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That's it! Thanks - now to figure out if this is bad for the tank?

I just saw this thin little centipede looking worm sticking out of my lr. It was a light brown color on 1/3 of it's body and the rest of the 2/3 was dark. Any ideas? He's gone now, so no pic :(

My tank is 1 mo old - sill getting diatoms on the glass and sand. I tested the water after this weekend's pwc and have 0's across the board including po4, no3. I also went to Reef Salt from IO. Not sure what else to do, just wait?

You know I've done ALL of those things short of a protein skimmer? But I just read that intresting thread on the best salt and wouldn't ya know I use IO...very interesting. Is the red color on the rock Cyano?

My lfs recommended that I use a scrubbing brush (similar to a kitchen or bathroom brush) and scrub my lr of any undesirable algae. I am hesitant to do this, but thought it could be helpful. Does anyone on the forum practice scrubbing their lr? What algae colors would be considered...

Here's a picture - Do I have any excess nutrients? Unless you count po4 which is still on the low end, I would think my nutrients are good. Is 48 watts and a 10.5 hour daytime schedule too much light? Also I have the outflow pointed up to maximise surface movement, should I have the outflow...

EDIT: lights 2 pwc 24watt, 1 actinic, 1 10k - it's a 2 month old bio cube clean up crew is 4-5 hermits and 4-5 snails, i can't remember since I bought it as a "clean-up crew" from the lfs

It looks more dusty than slimy - i'll try to get a picture up later this eve

I did a pwc yesterday and vacuumed the sand bed to get rid of this brownish yellow stuff growing on my sand. Can anyone tell me what it is and how to get rid of it long term? Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Phosphate .3 PH 8.3 SG 1.025 Calcium 440

Just angling the outlet nozzle down, did away with most of the cyano. The pump puts out flow in the ball park 140+ gph (I can't remember the exact specs). I would think that would be enough - I'll move this to another forum if this becomes more of a problem. Thanks so much for your help.

I meant to ask about that too! Thanks for spotting that. It isn't in a cycle, I had the pump pointing up to add more ripple to the surface, I can point it down to move in that direction. What causes the cyano to grow?

hehe - i wanted to name them Nano & Nemo; my wife wanted to name them Pico and DeGayo - but the boys won out

Wow - that is breathtaking. What a great slice of the ocean :)

New residents! Say Hello to Popcorn and Dash as named by my 3 & 5 yr old boys :) So far they are shying away from the reef. I hope that they get to the point where they swim in and out of the cave. Even the entrance from the front since its much bigger. I fed them a teensy bit of flake...

<<<< NOOB! Thanks guys, you probably laugh at the easily scarred new guy. Hehehe

I'm praying that it's not a mantis, take a look

Here are some updated pictures. I re-did the aquascape. While I liked the old version, this one will be more practical for the tank's future residents. I moved the stack back a bit and opened up the internal cave and created a couple additional exit/entrances from the side and back. The...

Yes - the lfs uses them and they came highly recmended and a cheaper alternative to Salifert that uses similar technology. It comes with a reference so I could use that to see if the kit is off

I was able to perform a phosphate test and found that my RO water had more albeit in miniscule amounts, phosphate. However, it was still registering less then 0.15 or less. The seawater registered even less and I assume it is because of the buffers in the salt. My tank is still coming in at a...

I don't have plans to add anything till i can get the water set. I wonder if it was the ammonia that I used to cycle the tank - hydroxide variety, but with no additives. The other thing that has me puzzled is that my phospate level is at 2.3. I've only used distilled and ro water and the salt...

ID this pet: it's very small, almost microscopic, but when you watch it long enough you'll notice that it is crawling along your lr. I would put a pic up, but doubt that it would be visible - anyone have a similar experience?

It's meq/l http://thereefshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=785&zenid=3edf9d0391def0804380a4cb5e03cbf6

wow - that's just awesome

thanks for the info guys - I'm new to saltwater and was concerned about the alkalinity, I had read that it should be lower than that - but maybe i need to re-read that chapter :p I have this green film of algae growin on the sand and window (and rock), I had read that it's normal with higher...

Here are my water results: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0.1 Nitrate 25 PH 8.15 Alkalinity 8.5 Calcium 436