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I have had a reef set up for 3 years. After about a year I got a bad case of cyano when my skimmer broke. I tried everything and it is still not completely gone. I slowly gave back my coral to the store because they were not happy. Anyway, what I have left is a 65 gallon tank with live...

My skimmer stopped working. (I have the big model) It is only about a year and a half old. I took the whole thing apart and checked the pump, which is still working. I also brushed out the part where the screw is. Any ideas? Thanks!

I have been battling cyano for almost 6 months, the last 2 being the worst. It is on every section of my live rock and the sand bed. Even if I suction it, it is back the next day. My corals look terrible, I only have 5, so I was thinking of bringing them to the LFS because I do not want to...

I can not find the book to my skimmer, I have the larger model. ( I am sure I put it in a "good" place) I forgot if raising the collection cup by lowering the O ring will increase or decrease the skimming. I need maximum skimming right now. TIA!

I have been battling cyano for several months now. It all started when my skimmer broke down. It was very controlable until about 2 weeks ago it started going crazy! It is like a carpet on the sand, I can not even siphon it out fast enough. It is all over my live rock, every available nook...

I am replacing my bulbs after a year of use. Any suggestions? Should I just cut down the light time for the first couple of days?

My skimmer broke down about 6 months ago which started a cyano problem. When I replaced it with an aqua c remora pro it cut it back quite a bit. The past three weeks it has been rampant! It is covering everything! The coralline, the sand my live rock etc. My tank has been set up for over a...

I have another aiptasia deep under a pile of live rock. I can not reach it by hand. Any ideas? :x

I am getting my starfish tommorow! I am very excited and want to give him a good chance at surviving. My question is, if I drip acclimate him for 6-8 hours doesn't the bag overflow? Should I empty it out part way now and then? Should I let it overflow into the bag? I know I am being anal...

I am going to order my star fish this week. I know I need to drip him for 6-8 hours. How can I do it this slow? I have never drip acclimated before. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ( Oh, it is an orange linkia) TIA!

I recently submitted a post where some of my corals were dying and my crocea clam died. It went from looking AWESOME to dead in a day. I do remember awakening one morning to whar I thought were baby snails all over the glass. I have two kinds of these. Some are oblong shaped and I thought...

I put in a post about a week ago about losing all of my corals, even my clam. I am not sure what was the cause. My fish and shrooms are all fine. All of my papameters are good except calc= 350 and alk=10-11. I do not know why the low levels, I use sea lab cubes and reef builder to maintain...

I tried injecting my aptasia with lemon juice a few days ago. It was hard to tell exactly where the mouth was because it was toward the bottom of my tank. I may have missed some with the lemon juice and noe all of my corals are dying except my ricordia mushrooms. Even my beloved 4 inch crocea...

Oh my, where to start. My red sea prizm skimmer broke down about 2 months ago, leading to an influx of cyano and green hair algae. I got a new skimmer which works much better (aqua c remora) but the cyano and the hair algae continue. I got a new hydrometer because my 3 year old broke mine...

I love the orange linkia starfish, I noticed that they have some at liveaquaria.com. (aka echunaster) I have a crocea clam and I was wondering if the two were compatable. Does anyone know? :lol:

I have a lot of experience keeping fish, but am new with reefs. I am having problems affixing my corals. At first I found some holes in the rocks to put them in. Now I have used most of the smaller holes. I have a tubinara that I had used an entire tube of epoxy to affix. It stayed for...

I have a red sea prizm deluxe skimmer on a 65 gallon tank. It worked GREAT for awhile. It broke down and I had to have the motor replaced after about six months. Not having a skimmer for a few weeks I got a cyano breakout. Now it is not working again, I had it fixed (impeller) and it only...

I mainly have LPS in my tank, besides my shrooms this is my first softie. It looked great in the LFS. I am not sure what kind of lighting it had but it was not halides. I acclimated it and put it at the lower section of my tank because I have halides. It has been slumped over since Saturday...

There is something wrong with my skimmer, the air intake is not working. I have a prizm pro deluxe skimmer by Red Sea. I can not find my book, so I was looking for their website to download a new one. Anyone have any advice or know the site? I did a yahoo search but only came up with...

Over the past 2 days a small part of the coral is not opening. Now it is about 1/4 of the coral. It is not touching anything, but I did see a couple of hermits walking on it a few times. All water parameters look good; salinity 1.026 temp 79 nitrate 5 mg/l alk 11 dkh ca 425 ph 8 (my sailfert...

I just got a plate coral, a heliofungia. It is so cool!!! 8) My kids think it is an anemone, they are very excited. Anyone have any specific tips to be sure he stays happy? He is in a good amount of current and all of his tentacles are open. He is purple and pink, probably about 5 inches...

I am currently refinishing my kitchen cabinets. So far ok, I am just doing the doors right now and am taking them into the garage to do all of the work. I will get to a point however where I need to do the cabinet facing which will have to be done in the house. My reef tank is in the...

My husband bought me a tubinara coral which is very thin. I tried to attach it with underwater epoxy but the coral is too thin for it to hold. (If it was bottom heavy it might work) Right now I have him propped up against the side of the tank. Any ideas would be appreciated! Merry Christmas! :D

I really want a starfish that will not eat my crocea clam.. I have heard that the only sure reef safe one is a blue linka. (I do not want a brittle) I have heard various reports of how difficult they are. Anyone have any thoughts/ experiences to share? 8O

I now recognize when my coral is hungary! He gets bloated and puts out his tentacles. Unfortunatley when I try to give him shrimp he gets raided by: cleaner shrimp, my fish (especially the clowns) my snails, even my crabs will crawl up the coral to steal its food!! How can I feed this poor...