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I've been using red sea coral pro salt for about a year with great results but, due to budgeting issues, I was forced to go back to reef crystals about a month ago. The salt change didn't seem to affect anything but my ducan has been closed up ever since. I know coral pro has higher...

Hi all. Haven't been on in a while and I might have already asked this question but here goes. At night when moon lights are on, these small white creatures come out. They seem to enjoy crawling on the glass. At first I thought they were pods of some sort but they have small antennas and don't...

getting ready for hurricane Irma here in Orlando. Hoping that power outages won't last long. Worried about my tank and how to keep flow going in it if we do lose power. Guess scooping up water and pouring it back in the tank will be my best option. For all in the path of Irma...stay safe

I'm running a chiller on my Red Sea Max tank. The chiller works fine but takes about 20 minutes to cool the temp down from 80F to 78F. The specs on the chiller call for a pump volume from 50 to 260gpm. I'm using an adjustable pump that ranges from 60 to 211gpm. I have it running at the maximum...

I have had this green algae growing over my coralline on the back glass. I had some snails taking care of it but every time they fell off the glass, my emerald crab or serpent star made short work of them. Today I noticed and even bigger problem on the bottom part of the glass. It looks like...

I've had a birds nest coral for about 4 months. Looks very healthy. Very green. Lately the branches have started to look a little bare. Nothing has changed so far as water chemistry and lighting. alk is 9.2..cal is 420 no nitrates. mag is a little low at 1100. Could this be the problem?

I know water stability is key to a successful reef. My tank has been doing great for about 6 months now. Corals have been growing like crazy. I test weekly for calcium,alk,mag,and all seem stable. Just wondering how much of a swing in alk is acceptable. After WC my alk is 9.9 dkh...One week...

Lately, I've seen these tiny small white creatures on my glass. They appear to be round and white and have little feelers like snails do. I do have Astrea snails in my tank. Are these baby snails or something else? I would take a picture but they are way too tiny.

I started a thread earlier about my green bubble tip not doing too well. He moved around to the back of my tank and has been looking worse by the day. The other night I was able to gently get him off the rock in the back of the tank and move him to the front where he could get some more light...

I bought this GBT about 3 months ago. He was doing great until 2 weeks ago when he moved around the back of some rocks and seems to not inflate much anymore. He's firmly attached to rock so I can't move him. Nothing has changed in my tank since I purchased him. My water parameters have been very...

So, I have a 4 day weekend this week so I decided to turn a 10 gallon tank I had sitting around into a salt set up. Getting some live sand today and already have some dry rock left over from my 35 gallon reef tank. Will post my progress.

Always something new to look at when you have a salt water tank. Just started to notice these strange lines on my sand bed. Are these new critters in my tank? I haven't seen anything moving on the sand bed. Just strange lines. Hopefully nothing bad...

I posted a couple of weeks ago showing these string like things on my zoas. I blew them off and it seemed like the zoas came back good as new. But now, they seem to be coming back stronger than ever. Does anyone know what these are and why they seem to be all over my tank. They don't seem to...

It's a little late to worry about it now but my Duncan and Monti are growing nicely. They are both firmly attached to the rock. Will they bother each other as they grow larger? For those of you you saw my post about the white color on the Monti, it has cleared up as you can see by the picture...

I've read everything from bleaching to pests and even a sign of growth which is good. What's your opinion?

Last night all my zoas and my birdsnest closed up for no apparent reason. Today I come home to find this on my zoas. All the zoas and birdsnest are on the same rock. Every thing else in the tank looks fine for now. getting ready to do a huge WC. All my parameters are good. sal...1.025 cal...470...

I have pink pulsing xenia growing in my 2 1/2 gallon that I hardly take care of (just an emerald crab living in it) The things are growing like weeds. I fragged a piece and put it in my 34 gallon tank and the thing is barely hanging on. Is it true that they grow better in dirtier water? The...

Happen to see this growing on the side of my pipe organ. Any ideas??

Got this frag about a month ago from my LFS. I can't remember the name. It was bright green when I first got it. It has slowly been turning a little lighter green. Too much light? Not enough light? My Monti above it seems to be doing just fine and it's higher. Any suggestions? salinity...1.025...

I'm using PURA filtration pad. I dose alk right above the pad before it goes through the return pump. Will the pad absorb the alk making it not effective or will it not make a difference.

So my alk and calcium parameters are pretty stable after using my new dosing pump. My calcium is 470 and alk is 9. I'm using red sea coral pro salt. My alk stays between 9 and 9.5. Is that too much of a swing for alk or is that ok? I always test at the same time

My tank is getting pretty stable but I'm having a high calcium problem. My alk is steady at 9.1 to 9.3kdh but my calcium is 495. I am using kalkwasser but only dosing 2 ml alk per day to keep it stable. Is 495 too high?

I'm setting up a dosing pump for the first time and have a few questions. First off, I'm going to dose 2 part. My outlet tubing is about 3 feet long from my cabinet up to the sump/display tank above. I calibrated the pump as instructed using the 100ml method. After the calibration, I emptied the...

I'm using Red Sea A and B reef foundation. I've got my calcium up but the alk is still low. It's 6.6. Should I continue to dose part B until the numbers are where I want them ( around 8 DKH ) My numbers are as follows Salinity...1.025 Temperature...78F PH...8.09 Calcium...490 Alk...6.6...

A friend gave me a red cap monti frag. Do you have to place them on a rock or will they grow on the sand bed if placed there? Would like it on the sand if possible