FirstTimeReef
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2006
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- 5
Ok...I've "inherited" a 50 Gallon aquarium....it's been set up in my house for 3 weeks...seems to be doing ok. I have a Fluval 404 filter...two emporer bio filters....125 lbs live rock....a coralife 48 in light strip...1 leather....and three corals...I'm gonna include some photos. I got the rock out of an aquarium that had been completely mishandled...it looked like a lake with all the green algae..but the rocks are in magnificent shape....AMAZING color and live growth. I've cleaned most of the algae off but am having a recurrence problem...I have plenty of snails and hermits which seem to be keeping things down a little, and also a lawnmower bleeny I rarely see hide nor hair of. (he has plenty of places to hide..) 1st major concern: My corals seem to not be doing so well....they change everyday, one day they look great, the next on the verge of death....PLEASE HELP!!! How should I be timing my lights....????? should it always be the same??? Chemically I'm using PURPLEUP every few days for calcium and some liquid food for the corals...but I think they are hating me.... [/i]