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Thank you for the reply! There is a power head but it is in the corner and there’s sort of a reflection blocking it in the picture. Either way, I’m pretty sure it’s not enough which is why I have the additional one to add. Glad to hear that this is a good move. In the back I switched out the...

Good to know! Right now my flow situation is kind of lame. I have the built in outflow pump on the tank and then an extra pump on the side. But I just got a Nero 3 and will be adding it soon which would hopefully help of this is the issue. That should create flow that is a bit more dynamic as well!

Here’s the full tank! Toadstool is standing back up now so it’s hard to see the hole. It might be a good idea for me to retest the nitrate, that value was from a quick test strip. But that is a good point. I feed a mixture of brine shrimp (normal and spirulina infused) and a variety pack with...

I am not sure what is going on. My toadstool has been spending more time flopped over lately and I noticed this morning that there is a hole in the flesh. I’ve had it for about 9 months and never had any problem like this. Parameters: Phosphate: 0.09 (working on lowering this) Alkalinity: 8.5...

The TDS is 0.562 mg/L. That is low enough right?

Okay gotcha. Yeah I have a way to measure the TDS so I can check that next time I go in. If the filtration is working as it should be, the TDS should be 0. Yeah milli-q water is filtered through multiple mediums that should remove ions, organics, and large particles. So it includes the reverse...

Has anyone every used milli-Q water for their tank? I am in college and work at a lab where there are taps with purified water (RO and milli-q) that I could use. It would be much easier than what I am doing now to use this water. Is it safe as long as the conductivity value is low? Any...

That’s a good point! Thank you!

PO4 I tested two days ago and it was 0.05. I don’t have my nitrite/nitrate test at the moment bc I loaned it to a friend who is cycling a tank. No peppermint shrimp but I do have a cleaner shrimp. Also added a couple more emerald crabs to try and get the algae under control. Removed a big chunk...

Moved it up and the tentacles already look bit more open. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the tip! I moved it up a bit higher and I’ll keep an eye on it!

No, the others have been there for longer. Are you suggesting that it might not have enough light? I know that the light on my tank is kind of weak compared to others and this coral is near the bottom, so that would make sense.

I have not. Do you think it needs more flow?

Here’s a picture of what it looked like when I first got it.

Thank you for the reply! It has been in the tank for a little over a month.

I just got back after being gone for a couple of days and I am concerned that one of my hammers had brown jelly disease. However, I have never actually seen or dealt with bjd so I curious to hear what other people think. I’ll include some pictures. The coral might be a little sucked up because...

Good to hear! I’ll keep the fish tip in mind, thank you.

Wow okay that is cool. Do you have any idea why they do that? And thank you for the feeding tip. I have two kinds of food and have only fed I think three times total over the past two or three months. You don’t feed yours at all? And is it the nitrogen cycle I should have been watching to tell...

Hi, I started my first saltwater tank this summer and have a lot of questions. I have a 32 gallon bio cube. It has been running for a couple of months and I’ve been filling it up with corals lately. So far I have a variety of coral, two emerald crabs, four snails, and a feather duster worm. I’m...

Thank you! Glad to hear that it might not be a lost cause. The water is looking a lot clearer and ammonia is testing lower now so as long as there isn’t anything dangerous abt using rock like this I’ll just try to add some current, scrub them off again, change out the water and let it cycle. I...

Hi! I just made an account so I’m brand new to this forum, trying to start my first saltwater aquarium and I’m already running into problems. I ordered aquacultured live rock that was pretty excited about and basically the shipping service lost my package and it showed up about a month later...

Ive been an observer of this forum for a while but I wanted to start an account because I’m trying to start a saltwater aquarium and I already have a million questions. I had a couple freshwater aquariums from when I was in middle/ high school that I really enjoyed but I decided I needed to stop...