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Thanks for the tips. I have placed charcoal filter and poly filter in refugium chamber. Copper test was negative. Tank is looking pretty good now, seeing some ampipods and small starfish now, fish are all OK. Aptasia's are returning so it appears like things will be OK.:D

I have used red slime remover twice, and I find it essential to use carbon to remove the product from the water or else the protein skimmer foams a whole lot. A water change or 2 is also neccessary. With my situation after placing the carbon bag in the water flow for a couple of days the skimmer...

Thanks for the reply. I was planning on starting water changes as soon a s I can. How often would you recommend the changes? Currently I do about a 20% weekly. I will also test for copper just in case.

I have a 220 gallom SW aquarium with fish and live rock and a couple of soft corals. My problem initially was a lot of aptasia which I controlled with aptasia X to some degree. I decided to put some peppermint shrimp in the refugium sump and let them eat the aptasia and maybe place a rock at a...