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I wouldn't be concerned about the bacteria that is found on and in the LR, as they are veryt stroong and can endure all kinds of conditions( even dry ). I am confused though, your LFS set up uncured LR in your display tank to cure. That would scare me. For one, who knows what pests were...

If you have doubt about them having enough food, you can always feed them. Grocery stores sell "NORI" in their asian food section. This is plain dried seaweed, and can be used as a food source or your whole tank. Good luck 0X

You need to find out how long they've had the rock before just adding it. I would recommend using the nose method if your in a hurry. If you take the rock out of water and it smells in spots really bad, then it isn't cured and it has dieoff. Obviously this is not scientific in nature, just a...

Elegance corals need modeate light...need to be somewhere near the bottom, but they expandf to twice their size, so not so close that others will get stung. They should be fed 1-2 a week phytoplanton and brine shrimp. Easiest way I've seen to feed them and really get them to grow is set up a...

Synchiropus splendidus Synchiropus picturatus Both beautiful species, as long as in a good established aquarium with lots of copepods Cya 0X

Reefrunner69, I feel so inadequate...lol. I have a 29gallon in my office at work. It has an eclipse 3 hood, that has been retrofitted with 65watt PC 50/50 bulb. I looked into an in the tank skimmer, and found that the visi-jet system would fit into the space to the right side of my hood...

do you ave LR in your tank. if so, are you sure the crab died and didn't just molt. it could be hiding as most species of crabs are nocturnal and what you found was the dead outer shell. As far as supplements, it is debatable as far as how often you dose for everything that you listed...

I agree with previous posts. Your water should be clear. Greenish tints to the water are usually a type of algae known as freefloating or suspended single cell algae and is usually caused by the anerobic activity associated with bacterial blooms. When you have an ammonia or nitrite spike, the...

I work at a corporate office of one of the largest pet supply companies. I recently had this come up with a similiar product. The manufacturers are now using sulphur in their products because of its ability to break down nitrites. I have been informed that it won't hurt your tank, as fowl as...

I'm sorry, I disagree. The copper that is used in aquariums is known as chelated copper. This form of copper absorbs into everything. The bad part is, it can leach out of whatever it absorbed into forever. The bad part about live rock, it is so pirous, that it can act like a spnge, and show...

its most of the time called base rock. some LFS will sell TUFA rock as base rock. Tufa is okay to use, not the best. Basically, base rock is a calcium based rock. I found a LFS that had killer deals on dead coral skeletons. I picked some up and used the as a base for my LR. It provides...

Gauge, I think your right in your assumptions. I have read that nitrates can be removed from one of four ways. 1 - water changes....duh. 2 - live macro and micro algae. 3 and 4 low/no oxygen environments that contain a different type of bacteria other than normal nitrosynomus <--sp. and...

The bacteria that lives on the rock requires a food source. In this case, ammonia or nitrites. Any bacteria that doesn;t have food will die. Therefore, right now, your live rock is sufficient enough for the tank you currently have. If you add extra rock but no extra living organisms to give...

Hmm, good to know...thx :wink:

What type of reef critter cleaner uppers do you have. You might try getting some different hermits or even a couple of different types of starfish or cucumbers. When was the last time that the bulb was changed....sometimes nasty algae is caused by improper or changing light spectrums...