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Hey all, My dad wants me to help him with his outdoor pond. He has had it for years and it just gets chock full o alage in no time. It is pretty much in direct sunlight which is probably most of the problem. Its one of those hard plastic ponds you get at home depot, probably around 50-100...

Alright, first thing first i have a 50 gallon reef tank up for around six months. I have all the equipment listed below in my sig. My water parameters are ammonia = 0, PH = 8.1, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 10, Calcium = 400, Salinity = 1.023. I have never had a problem with Cyano, or any alage for...

My yellow polyps dont seem to be doing that well. My zoos, xenia, GSP are doing fantastically and spreading. My yellow polyps seem to be disappearing 1 by 1. Info 130 watts, yes i know on the low end. Ammonia - 0 nitirite - 0 nitrate - 15 PH - 8.1 Calcium - 400 Alkalinity - 1.5 - 2.0 I...

I just was browsing around reefcentral and came across this link and thought you guys might like to check it out. i am thinking of setting up one myself, but thought it would be cool to see people on this forums tanks. If you can post pics, and hardware that you have. I would like to set one...

I noticed that my sand bed has been getting neon green and purple underneath the sand, where it meets the glass. The top of the sand is perfectly clean. See pic below, is this a sign of cyano starting, or is it just my tank maturing. Tank has been up for close to six months, i do weekly water...

Last night i did my weekly water change and everything was fine, i did a 5 gallon water change and my levels are (Seachem test kit). when i come home from work today, my star polyps are all closed up, and havent opened since ive been home. ammonia - 0 nitrite - 0 - 0.1 PH - 8.1 nitrate - 10...

Well my PH has always been around 7.9-8.0, i thought once i added the eggcrate top it would help raise it a bit, but did not. My tank has been up for 5 months now, and still same PH. Everything else is going great, should i buffer, or should i let it be. Thanks in advance, Jeff

Has anyone tried it, according to reefcentral it can be used, but could harm other stuff it interacts with in the water column. Anyone use it? I have a very small peice that i would like to get rid of before it spreads. here is a link to the methods...

Well i found a new pet store around an hour away from my house, and my fiance came along for the ride. She really liked the Harlequin Shrimp, but i dont know about feeding them. I know they eat starfish, but that can be pretty pricey to feed them. How often do you feed them? what kind of...

Im just researching corals on liveaquaria, and was wondering how many watts per gallon you need for low, medium, and High. For example, does low mean at least 2 watts per gallon? I have 3 watts per gallon for now and have to stick to lower light corals. Any ideas of what else i can get? right...

What is the difference between the two, or is their no difference at all?

When deciding where to place coral, how much room should you leave for growth, i have three small colonies (zoos, yellow polyps, & star polyps). Will any of these colonies attack each other? anything else i should know.

I got a small aptasia that came on my Zoos. What would be a cheap and effective way to remove it, id rather not spend all that money on joes juice for one this small. Do pepermint shrimp work? Think i heard something about boiling water. of course i dont want to harm my zoos either. Thanks...

Well, i thought it might happened, people told me it might happen, guess what, it happened. My urchins keep on knocking over my star polyps. Whats the best way to secure? I heard crazy glue. Is this process correct? 1- remove corals and rock, pat dry rock, and back of coral, 2- apply some...

I am looking into buying a RO/DI unit off of ebay, anyone have experience with this unit http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20684&item=4390935854 also, can i just hook it up to my kitchen sink whenever i need water, my plan would be to fill like 20 jugs, and once there all...

While letting my dog out at like 5 in the morning, i stoped to look at my new corals under the moonlight and saw my hitchhicker crab eating off my zoos, is he reef safe? i dont know if he was actually eating the zoos, or just off of them. follow the link to the pic, sorry its a little blurry...

I just upgraded my lighting to PC, and i had to go with an eggcrate top because of the adjustable brackets, is there anyway to slow the evaporation, i came home to my skimmer running dry because the water line fell below the preskimmer. Anyone have any good ideas? Im losing at least 1-2...

I just brought my first corals, my tank has been up for 4 months and i purchased a small colony of zoos. I also plan on keeping polyps and shrooms. I have 2.6 watts per gallon and was told this would be sufficient for the lower light corals. My questions are, what additional test should i...

So i was home on Long Island Last weekend visiting my parents and helping some friends pack their moving truck because they were moving to Maryland. My friend Tom asked me if i can help him help his girlfriends dad move his tank into the truck, it was already emptied and just needed to be...

I just got my Coralife 130watt Compact Flourecents in. I also decided to change my glass canopy to eggcrate because i brought the adjustable mounting brackets. I decided not to use the brackets because the light sits pretty high over the water, and also doesnt look that good. My question is...

I currently have a 50 gallon tank, and ordered the coralife lunar 130watt fixture, this is 2.6 watts/gallon. Would this be sufficient to supporst polyps, zoos, and shrooms? Tank is 21 inches high. I will mostly likely get another unit after i get married in 3 months, but money is kind of...

Should i leave my shrimp molt in the tank, or remove? Thanks.

I received 4 hitchhicker Urchins with my LR, I noticed that the Coraline Alage on the rocks they mainly stay on, which also gets the best light is getting severely depleted. Do you think i should remove them, all of them or some of them? If remove, how would i do that. Also, i heard that...

I will most likely be upgrading my boring 40 watt single bulb flourecent fixture to a 130watt Coralife Lunar Compact Flourecents to promote Coraline alage. Do you think i will see a big alage bloom, or mayve even the dreaded CYANO. I have not had a problem with alage in my tank as of yet, but...

The following pictures are of my buddies tank, he wanted me to post them and see if you guys think its cyano. He has a 35 gallon hex, with 40lbs liverock, 4 inch sandbed, 50/50 flourecent light, no skimmer, and 2 MJ 900's...