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I've been running with CC and 0 nitrates for over 2 years. I have never vacuumed my cc. Not once. There are a zillion reasons you can have...
You've heard second hand myths IMO.
heavily filtered ocean water isn't exactly 'natural' is it... NSW is misnomer IMO. NSFW is awesome IMO :P
it depends on what HW you are running. The point of the rock is to give your tank enough real estate for the bacteria to colonize in sufficient...
having it on my back wall, i have areas that are high flow, medium, low, and almost stagnant in one area. It doesn't seem to care at all. But it...
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nobody told me and it came as a big surprise for some reason when it happened to me... idk if this is your first clam death or not... I've had it...
Your params are fine to me... so long as they've been stable at those numbers... How long hasn't it opened?
Remember though that Steve isn't testing the unknowns. *One of* the problems with purple up is that we don't know what's in it. You may be killing...
[IMG] [IMG] Maybe you can see the molt it caught, taken through portal [IMG]
You'll want to glue it on some coralline, it may not stick to the glass Here's an updated shot. Notice all the coralline dAmage that urchin Did...
I don't think that's really the point though Incognito. When I, for one, point out that I only feed my fish 2 or 3x a week to limit nutrients......
i heat my water to 78 like my tank before mixing in the salt
Forget how much this stuff has grown till I look through this thread again. I'll try to get an updated shot of this.
one day i'll get around to updating this again http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral/gsp-back-glass-77269.html
i see your title already rules out bubble algae... Looks like bubble algae to me. Got a clearer pic?
5 fish in a 29 gallon is simply too much. 2 might be too many depending on what they are.
There is only enough bio filtration (i.e. live bacteria) as there is needed to keep up w/the bio load. The rock can support much more, but it's not...
I'd also like to say, short of being able to measure available bacteria, I don't see a way to directly prove this one way or the other. I can only...
I do agree with all these points. I would only recommend dense rock (and specifically the Holy Rock) as a subset of the rock you have. The majority...
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