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ok so the results are in: PH 8.2 nitrates 0 nitrites 0 ammonia 0 sp gr 1.025 74 degrees phosphates 2 calcium 380 dKH 11 OK so phosphates killing a snail? am i missing something? the only thing i can reason is a few days ago i did have a temperature swing (drastic like from 76 to 70 maybe even...

ok so first things first ive removed the carbon, next im going to test everything.... everything... ill see where i stand and go from there... i only feed mysid shrimp thus far, although i will be starting to feed zooplankton occassionally... btw just found a dead snail.... ruhroh

after thinking a lil i am using carbon in the sump im going to remove it ASAP and replace, its been in since the initiation of the tank, maybe this will help as well

any suggestions as to what to add? btw using distilled water only phosphates barely detectable any idea what else may be causing this? what are some other types of green algae that it may be?

does anyone know of a good article that talks about the typical algal bloom cycle that is seen in new tanks? im beggining to see a bright gren algae growing on the rocks...

i know i probably could use some more rock but i dunno how to go about adding it now that th tank is already up and going, and i have inhabitants, also i was trying to steer clear of having any of the rock on the glass, it just makes me anxious, even stanking too high

phil... amongst everyone else thanks for taking some interest in the thread, hopefully as i learn more ill be able to generate a little more discussion and others can take from it here and there, njrc has been an excellent resource for me

staying with the euPHYLlia theme what are your thoughts on keeping a torch as well?

thanks everyone for all the great input... i think i really like the idea of the hammer and the frogspawn.. again ill keep reading until i come to a decision and ill keep asking probably as i go along, ive found in my reading tho there tends to be occasionally conflicting views on some of the...

ive read that frogspawns can pack a pretty bad sting to other corals surrounding it have u encoutered this problem before? and the same goes with hydnophora from what i believe

so after lots of reading i dont think the anemone is really a good idea... i think space wise i probably need more and maybe a more "seasoned" tank as well... so could anyone give me some suggestions on corals which may be more appropriate to add? so far ive come up with xenia, zoanthids (which...

He finally came out a little bit yesterday for a photo op, he has a particular cave he's staked out occasionally if u look in hard hes upside down or sideways in it, hopefully hell show himself off a lil more the colors are amazing, he took a few mysis shrimp yesterday at least that i noticed...

150 mh and the scwid with a maxi jet

im really not too concerned just yeti had read about their behavior prior to buying it, kinda cool actually howhe hangs in the cave, however i have also been thingking of adding a shrimp/ goby pair or a clown/anenome... altho i dunno if im ready fpr such a jump to anenome's.... thoughts?

how did u get him out to eat? im worried when its feeding time he might not come out, eh i shouldnt be worried until i try feeding him i guess...

so since i wasnt getting the gramma i figured id go looking at some coral at my lfs and i ended up coming across a gramma, after acclimating him and putting him in the tank he went straight to hiding so no pics yet, i hope he decides to come out especially since hes hiding in the back of the...

im still at a point where any sign of life is still a good thing lol

also is it ok to once in a blue moon turn on the halides off schedule, ya know to just watch... ;)

lil bug scurrying around inthe sand? its too small to take a pic but it looks like it has legs its real tiny? it actually startled me when i noticed it, what could it be?

the tank looks amazing i hope i can get there one day, pics of the frags came out real nice... my favorite is the pink birdsnest