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I would like to share my victory over the dreaded cyanobacteria. I started my 29 gal tank in April. I have 130W of CF lighting on for 12 hours daily, a Seaclone skimmer, two modded HOB filters serving as refugia with chaeto and LR rubble, maybe 50lbs of LR, and a 4" DSB. I use only RO/DI water...

Thanks for all of your input everyone. I wanted to spur discussion about this, and in the end I will just get another 5gal container for RO/DI.

I live in Iowa City, IA and looked up the consumer confidence report for our municipal water. Here are the results, listing the highest levels detected for the toxins detected: Sulfate: 59ppm Fluoride: 1.0ppm Nitrate: 7.3ppm Total Haloacetic Acids: 12ppb Total Trihalomethane: 55ppb Chlorine...

Thanks for your opinions. I have some cerinth snails on the way to clean the glass. I have done a lot of reading on anemones and I'm not even going to bother trying. It seems the ones my percula clown would be most likely to take to are some of the hardest ones to care for anyway! In about two...

I bought 50lbs of high quality LS from Ebay for $40 including shipping.

I have: 29g 2X 65W CF lighting 2 modded power filters turned into refugia housing chaeto and LR rubble about 15lbs LR, 30lb Base rock 5-6" DSB, with live sand in sugar size 50 W heater - don't worry, I'll upgrade this, but my apartment stays at about 80F all the time so not a concern till winter...