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155g 150w MH w/ 5xT5 actinic @ 10000K sg .025 amonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate unreadable calcium ~400ppm 9dkh ph 8 no other stressed corals tried giving them some squid today, 2 of them spit it out, the largest one ate it

My rose anemone split twice in a month, should I be concerned? Ive heard two sides to the story; that anemone's splitting is normal, but also that that their splitting is a sign of stress. Advice?

I have a 155gal tank that previously had VHO lighting that recently ate it. It was enough for my softies, but I want to start adding sps soon. I'm looking at getting MH with T5 actinics, but I'm wondering if anyone had some suggestions. The tank is 24" deep, so I'm thinking 250W is what I'll...

Hey all, I'm upgrading from my 75g reef to a 155g. It's all up and running and undergoing it's cycle right now. I should be ready to start moving some things over within a few weeks, but one thing is for sure; I need new lighting. The tank came with T12s that really just aren't going to cut it...

Feeding it what, just squirting phytoplankton right onto the plate?

My lights are a bit stronger than the store's, but when I was acclimating, i turned off my white lights (10,000K) for the first day and put them back on auto for the second day. Is that too quick? If it was light shock, is there any coming back from it? I don't think it's dead yet, polyps still...

Thanks. Sometimes I just need someone to tell me that my thought process is in the right place. I was thinking the same thing on the heat. Im just kind of skiddish right now with heaters. The last heater I got never turned off. I came home from work one night and the tank was sitting at 90deg D...

Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 Calcium: 500 dKH: 8 Phosphates: 0 Salinity/SG: 1.025 Temp: 76.3F Lighting: T5 HO, Aquatic Life, 4 bulb (2x10,000K, 2x 7,000K, Lunar LEDs) I've had this Montipora Capricornis for about 6 weeks now. When I bought it, it was a tannish color but bleached within a...

1. Type & how long you have had it: 1 month 2. Current lighting & Bulb Age: 4x bulb T5HO (Aquatic Life) 3. Nitrate: 0 4. Calcium: haven't tested recently 5. Phosphate: 0 6. Alkalinity: haven't tested recently 7. pH: 8.2 8. Salinity: SG 1.025 9. Temperature: 75 10. Liquid or strip test kits...

i also noticed tonight while my lunar lights were on that the discs of the mushroom like things are glowing in the light or phosphorescent

Ive had this mushroom like things growing on my live rock since the day I bought it, but they've really started to bloom in the last few days. I was just wondering what they are. They look like mushrooms. They close up at night and bloom in the day and the disc to tendril proportion led me to...

They grow pretty quick. I started with 2 and ended up with about 10 in under a month. I bought two peppermint to eat them and at first, they wouldn't touch them, then all of a sudden over the course of 2, maybe 3 days, they were all gone. I hear butterfly fish will also eat them. Aiptasia X...

75g and cycled. i saw the ammonia spike when i added the 2 fish and 4 corals on at the same time. It was gone by morning. Did a 20% pwc yesterday. But they were hiding before that even.

may have been. seems to be doing a lot better now. i just seem to recall the tentacles being a lot longer. probably wrong about that. it is opening a lot more now. about 1/2-2/3 the size of the larger head now :)

I have 2 clowns, a blue tang and a blenny. The clowns have been in the tank for a couple weeks, the tang and the blenny have been in for just over a week. I thought at first that they were just getting used to the tank, but they really do just hang out in the back corner of the tank all day...

yeah, thats kinda how its happening since i have to leave it unplugged most of the time. i'll plug it in for a couple hours a day.

I have a long tube heater, fully submersable. I have it turned the lowest setting. The tank water is at 75deg and raising and the heater stays on. Right now I'm just monitoring the temperature and will turn it off when it hits about 78. Is this normal? Is the thermostat broken or something?

@gti aren't lace rock pours usually more circular?

@slither yeah, i knew that going into it. I have a good relationship with my lfs... depending on how quickly he grows, i may just trade. I'm trying to figure out what other fish might be good for this tank in the meanwhile.

Added a few more corals and a couple new fish Xenia (theres also a frag I added in addition to this) Kenya Tree Duncans Blue Tang Lawnmower Blenny. I named him Blenny Crane. It happened overnight after adding the tang and blenny. They cleaned the sand, the glass and even the...

I'm not sure what to be looking for so i just wanted to hit the community and ask if you think my torch is ok. I've only had it for a few days and one of the heads appears to be healthy, opens up fully during the day, etc. The other head rarely opens up. When i bought it, both heads were open...

I was just wondering as i am kind of new. But when I purchase a new specimen from the LFS and get home; if i test the water and the pH and salinity are the same, do I still need to go through all of the water acclimation steps (like slow drip) or can I just do the temperature acclimation part?

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I was just wondering as i am kind of new. But when I purchase a new specimen from the LFS and get home; if i test the water and the pH and salinity are the same, do I still need to go through all of the water acclimation steps (like slow drip) or can I just do the temperature acclimation part?

just added my first residents in. 2 clowns, a euphyllia and 2 peppermint shrimp (bad pic because they like to hide).