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My corals have looked a bit "blah" (some loss of color, poor PE) for the last week or two. I checked phosphates about a week ago and they were at 0 (Hanna), I've dosed some phyto, red sea reef energy and "reef chili" a few times since, and they are still at 0. Over the short lifetime of the...

Any suggestions on getting rid of these? I'm assuming they are brown star polyps. They came in as hitchhikers on the acro colony below. I keep super gluing over the rock this acro is on, but these buggers keep coming back. They are worse than aptasia!! The acro colony is starting to brown...

I started in the hobby two years ago with a JBJ nanocube 28. A bit over a month ago, I started on an upgrade. Equipment: * 48" x 18" x 12" tall tank (~44 gallons) * 40 breeder sump * 35-40 pounds of dryish rock * ~1/2" to 1" sand bed * Two (2) RapidLED Onyx Fixtures (non-dimmable) * BRS two...

I've seen a number of cabinets that look trashed after 6 months to a year due to bubbles in the sump popping water on the walls and doors of the cabinet. With my new tank I started moving things to last week I was getting a crazy amount of water on the floor of the stand (even with a filter...

in my 12 gallon nano, I've had a pretty massive outbreak of aptasia in the 20 gallon sump over the last 2-3 months. I'll remove 10-20 every water change with a razor blade on the glass, but they keep coming back stronger than ever. I'm annoyed, as I haven't added anything to that tank in over...

I'm currently cycling a ~45 gallon display that is 48" x 18" x 12" and plan to decommission my JBJ 28 nano cube and transfer everything over. As far as fish go, I currently have the following: * a clown pair which a BTA hosts (they rarely leave it, and when they do, it is to bite me if I need...

Hey all, I'm going to upgrade my 12 gallon SPS dominated tank in the near future, and I'd like some advice from people who have been through similar situations. Right now, I have a 12 gallon display with a 20 gallon sump with appx 25-30 lbs of live rock between the sump and display. I'm going...

this little guy came in with some SPSs I got today. The rock itself kind of freaked me out, so I ended up cutting the Stylo off and mounting it on frag plugs. Any idea what this is I don't really care for the idea of flushing things if I don't need to, and if he might be happy in my sump...

TL;DR - I have never registered a reading above 0 for nitrates, phosphates or ammonia (including when I cycled). My SPS colors suck. What do you think of my plan to "dirty" up my water just a bit? The title says it all. I have two nano tanks, the problem is similar in both. However, for the...

I decided to test RO water with instant ocean I had mixed the other day before doing a water change. It has been running in a bucket with a small powerhead and a heater. I was kind of shocked to see the following results with Salifert test kits: Magnesium: 900 Calcium: 300 dKH: 10.5 I guess...

First off, I want to preface this by stating that I don't think I know anything. This is just observing what is going on in my tank(s). I probably got my first anemone too early. I transferred everything over to my tank and things were looking pretty good. I later realized that I had no clue...

I have a case of the uglies that has popped up in my 28 gallon nano cube over the last few weeks. The tank has been up and running since Nov/Dev of 2012, so it's coming up on 1 year old. I'm getting an outbreak of green hair algae on my rocks as well as a bit of slime algae on the sand bed...

I'm kind of struggling to get the calcium/alk/magnesium numbers up in my nano SPS tank. The tank is pretty new (about 9 months old), so most of the hard corals are fairly small. I've been dosing Reef Fusion 2 part, and can't get calcium anywhere close to 400. I've also been dosing "advantage...

Howdy everyone, first post. My google-fu might be failing me as I haven't found an answer on this. I have a white spotted anemone shrimp in my small tank who is doing a bit of chomping on a RBTA. For the time being, I've dropped it in a net breeders box. I'd like to move the shrimp to my...