many litres of seawater it can make e.g. 7kg makes up 210...
I have been busy with work recently, haven't done a massive amount with this recently, will give it another go tomorrow, going to try to make round...
I used a hydrometer about 3 years ago for about 3 months before I realised that it was the reason for many problems in my tank. My hydrometer was...
How to grow your own denitrifying organic bacteria I have developed a method using lawn fertiliser which is the method I am currently using and am...
I have still got my eyebrows... I was having problem with the recipe, it is requiring a lot of tweaking to get it right. The first 'bioplastic' I...
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