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I just started using instant ocean reef crystals. So i should bring it up to 1.026? I am using an instant ocean hydrometer to check it, It shows 1.020 - 1.024 as normal levels.

No real change except they started opening more and looking alot better. I slowly adjusted them to the new light, started at only 4 hours a day and gradually got back to the 8 hours i am at now.turn on my actinc's about an hour before halides and turn them off an hour after they kick off.

Ok so i got my test kits in and also got the RO/DI unit last Friday. I ran all the test i have tonight and here are the results: Salinity: 1.020 Phosphate: 0 Calcium: 480 PH: 8.6 Alkalinity: 1.7 Magnesium: 1280 (right at the top of my test scale) Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 20 Nitrite: 0.2 (lowest my...

I just looked up pics of the pipe organ and it looks extremely like that, only thing it said pipe organ will have a red kind of skeleton and this just has a white mat base.

The stalks are coming out a soft tissue base. So i guess it is pipe organ? wonder why the wholesalers list it as xenia? Either way still very neat looking. Thanks for the help all.

I was at the LFS today and they had this frag of xenia that i couldn't pass up. Only thing is when i look for xenia on the net i can not seem to find any that resemble this one. It has hundreds of polyps on the rock and they are all thin, with one head on top of each stalk. The tallest one is...

I would agree, My scooter blenny is the one fish i love to watch the most lol. They are just kind of comical the way they scoot around everywhere. Diamond gobies are fun to watch as well if you quite a bit of a sand area for them.

When i had mine it seemed to love those algae wafers, the small disc shaped ones. It also loved to eat the red marine algae that i would attach to a small piece of rock.

Does the clarkii ever try to feed the fake nem? just curious lol. I have 2 Nem's in my tank, a long tentacle that my saddleback host and a sebae that my pair of percula's both host. But i have seen a maroon clown that host some Frilly mushrooms lol.

Just a small update, i have found and ordered a calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity test kits, and i also broke down and ordered a RO / DI system. So when i get the test i will post my readings. A reef tank can be costly at times lol.

There are no dates on my test kits, the instant ocean kit i bought when i started the tank in 2008. The phosphate kit is only about 5 months old. I change out 5 gallons a week and it is a 55 gallon tank. I don't dose with anything except the coral-vite. I do as the directions said, 5 - 10 ml...

The test kit i have is an instant ocean test kit, it only has nitrate, nitrite, ph, and amonia. Seperatley i bought an API phosphate test which reads right between .00 and .25 ppm. I have never been able to find the test kit for the calcium, alk and mag anywhere around where i live. For top off...

#1 looks to be a type of sponge maybe, i have several of these that are different colors, i am not sure about the rest, but i never trust any crabs lol. I had a couple that i got in my live rock and i just got rid of them. I am sure someone can help out with #2 as i am not sure about that one.

Hello all, I have had my reef tank up and running for 2 years now and i just have a few questions about it. First here is all my tank info, inhabitants and such: Equipment: 55 gallon tank with a double bio-wheel filter 2 powerheads for circulation 760 watt metal halide lighting ( 2 x 250 watt...

I have 2 different anemone's in my tank, a long tentacle that i have had for almost 2 years and a sebae that i have had for about a year now. They don't require any feeding but i do feed mine every few days. I buy raw shrimp and thaw it out then use a spot feeder to place it in the anemone and...

I am just wondering if there is anything wrong with using tap water to top off the tank? I have done this for years but now have started having problems with the health of the fish and the only thing that changed was the addition of a water softner system. So does that efftect the quality of...

I have a 55 gal and i have a cleaner shrimp and a peppermint. They actually hang around each other most of the time and get along great.

Just looking to get some different kinds of Zoa's going in my tank. If you have some that you would frag for me to help me get started i would greatly appreciate it.

It looks like the ones i just bought. I got 4 Mexican turbo's and they are all covered in coraline. Mine are not that big but i hear they can grow quickly and get pretty big.

No i just been rinsing them out in the sink, am i supposed to rinse with old SW?

I just cleaned it about 5 days ago. The only thing i have not been able to do if replace the carbon pac in my filter because no one has it :( I am going to have to order them online i guess. And just to make sure i am doing the PWC right, you need to mix up the water the day before and let it...

Yea my LFS always just gives me empty shells he gets in on orders or if a snail dies or something. He has never charged me for them so you might just check with your LFS and ask them.

Ok well this is pretty much day 3 of the blackout, i did turn my lights on for about 2 hours yesterday just so i could siphon out all the algae again, but it has definetly slowed down in growth but it is still growing. Right now it looks like 1 to 2 inch dark green hairs all over. It is not...

ok thanks i will give it a shot and let ya know.

Will this affect my condy anemone or my zoa's?