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my current level of calcium is 470, my alk iis dkh=8.4, i would like to get the alk up a bit, should i jut add the second part of my warner calxmax solution to bump the alk or should i add both parts and just have high calcium? any thoughts? dave sorry about no caps and typos, typing this...

As some of you may know i have been fighting high (off the scale) nitrates. However I have been winning the fight and now have them down to 25 according to the salifert test. My other chemicals are... ammonia = 0 nitrite = 0 nitrate = 25 :( ph = 8.3 calcium = 440 alk = (kh=7.0) (Alk=2.52) temp...

Ok, sorry i have not posted in a while but my wife just gave birth to our first child, Alex. I have been very busy to say the least heh. In a few years maybe i will have a helper for the the tank ;) Anyway, my question is this: I know coralline algae does best with low nitrate levels ~0-5 on...

I am in need of getting some more snails, prefferably ones who will like to clean the smooth sides of the acrylic aquarium. What does everyone use for this job? And do these snails flip themselves over, that would be an ideal snail, flips itself over and likes to clean the sides:) any...

Ok, i was just wondering what the guru's here think about this question that came to my mind.. One of my oldtimer snails had been cleaning algae off of a couple of my rocks, he had been really active and cleaned alot of the algea of of a couple good size rocks. But he has now been stationary...

Ok, I am confused about an aspect of flowrates in a sw tank. My 40 gal. tank is going to be morphing from a fowlr tank to a full blown reef slowly over the next year or so. My setup that moves water in my system currently is as follows: Fluval 404 canister = 340 gph Remora Pro Skimmer w/ Rio...

Well I went and got some rock and have it curing in a rubbermaid tub from home depot, first time i have done this. And naturally i have a question. It has been 24 hours since i started curing the LR and checked the ammonia and nitrites and expectedly they are high. How often should i do water...

I have not added anything to my tank for years with the exception of changing out my crushed coral for live sand these past two weeks. However I just noticed a pink "thing" on my live rock, and i just noticed a couple more today. I have no clue as to what they are, they are very small, around...

I have noticed alot of "stuff" growing inside my remora, should I clean em out? If so what is the best way that you folks use? I have the remora out now to clean the pump and such but thats when i noticed all the "things" inside it. With the wierd shape of the Remora I doubt I will be able to...

First off I want to thank those people who gave me all their ideas and help while i was switching my tank over from CC to LS. A very big THANKYOU!! Now my last question for a bit ;) : My 40 gallon tank has about 15 or so lbs of semi live rock,<in the past i wasnt keeping up with water changes...

Can anyone recommend a company who sells decent infauna seeding kits? Just want to go with a company who people have had good experience with :) Dave

If anyone is in the San Diego area, and is willing to sell a cup or two of some good live sand that would be great :) Dave

I have spent a while trying to search and read what everyone has been posting but I am left with questions that i could not really find the answer to. So if these have been asked before and i missed em sorry :) I currently have a large layer of crushed coral on the bottom of my tank. I want to...