Recent content by artie

I feel a restart is the only option because ive been trying everyones advice and it keeps coming back. new bulbs, less lighting time( down to only a couple hours a day), feeding less(down to every 3 or 4 days), r/o water(ive tried 2 different local aquaium stores) frequent changes. Ive tried...

tired of on going battle with cyno, so im doing a total tear down and restart. what is the best way to clean. is there anything better than chlorine and if not, what is the proper mix

what is the purpleish colored stuff on your sub strata in your picture(around your name)

Sorry, its just frustrating. I've done water changes, I've changed the crushed coral, I,ve cleaned the filters, the hoses, the wet-dry, the canister, I've cleaned the rock. Work has slowed so theres not extra cash to try new bulbs or other possible maybe's. Even water changes cost. May have...

if the water from the LFS was bad, wouldnt everybody that goes there have the same problem. and from the last part of my first post, I have a buddy with a 125 who used his well water to fill his tank, uses it for top off's, never does water changes, 1-1\2 year old light bar(400 w cpf's), and...

had water tested 6 weeks ago at the local aquatic store ( called Aquatica by the way) and they said it was all good, maybe a little high on the calcium, been using Purple-Up (backed off). Get my water from them also. Only have had my live rock for 6 months, could it be contaminated or infected...

read the article that melosu58 reccomended and it made it sound like attinic bulbs aren't good with this problem??

if the flake is the problem, then what do you feed with? 1 yellow tang, 2 pajama cards, 1 green chromis, snails and hermits

been battling cyno for a year or more. have used some First Aid brand cyno killer. knocks most out, but comes back in couple weeks. already cut down on my feeding, little flake every 2 or 3 days instead of brine everyday. attinic lights 4 to 10 pm, cpf's 6 to 9:30pm with a small fluorescent a...