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Would love it if some reef pros would share there $0.02. I have a 125g tank with some soft corals. I have it running a marineland c-360 canister, emperor 400 and aqua c remora pro skimmer. I religiously clean my canister and have minimum nitrates and phosphates. Lights are VHO's but soon...

Hello everyone. I am looking to add better lighting to my 125 gallon semi-reef tank. I have 4X110W VHO's running now, but my soft corals look like they are suffering. I have a retrofit kit now with my VHO's but want to ditch the canopy and just get a light strip to put direct above the water...

It is for my 125g it has been up for about 5 years. No ammonia, nitrates nitrites, phosphates. PH stable. about 80 lbs of live rock. Pepp. shrimp, nassarius/nerite snails, turbo snails, em crabs. I just dont want fish that will eat my snails or shrimp or pick at my coral. I had a yellow tang...

I have some soft corals and a clown, hippo tang, firefish, swordtail goby, watchman goby, coral beauty, chromis, snails and crabs. What would be a good non agressive addition to my tank?

I only have live rock, a couple of sea rods, a condy anemone right now. I just want to get my parameters right so I can add some corals. Shouldn't my caclium level be higher than 360 when I do a water change?

Instant Ocean Sea Salt. I don't test for magnesium because the test kit is $30 in my area. I just add the aragamite to my RO/DI water.

Hi everyone. I am having trouble getting my calcium level above 360-380. My PH is 7.8-8.0, Nitrate 0, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, phosphate 0, carbonate hardness 11. I have added Kent marine 2 part calcium supplement daily and also the probuffer my kent marine. That did not get it above 380. I...

This might be a dumb question....When adding calcium/alkalinity buffers, do I need to turn off my canister and emperor 400 filter and protein skimmer? I sometimes do and sometimes don't. Do these have the capability of filtering out the effect of the supplements? The reason I ask is I have been...

I have a 125g gallon reef with some fish. I have had a C-350 forever and was wondering what media I should put in it to improve my setup. I have about 175 lbs of LR and believe that is enough for biological filtration. I have heard of modifying a canister into a phospate reactor. How can I do...

when you removed it and crushed it did what kind of surface did you crush it on .... did you protect it from the shovle and the ground ? On stone patio outside You ay have also disturbed some nutrients in the tank that caused a mini bloom to start ... How often do you do H20 changes ? Every 2...

The only problem I have with IO is that my calcium sits at about 360. I have to keep adding calcium/buffer supplements until it hits 400.

My tank is 4 years old and the rubble LR I have been using is live rock thats been in my tank the entire time. Just crushed a larger piece with a shovel. I have had algae blooms in the past but not this bad. I do have brown/red/ green slime algae too on the glass.

Over the past month or so I have been getting brown and light green algae over pretty much everything in my tank, glass, and very thick brown algae on my live rock. I haven't changed anything. Phosphates have always been 0.5 in my tap water (I am waiting on my ro system in the mail to change...

I use instant ocean salt mix. I have heard that some reef salts are better than others (i.e. have better buffering capacity). I use this salt because I can get a 15lb bag for $12.99. Is it worth switching to a better salt and if so which do you think is the best?

Hi everyone. I just started converting my fowlr to a reef tank and purchased an RO/DI portable for my water changes. I know, I waited too long and have been using tap water. I have always got expert advice here. When using RO/DI water, do I still need to use amquel? Also, I have read that...

I just had this problem recently. I did about a 40% water change and removed 1/4 of my bioballs and replaced with LR rubble. I also added iodine, purple up and calcium. I can scrape it off my glass and two days later its back. It is also in my two dead spots on my sand. I have had this...

Are the filter floss and filter foam both considered "sponges." Do i need to get rid of both and what should I replace them with?

I use carbon for chemical filtration. I add trace elements and calcium/iodine supplements to counteract the effects of the carbon and protein skimming.

In the future I will definitely have a sump. It is just hard to look at all the money you spent on the existing filters and then just throw them away. I wish I knew half the stuff when I started that I do now. Capt Ahab I do have an Aqua C Remora pro protein skimmer. How should I modify my...

So after further research, I am looking to modify my canister filter. I am in the process of converting my 120 Gallon FOWLR to a reef. I have an Aqua C remora PS, Emp 400 Hang on back and Marineland C 350 and about 50 LBs of live rock. I know I need more live rock but is costs an arm and a...

My room temperature stays between 76-78 degrees even during the summer.

Yes, 4 foot bulbs on a 5ft long tank. Is 84 degrees too hot?

I am in the process of converting my 125G FOWLR to a reef tank. I just upgraded my lighting to 4 48" VHOs. The problem is it raised my temperature in my tank to about 84 degrees. It used to be consistently at 80 or 81. What temperature is too hot for a reef tank with some fish? I have a...

I have two Koralia 4 at opposite ends in the back pointing towards the middle at the same height near the top in a 125 gallon. It is forming about a one inch tornado time funnel in the middle of my tank. Is this too much flow?

I have a 60" long 125 gallon reef tank with an emperor 400, Marineland Canister 350, aqua-c remora pro protein skimmer and 2X Koralia 4 powerheads. My lighting consists of 4 VHO 110w each with an ARH ballast totalling 440w. Do I have enough powerheads for water flow? Where would be the best...