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    What are ways to keep algea down???

    Most LFS should carry them API makes one Hagen makes one And redses may as well Just to give you a few affordable brands
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    Corals all closed up

    Did a big waterchange and half the water used to put back in was sea sure the other half was established water from a lfs Looks like they are a little happier It definatly did SOMETHING We shall see
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    Corals all closed up

    Ill keep everyone updated on results Waterchange will be performed either tonight or tomorrow night Whats everyones opinions on salt mixes? I use caribsea seapure packaged saltwater
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    Corals all closed up

    What im probably gping to do is remove the reactor and do a nog water change. If 2 big waterchanges In the course of a month dont make ot better than i am stumped
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    Corals all closed up

    1.027 And yeah i understand i dont need it But i figured it wouldnt hurt Had the light for the life of the tank which is almost a year And as of right now it looks like my frogspawn is dead. That was my favorite too. Literally everything tests perfect, even both of my lfs tested...
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    Corals all closed up

    Still closed Moved my frogspawn to a lower spot thinking maybe its too much light, but that doesnt explain why they are all having an issue Doing a waterchange probably tomorrow or thursday, very short on cash this week but hopefully a good waterchange will do the trick My heaters fine im at...
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    Frontosa tank mates

    Another nice tanganykan fish to keep are birchardis Im a huge fan of daphodil birchardis A nice male would do alright with frontosa
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    Corals all closed up

    Yeah i keep everyone on the bottom and slowly move them up where i want them And ive tried different brightnesses and nothing makes a dofference And all my Colony polyps and zoas ive had forever this only started recently
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    Corals all closed up

    Thats what i figured Ive been doing 30% water changes biweekly. I use caribsea seapure water. Havent had an issue in a whole it started ever since i added my frogspawn.. Which was almost a month ago. Nobody is sick or anything Powerheads arent blowing directly on anything I dont get it lol
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    Corals all closed up

    Hey guys, i have this 20h nano reef with a hydor slim skim nano, phosban 150 reactor with biopellets, aquaclear 70 hob with chemipure elite, and two very small powerheads. In this tank i have about 23lb of LR, some xienia, a small frogspawn, acan, and zoas. Along woth yellow colony polyps...
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    Frogspawn help

    Disregaurd this message Aparently the kit used was expired and wasnt correct Im ok i think its just the placement of my coral
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    Frogspawn help

    Alright Got a test and turns out my alk, cal, and magneasium are wayyyy off the charts high! Aparently caribsea seapure wateris known for having high levels of these parameters
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    Frogspawn help

    Thanks guys And i dont know it off hand Get my water tested monthly at a shop nearby. I only test ammonia nitrite nitrate at home But im assuming the alk would be fine becaise i do my water changes with good quality water bi weekly One fish in a 20g with biweekly waterchanges has worked fine...
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    Frogspawn help

    Got a small frogspawn not too long ago, and had it in a BC14 and within 3 hours of putting it in the BC14 it opened up and was very nice looking. Put it in my 2h tank and 2 days later its still all closed and not so nice looking. My yellow colony polyps have been in my 20h for almost a year...
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    Crazy algae

    Hmm i suppose i could swing that Last i tested they were at .001 ppm or something very close to that With a big reactor i wouldnt think phosphate would be an issue Im considering using biopellets instead of the gfo See if maybe that makes a difference at all Gfo is expensive around here anyway...
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