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Brown hair algae is taking over my tank, fast. It is taking over the corals. They have been shriveled up for I think over a month. Same with the...
Does it get all of it off, probably not, but the freshwater dilutes it enough to where it will not irritate my skin. If I don't use that shower, 30...
The salt in the water will irritate your skin if you do not rinse it off. Some more than others, some less. For those of you that visit the saltwater...
So I thought about my flow and change a few things slightly. Been over 24 hours now and I'm only getting that algae on the bottom left hand side of...
I doubt I need anymore Actnic lighting, lol. I already have 4 Actnic bulbs out of the 6. Like I said I have some, it just isn't growing as fast as...
I have small patches on the rocks here and there, but nothing on the glass yet. I can tell the patches are getting larger though. Any advice?
I picked one up from the LFS. Did a great job for about 3 months or so. Any suggestions on what to get. I started out with 5 Turbo snails, 15 hermit...
Thanks Thanks. You can see the cord from the powerhead top left, right above the frogspawn, it was in the back bottom left hand side behind the...
My understanding is that you are not supposed to because then it will create another cycle. Now, I have filled up the sump to where the bio balls...
All Bulbs are 4 months old if not newer.
More flow, are you sure I need more flow? 1 #4 Hydor Koralia, 3 #3 Hydor Koralias, plus the sump pump. I didn't clean the tank yet today, gonna do...
90G Tank is 7-8 month old. What type/kind of Algae is this? How do I stop it? And how do I prevent if from coming back? And sometimes I'm getting...
I checked my filter today and it was caked. I put in a new one. Will do some testing tomorrow.
I have a protein skimmer now. But I'm going to have to get a bigger one ASAP. Edit: Would putting in WAAAAY TOO MANY brine shrimp do this and cause...
Yea, but from my understanding, I should always have 1 or below. Edit: And I just changed my water and it went down.
I just testing phosphates again and it is now between .5 and .25.
I just did a 20% water change. Moved the Condy to a higher location, seems to like its new spot and it clenched on to rock within seconds....
PO4: between .5 and 1
Here are some pictures to help out. 90G SW | 10G Bio-ball Sump | 125# LR | 2 T5 Fixtures | 1 Corallife Fixture | 4 T5 54w Actinic lights | 2 T5...
I don't know if they are picking at it or not. I just know they seem to show interest in it. I have never seen them picking at it, just near it. If...
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