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The red slime is just a pain in the butt. Had an algea bloom after my Ro/Di & Protein skimmer went down a couple days of each other. I used some water from a watermill express ( supposed to go through 11 different filtrations including Ro ) and found the water quality is terrible there. I tested...

That was a 55 gallon with 20 gallon ref. That tank was torn down and moved to a 105 gallon with 55 gallon ref.

I just bought the hammer coral saturday, when I was placing the coral I felt a piece of the shell break and in 2 days this is what I have. Is this coral going to die or can it save itself... All para.. are within specs except for nitrate = 20 ppm... Hence the red slime.

Ever since I replaced the factory Atman 2500 pump, Ive noticed that I can no longer open the venturi to anything other than off. At off, the highest water level I can achieve is an inch below the start of the funnel. Anything other than off results in a very low water level in the skimmer. The...

I have a Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber ( Believe thats the name ) that has always been a great waste eater. Ever since I upgraded to my new tank with new sand, he has been searching for waste in all the wrong places. He hangs out around the top of the tank on pumps and behind the overflow box and...

The colt corals can get HUGE!!! In my profile pic I have my old colt coral that out grew my 55 gallon. It grew to the size of a basketball and started pushing my leather into the back glass. All said I sold it for 300.

Thats a colt coral... its going to be a beauty as well with so many heads...great choice.

So the upgrade from 55 to 105 is complete. Tank is self sustaining with a 30 gallon refugium. All corals/fish survived and are doing very well.

Looks like a kenya.

Ive had good luck with picklin lime from your local store.. ph is so high kills it from the inside out and will not hurt your tank. Hope this helps!

For the aptesia, you can buy pickle lime from the store and using a syringe insert it into infected area. Ph is so high in pickle lime it will kill it from inside out but not hurt your tank.

I was just starting phosphate control (10.0) when I broke my 55 gallon down and, I had always had some nitrate issues with how my live rock was stacked. So I thought it was best not to carry sand to the new tank.

Did you have any phosphate or nitrate issues?

Yes, 55 gallon had cracks in load bearing parts of stand and did not know how much longer I could use it safely. I had also read about many many successful moves in one day without tank cycling and new sand being used.

Ended up buying new sand and just seeding with old. But, I treated old water like liquid gold and got every drop I could. 72 hours in now, fish are happy corals are happy, and im happy. The only thing I worry about is my sea cuc. he seems to be having a hard time finding detritus, and I dont...

Moving it to 105 though...

And im stumped about what to do with the sand. Some say you must use old sand for bacteria etc... some say use new sand to keep from creating toxins in new tank. I just wanted to see what everyone would do. Happy Reefing! :fish2:

Like bill said we need more info on tank. A massive water change is in order before adding any more creatures.

The new tank with glass pre-drilled - 899. The stand - 299.

From start to that point with the refugium and everything 3500- 4000 rough. I grew most of the corals myself from frags in a separate frag tank. All that xenia started off one frag.

The reef setup or just the new tank?

Ideal temp for corals is 76-78. Rapid temp changes can cause issues with most corals, so be sure to have a heater if house stays at 70. With a 20 gallon you could possibly get by with running t8 bulbs, 1 blue 1 white. I would recommend a small power head 25$? Xenia need good current flow over...

Wrong place lmao... shouldnt have drank so much yesterday!!!

Tank is currently being torn down for its move to its new 105 gallon!:D

Also, when I got my leather I had placed it originally in the sand bed and it was not happy at all. I moved it up to the highest point by itself for max light and flow and found it open the next day. Its a good thing leathers are very hardy corals!