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Ok. Thanks to all.

Lights are on for about 9 hours a day. No sunlight. I change bulbs yearly. 4x24T5s.

I've uploaded some pictures of my live rock and how it is covered in algae. I have a 40g reef tank. Two weeks ago I completly cleabed the algae and now they're back. My nitrates and phos. are under 1ppm. Please help with id of what I'm dealing with here and of course advice on how to get rid...

Tried everything. Maybe I have high disolved organics... or maybe my lights are not ok... someone told me to put more curent (which I did) ... still I couldn't fix it (for 2 years I've tried). Decided to find some good artificial decorations:) Please, if you know any good ones...

I have another tank (40g) with live rock and it always gets full of algae. No matter what I do. And it is very difficult to clean (actually I've never managed to clean it completly). Then it gets full of algae again and again (even if my nitrates/phos are ok). The artificial decor can be...

Hello! I'm planing to start a new FO tank to host some not reef safe fish. I don't want to use live rock in the display tank as it is hard to care for (I will put some in the sump for filtration). I came across Instant Reef artificial decorations. Their website sounds good but I was wondering...

The tank is running for about 1 year and I have the coral for about 10 months. I have other corals but nothing near by (and for sure nothing that can touch it). It started looking like that about 1 week ago. In the beginning it looked like it was shedding a skin layer (or something like that)...

Hello! Pls. look at the pictures. Seems that half of the coral is dead :( Any idea why? The rest of the corals/fish are fine and the water parameters came out good. What can I do? Pls help! Imageshack - co008u.jpg Imageshack - co011.jpg Thanks!

Ok. Seems that I'm in big trouble :( Thanks!

Thanks for the advice! Seems that, in the mean time, the white spots have disappeared. I looked very carefully. What should I do?

I think I have a case of Cryptocaryon in my reef tank. My flame angel has two white spots on the caudal fin and my yellow tang has one on the dorsal fin and one on its body. I've also seen them scratch against objects in the tank. Apart from this, they seem ok (they are eating, swimming normally...

Ok. Thank you all for the advice!

I've been reading that artemia doesn't have too much nutritional value and that it is not a good food for my saltwater fish. What about "Ocean Nutrition Super Shrimp"? Is that ok? They say it is Enriched Brine Shrimp with Omega-3. However, they don't say how they've enriched it?! It is not gut...

Ok. Hope I no other fish will die. Thank you all for the answers!

Ok. The lack of correct food can be the answer, although the aquarium has enough algae in my opinion. But can this explain the sudden death? Bad nutrition should have made the fish to show some signs before the death (like being lethargic, getting thin, diseased etc.) shouldn't it?