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Most acros are really easy to frag. Just cut a piece off the stalk, super glue ( gel ) it to a piece of LR and let it grow.

It's not from the shrimp, having your sand moved around is a good thing. Overfeeding will def do it, especcially in a new setup. You have to just up your water changes, keep cleaning it out and be persistent. And its better to underfeed than to overfeed. I personally only feed my fish 2-3 times...

Use magnesium to keep your ca levels up while you raise kh.

No, i just shake it really well before adding any. In the summer i have to topp off alot and have found that by keeping my top off at 9 kh my levels stay consistent.

The only supplement i use is kh for my top off water.

Trying moving to a low water flow area of the tank. My frogspawn is thriving in my tank in probably the deadest part of the tank flow wise.

That's what it looks like. I thought they grew in substrate though, no? It seems to be growing quite rapidly. Should I keep it, or will it become a nuisance?

Don't know if it's seratipora, though I'd be really stoked if it was, however it's very flimsy but maybe it will harden over time. Is seratipora flimsy when young? This will blow around from the powerhead. I've never had seratipora though I plan too. Lots of acros though an I know there hard no...

Yeah, I've had this lr in my tank for about 10months. It just came out of nowhere. It's actually growing in another spot on the same lr.

Yeah, I've never tried growing on glass, that would make it easier. I went to a predominant sps tank though an I swear every time I think it's gone it sprouts up somewhere else. Needless to say, I'm just over it!

Can anyone tell me what this is. It grew out of lr 2 months ago and seems to grow pretty quick

T5's should last 9-12 months. How long do you leave them on. If its more than 8hours a day then its probably the bulbs.

Xenia will quickly become a pain in the butt. I really regret adding it to my tank. I now have to weed it out an throw it away, it grows too fast an becomes a nuisance an my lfs doesn't want to buy it because nobody wants any. Id recommend not putting it in your tank. Its pretty at first, but...

Try using ro/di water instead. Or even distilled would be better than your city water if you know there is already high levels of ammonia in it.

I collected a bunch of small dead rocks out of the bahamas an was wondering if i can just introduce them to my aquarium as is or should i treat them somehow? Iodine dip? Also, i wanted to use them as a base for acro frags, should i wait until they are live or is it ok to use them immediately?

You have to have a way to get water to it from the tank and a powerhead in it to return the water from sump back to tank. After you get it up an running there are many different ways to utilize your sump.

Nevermind....didnt realize i was only on the first page of comments when i responded.

Yeah, just let it be, diatoms should only be around for a couple weeks then go away on their own.

Scolymias and clams are fun.

Does anyone know if you can use a 1/6 hp submersible utility pump as a return sump pump?

Just target fed my scolymia a few nights ago for the first time ( mysis ) and today my black clown keeps pecking at the mouth of it. Even after eating it continues to do so. I'm sure the scolymia hasnt digested the food and the clown can smell it, my concern is that the scolymia now seems to be...

Is that the only spot its in? It doesnt look like you could blow it with a turkey baster yet now that i looked again. As it grows it becomes almost carpet like an it comes up in sheets at that point. I would probably just scoop it out with a net and then do the wc's.

I used to blow it off with a turkey baster and catch it with a net. You may try removing sand and rinsing and replacing. Havent personally done that but it could work. Get on it now one way or the other because cyano can quickly become widespread an it makes you not even want to look at your...

It would also be wise to use a phosphate remover. Its appearing because your nitrate or phosphate is too high. Don't think anybody goes reef an doesnt end up battling this beast at some point.

Looks like cyano bacteria ( red algae ) starting to form. Stuff can be a pain in the butt. Get as much out as you can a do a water change. Good luck.