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In the last week or so I have seemed to have inherited an algae bloom or something. It is awful. I have dosed with chemiclean and done a 15% water change. The stuff is just growing like grass in there it is growing on the rock mostly and smothering out my coral. What can I do quickly to get rid...

I have a plant that has appeared that has little runners on it and little round dk green leaves, it sprouted from around my green star polyps and I am afraid it is going to choke them out. It is growing very fast and it feels like a rubber band, very flexible. Good or bad stuff?:confused: Sorry...

I have three clear bubbles coming out of my zoos like they are blowing see thru bubbles and they are hard to the touch and donot collapse, what in the world?:confused:

I came home to find my african red tip sf consuming my cleaner shrimp. The shrimp was perfectly fine this morning, healthy. Is that normal, can they be that cunning?? I am so mad at it right now. I feed him all the time, evidently not enough :mad:

What do you recommend to keep your ph and calcium good at the same time, or is there any hope? I get my calcium up where it should be and there goes the ph down to 7.5 or so. My corals are doing well they just aren't growing. They have been the same size for months. Any ideas? I use IO Reef...

What is this white wormy looking stuff, just noticed it in the last 2 or 3 weeks, weird.

My rock is beginning to look rusty, is that algae I guess? It is not live rock. I restarted the tank one month ago 20 gallon with flourescent hood just for jawfish only. What do I need to do about this brown stuff?

I am cycling a sw tank with raw shrimp and wonder if you use carbon or not.not using skimmer. Have shrimp tied in a mesh bag cor about a week now

I am in the process of starting over my 20 gallon tank to accomodate a couple of pearly jawfish or 3. I have put down some crushed coral, rocks then a bag of caribsea live sand and then some more crushed coral. It is still cloudy after several days. How long must this go on?? That sand really...

I have a 20 gal and a 36 gal tank and they both creep up to around 80. Almost have now. Is there a good inexpensive (yeah right) chillling option for me?

How often do you feed the algae sheets. I have one large YTang and a Coral Beauty Also a lawnmower blenny. Don't want to over do or underfeed.

I have heard that you can use Baking soda to raise ph. I have a ph of 4.0 in my tap (well) water and use a countertop RO unit. What is the best way to get the ph up safely so that I can do water changes/top off. My acclimation tank just crashed and I have had to start over because my ph spiked...

My chili coral is not opening much anymore because green algae is starting to show up on him I guess. What is the best way to get it off of him?

I am thinking about a new skimmer for my 36 gal. Aqua c is not performing well, and I have a hard time Keeping up w water level needing to b just right. Any Suggestions out there

Missing coral banded pair! They have completely disappeared. Just got them last week and they are both gone. Would an anemone eat them? I have a pretty large purple tip haitian that loves to eat. Would he snag them? I don't think the fish bothered them. Weird. I have 2 fancy nass snails would...

I got a blue star shipped in Thursday and tonite I notice it lying upside down and it looked like red guts coming out of the center of his body. Is he dead.. sure looks bad. He was stuck to the side of the tank earlier today and looked normal. My calcium level is a little high, I wonder if that...

Is it safe to add supplements at the same time such as iodine or magnesium, etc. or should I space it out and how much space?

A lfs employee told me that flake food can contribute to nitrate build up more so than other foods. Anyone else heard that?:confused:

If anyone out there ever has a red slime problem use Boyd's Chemiclean. I had a pretty bad case of it and dosed it one day and turned off skimmer and removed carbon and within 2 days it was pretty much gone. Awesome product!! Have no signs of slime in my 20 gallon tank at all. Hope I don't see...

Bubbles decided to plant himself on the hammer's rock today during the day. The lights stayed off all day (timer malfunction) He may have come out looking for light. Looks like he's looking for love or death one. What should I do??? I was told white tip bubbles stayed under the rock most of the...

May have a dead sea hare somewhare! I have a fluval canister and was wondering how often you thought I should change the carbon. Is once or twice a month not frequent enough? Are foam blocks really necessary or are they nitrate farms? I have looked in the canister and skimmer and see no signs of...

My anemones have decided they want to move around and my long tentacle has found my bubbletip and now they have both closed up, have they killed each other? I had them at each end of the tank. For some reason they have started moving.

2 questions--What is this mystery coral swfish.com sent me? I'm not quite sure. And.... is this red slime algae beginning to grow on my rock. I wish you would say coraline algae. It has all of a sudden really started to show up. What treatment is best for that. Thanks!!

Any ideas how to quickly raise the ph in well water? currently at 4 or less Not good or me or my fishies.

My bubble tip is still buried in the rocks after one week.... Will it come out? Is that normal behavior? Thought they needed light. My rock nem buries Himself under his rock, that normal too?