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I use new life spectrum Thera + a. You can pick the size pellet. Oil went away when I started using this. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

What type of food are you feeding? I found that certain foods cause this. Also someone mentioned a paper towel. It works. Turn off your pumps and slowly dip the paper towel into the water. When you pull it out it will pull the oil out. But you need to find the cause. I bet it's your food...

I have bml.com lights on my reef and on my fw planted tank. I love them. I have the reef spectrum and the super actinic. They are great lights. I recommend them.

They won't hurt your corals. They are not efficient though. I wouldn't expect them to eat very much hair algae.

About 1 tablespoon per 4 gallons is a good start. Using less in the reactor won't hurt anything. You can use more per gallon but you want to start slow and test.

Add more water.

Look like flat worms. If they bad, kinda depends. If they are just on the glass, probably just algae eaters and might die off. If they show up on coral then you will have to treat or get a fish that eats them.

My friend owns an online coral sales company and regularly turns his lights off for the weekend. He buys wild caught coral which are collected during rainy season. He has 30 1000w mh and does it to save money but his coral always look amazing. He does lights out for Saturday and Sunday once a month.

The life reef over flow is solid but expensive. If you have it drilled and use PVC, I would wait like three or four days to set the tank back up. Just to make sure the glue has cured. 2 days at the least.

Amino acids are usually used in ulns. This is used when there are very little nutrients available to coral. This will not help your nem. I would test your water. Start with calcium, alk and then nitrate and phosphate.

Once one set starts laying eggs they will kill the others. Even in your 200. Good luck.

Why not try bio pellets?

Your fine. It will cycle with your tank.

How old is your tank?

The one you buy? It's not really alive. They give a little bag of bacteria in the bag. So it can last a long time. If its really alive to begin with.