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This thing has been growing pretty quickly in my nano...and I noticed a smaller version on the same rock, which is also in the picture. I have to admit it looks kind of neat...

Over the past year I've had several snail and crab deaths (emerald), all unexplained. I recently downgraded from a 90g to 12g nano, transporting the snails that were still alive. I just added four new astreas, and almost immediately one of my very long-lasting snails - from about 3 yrs ago...

I'm transferring stock from a 90g to a nano tank. I have a very nice leather coral (Lobophytum) that is firmly attached to a rock which is encrusted in algae. I'd love to take the coral off of this rock and put it on a new one. I have read several articles re: propagating a coral, but is...

I just setup my first nano, I'm downgrading from a 90g and moved ls, lr from this tank to the nano. It looks great! Based on scouring this forum and others I have configured the nano as follows: 1. Cassette mod and notches at the top of the intake for better surface skimming (this is a...

I'm going to tear down my 90g tank, and "REDO" maybe in a year or two. I've had enough battling with my hair algae, and with the kids and summer don't have the time to do daily harvesting. My question is this - with my LR being covered in algae - not completely but big chunks of it - could I...

Pls refence my prior post http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=76867&highlight= with the topic "Algae out of control". I've been doing a number of things to try to get the algae under control to almost no avail. I also took one of the "algae" covered rocks and placed it into a...

I've read many posts on this forum and others re: green hair algae... harvest tons of this stuff every other week, and do about 35g water changes WEEKLY. My last big attempt at change was the introduction of a DI - I already had an RO system, but based on advice in this forum I added the DI...

I've had a CSS (125g for my 90g tank+about 60g in the sump/fuge) for at least 7 months. For many months it worked great, producing very, very thick skimmate. Every week I had to dump out the collection cup at least twice. Now, however, I have had a hard time generating thick skimmate. It...

I purchased a Kent Float Valve (KFV) off of eBay.. I already have an RO system, and just added a DI filter on the line t'd off to go to my sump (replace evaporated H2O) and new water resevoir (for new salt water). My RO system has it's own holding tank, it's own auto shut-off, etc., and is...

I setup a 90g barebottom (bb) tank about .. I guess 6 months ago. I've been having terrible algae problems, another story..or possibly related. I have around 850-950 gph circulation just with my return pump from my basement sump...I also have two modified MaxiJets (nozzle sawed off) that in...

I purchased a RedSea Ph/Alk test kit...I have had some issues with snails dying and a lot of unwanted hair algae, and thought for the heck of it I would check Alk. I check ammonia (0), nitrates/nitrites (both 0), salinity (1.022) regularly but I don't have any other test kits. First, the Alk...

OK so I have a question for everyone... i have a 90g with a basement fuge.. my 90g overflow goes down to two rubbermaid holding tanks - one with my ps and one with a ton of chaeto macro algae. From these two, water flows from the top to a middle rubbermaid tank which contains my return pump and...

OK so yes I know better!! I'm sure many threads start like this...I actually HAVE a QT tank but did not use it one time - last time I don't use it - when introducing a new Yellow Tang. The Tang has two white dots on one pectoral fin. They are very pronounced when my blue T5s are on, look sort...

I have a 90g upstairs w/a fuge in the basement (about a 9' rise), water is being pumped up via a Mag 18. In the fuge I can see tons of pods, and mysis shrimp. The fuge is connected at the top to a center tank, slighly lower, that contains the return pump. I can see the pods occasionally in...

Hello, I've had my 90g setup for about 4-5 months; pH has been typically a bit low - around 8.0 or so... it is now, however, 7.4, the lowest measurable value in my test kit. I also tested my tap water (just a shade darker than 7.4 but I'd still put it in that category), RO water (7.4). I use...

I have a fuge in my system that consists of 3 30g containers; one is dedicated to lr, dsb, and chaeto. I started out with one softball size ball of chaeto; it is now touching all four sides of the container! How much is too much? Will parts of it die if there is too much in the container...

HI - I'm getting algae growth all over the place, on the substrate, glass walls, overflow box...it is in some places green, in others brownish, all hair-like. I've seen cyno before and I don't think that is it. Anyway the tang seems to like eating it, and so do some of the snails that chomp...

I have two softball sized balls of chaeto algae in my fuge, newly setup 90g tank. All water params are perfect, but the chaeto seems to be turning brown in some areas (mostly bright green)..it seems to have grown over the past two weeks since added to the fuge. Should I remove any of the...

I have a new 90g that is now operational - sump, fuge, return, etc., all running, but NOTHING in the refugium yet (will be putting in ls, lr, chaeto algae, some creatures). I'm running a bare bottom tank. I have an existing 37g w/ about 40-50 lbs of live rock, and established live sand. I...

I have a fuge ready to be filled with my substrate. My plan has been to put live rock, some lr rubble and algae (calupera or similar) in this fuge, but I'm not sure what substrate I should use. Lfs swears by miracle mud, it seems like I can use less expensive products from CaribSea (mineral...

At some point I read something on-line about a float switch (non-electric) that simply opened/shut a valve to let in additional RO water from an RO tank when water levels fell below a certain threshold. This was not the same as running some pump...I have an RO with a tank that I currently turn...

I have a 90g aga w/built-in overflow, and their overflow kit that basically includes a durso-type overflow. The only difference I see between the aga kit and the durso standpipe is that the aga has some holes just under the "t". Anyway, my overflow goes first through about 2' of spa-flex pvc...

I have a 90g AGA w/Megaflow and the accessory kit, which includes what I think is pretty much a durso standpipe... with a sump in the basement, about a 7' drop, and a Mag18 returning water back up, split from 1.5" into two 3/4" returns (one the "stock" return, the other PVC). Fortunately...

I was going to go with a rubbermaid type sump, but managed to get a 29g tank for next to nothing... this is for a 90g AGA. I was trying to get a larger return section to account for evaporation water loss, so I broke out the skimmer section into a separate container that I'll elevate up a...

OK so I have a canopy over my 90g that has 6.5" of clearance between the water and top of the canopy. Enough for t5 lights, which I'm considering, but also don't want to rule out mh. It is my understanding that 6.5" is definately not enough to house a mh pendant within the canopy (which is...