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You have to be very careful with the syringe and how much air is present in there when you do the test. It takes some trial and error to figure it out. Second make sure you are shaking it after each drop. Also, how old is the test?

The reef fanatic at this point is the winner for me. Now, my main question is what type of pump would I hook up to it? Basically it is going into a 10 gallon reservoir and will only be moving water up about 4 feet so I don't think I need too much. Any opinions would help.

For those of you thinking you bastard you did not post any pics here they are. I needed a beer after typing all of that (or maybe I had it before). Full tank shot: Top of the live rock: Our zoa rock forgot to mention the jokers: Some of the sticks we have including the birdsnest with nice...

If I were not so lazy I would have a sweet tale of the tank thread up and running from the start of this tank, however I am lazy so there. You would have all been waiting with baited breath for the next picture or update to come, but again I have failed you all. So for those of you who are into...

So I bought this nice piece of blue acro and added it to our new thirty. I started to notice that the bottom was losing color when all the other frags are doing super so I turned it around and found this thing. No idea what it was so I pulled the frag, need help with ID.

I do not have a sump but was going to setup a 10 g as a reserve to pump the water out of. I do like the idea of the OH CRAP turn off valve, none of us are perfect.

one other thought- do you dose and test for iodine?

Malulu's thread explains this pretty perfectly. Your LFS should sell an acclimation kit which is essentially a piece of airline tubing attached to a shaped piece of plastic, keeping the drip line from slipping out of tank and negating the need for the veggie clip. I got mine from Trop for about...

i understand, my fiancee is the coral guy- i like it, but i'm more into the fishies. How has the blue tang done in the 28G? I have wanted one badly for years, but have not purchased...

Very nice, love the close up of the coral. How long has it been up and running? What is on your stock list, I could not pick out any fishies from the pictures

We are having a bad two weeks.... We lost the squammie last week to a blue leg hermit crab that i found INSIDE of it, eating it from the inside out, and then we lost the my favorite fish, the flame on Sunday. I am not sure what happened, we noticed a gouge on his side on sunday evening, and by...

With the summer coming and the fact we are taking our honeymoon in October we were thinking about adding an ATO unit to our 30 g tank. The tank has a 250w MH pendant and an open top so evaporation has been a problem. Also, if we add a fan I know this will add to evaporation. I have been looking...

How are you introducing the shrimp to the tank? I would recommend a drip acclimation or something similiar as they are very sensitive to changes in temp, salinity, and PH. I am not 100% sure on this as I have never owned a wrasse, but I do know some species will eat shrimp.

A phyto culture is similiar to a brine culture. You need some phyto to start put it is some salt water with an airstone and a light on them. Eventually the water will turn green, and you have your own phyto culture. You can get into different strains of phyto if you want to get really technical...

That is very impressive, I hope this picks up even more.

1st make sure your test kit is accurate. A lot of panic can occur because a testing kit is old or didn't give an accurate reading. If this is the case, do a larger water change than normal, this is an easy way of bringing PH down.

The real answer is magic.

What happens is as the bulbs get older they start to put out more of a red spectrum which algae loves. You cannot see that spectrum, so you should just replace the bulbs on a steady schedule

Did you think of adding an angel? It could be added before the tang as far as aggression level goes. The only thing would be to make sure the tank is up long enough to have algae for the angel. With a 90 g tank you could pick some beautiful fish.

If cost is an issue, buy a 10g tank from petco for like 10 bucks and slap on some pc lights. If you are only doing shrooms and softies in that tank, you don't need strong lighting. Just hook that tank up to the main system and viola, you have a new frag tank.