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I seem to have a hair algea problem and it wont go away. I have a 55 gallon tank with 440 watts of vho lighting a coralife super skimmer 125, 2 seio 620s and a rena xp3. I have tested my water several times with several kits.What I get from testing is Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 Phosphates...

This stuff is a pink purple color.Looks like tree branches.

Heres A few from my tank.

Well my 55g with 60 lbs of live rock has been running for 3 weeks. I tested this morning and this is what I got. SG 1.0265 PH 7.8 Ammonia 0 Nitrites 3 Where off the scale but droped to this in 2 days Nitrates 30 Phospate 0 Alk 300 Cal 400 I think my cycle is almost done and I am thinking of a...

My 55g has been running for almost 2 months now and I have trouble with surface film. I am running a coralife 125 super skimmer and 2 Seio 620s and a aquaclear 50 power head there is good flow and surface aggitation but it is still there . I have done several water changes and its still there. I...

You can check this out it may help http://www.tylermerrick.com/index.php?page=css_notes. I have a coralife 125 and am having the same problems .

Its 60 lbs of Caribbean Live Rock.

Here is my tank just put the live rock in on fri 3/3/06

I found the light kits here http://www.hellolights.com/2laaroasbaki.html and got the bulbs here to.

After looking for some time I found one Its vho bulb combinations if anyone is interested. http://www.hivemind.com//fish/VHOBulb/

Well I think I am Going to go with 440 watts of VHO lighting for now because it will fit into my canopy and the cost of only $232.00.With the reflector,4bulbs,2 ballast ,endcaps,end cap mounts, wire,powercords I cant pass it up. The reflector has room for 2 mh which I will get later.But now I...

Im thinking on using 2 175 MH with 10ks and 2 no 40 watt actinics would be the best bet . would I beable to keep an Anemone under this lighting? And thank you very much for the info. Heres what I want to keep Soft Corals, Lps, Anemones,Polyps, Mushrooms, few fish

Im really stuck on my lighting .I am thinking of getting a Current USA Orbit 48" 4 x 96 Watt Power Compact Strip Light W/4 Lunar (Lights 384 watts) but I can get 2 250 watt MH retros(500watts) for 10 dollars less with bulbs.The orbit seems nice because I can set it up on timers for light cycle...

I am about to buy the hardware to set up my 55 reef and was wondering if the parts I am going to order are going to work. Heres the list: 1 NutraFin Test Master Lab Kit (Tests for ammonia, calcium, nitrate, phosphate, nitrite, ph, iron, carbonate hardness, and general hardness) (1) Current...

I desided to go with the Current USA Orbit 48" 4 x 96 Watt Power Compact Strip Light W/4 Lunar Lights which is a total of 384 watts on my 55 gallon which is almost 7 watts a gallon . I think that will be enough light for what I want to keep. For corals and polyps i am looking at: Bubble Coral...

I also found I can get (2) 250 watt mh retros and (2) Coralvue 20000K MH 250 watts for $390.00 but the heat might be a problem. Thanks Bob

For bulbs I picked 2 URI Aquasun 10,000K VHO and 2 URI Super Actinic VHO will these be good? Thanks Bob

In the future I plan on a bigger tank and I dont want to have to buy lights again and im going to buy the fans for my hood to help keep the temp down. Am I right in thinking that the light retro in the link + the extra ballast will give me the ability to have 880 watts if needed? Thanks Bob

I was goin to use Current USA Orbit 48" 4 x 96 Watt Power Compact Strip Light W/4 Lunar Lights which is a total of 384 watts on my 55 gallon and $ 389.00. But after searching I found this http://www.hellolights.com/4654lamvhore.html which is 440 watts of vho but I am going to order the extra...

Im going to add 75 lbs of live rock instead of 40 of 2 different kinds here they are http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2391 http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1669 will this work. The fiji is round an caribbean large and flat which I should...

Would it be better to buy cured liverock? Becuse there would be alot of die off on uncured because I plan to cycle my tank with it. Then there would be alot of nutreints in the tank that could lead to problems with alge and stuff.Is cycleing with live rock a bad idea because it will kill the...