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Suggested Water Parameters for a tropical reef tank... Calcium 380-450 ppm Alkalinity 2.5-4 meq/L or 7-11 dKH or 125-200 ppm CaCO3 equivalents Salinity 35 ppt or sg = 1.026 Temperature 76-83° F pH 7.8-8.5 OK....8.1-8.3 is better Magnesium 1250-1350 ppm Phosphate < 0.03 ppm Ammonia <0.1...

I think carlo meant " NO" problem... ;)

the whole idea behind having those snails is to eat dead matter/uneaten food and help stir the sand. With a bb - i'd imagine any shrimp or fish would just eat any uneaten food left behind - unless somehow it was unreachable under a rock - and even then I don't see how a snail would reach it...

If you have a live trap - you could come to my backyard and grab the guy that digs under our fence and comes thru munching the yard...lol.

if it's hard to the touch - I am going to guess chicken liver sponge...any better pics?

one thing that is tough to know is whether an individual has posted the same item on another forum. This happens a lot with non-members posting over here...

welcome to NJRC! It sounds like the amount of nutrients introduced into the tank (food, poop etc.) is greater than the tanks' ability to extract/remove/process. The phosphate reading may be misleading since the algae growing at the bottom is probably absorbing the phosphate. It'd be helpful...

looking good....welcome to NJRC! keep in mind even large tanks do not necessarily mean tangs will not chase or react aggressively towards one another. Always put the least aggressive fish in first...but anyways - way early to talk about fish. When you say "FSB"- what does that mean exactly...

with the VHOs - given that they are actinics - it really depends on your personal preference. Actinics aren't "required" for coral growth. I'd stretch em 18 months like blange said.

I have a tunze 6060 on one side of a 55 and it really moves water thru the length of the 48". I'm not sure I'd want a tunze 6060 on one end of a 36" 65 tank. If you put another PH on the other side - the middle would have fantastic turbulent flow - but you couldn't keep a whole lot in the...

welcome to njrc trigger99! T5 or even VHO would be fine for zoas in my humble opinion. You could set up a bank and even adjust 1 or 2 for actinic. If you go with VHO you won't even need a reflector since the bulbs have them built-in. With a 55 gallon tank - it's 13 inches front to back and a...

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unfortunately he had to shut this tank down - but he's starting a new (bigger) one...I for one am looking forward to whatever new names he has in store for the fish...and I think he even named his cuke.... ;D

First of all - Eli Manning is not going to be president - but I certainly can support the cause! ;) I still am amazed at watching those replays of him scrambling out of the pocket/grasp and throwing that bomb. Adding LR to a tank cycling... Positives - if the rock is wet, it may still have...

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Welcome to NJRC Xavier613~!

I do not have appropriate lighting over my QT so I don't keep corals in there...with corals I do a double dip of Flatworm Exit and lugols. With fish I QT. Unlike the freshwater hobby - I haven't seen/read too many people who have had success saving a SW critter that is succumbing to...

Suggested Water Parameters for a tropical reef tank... Calcium 380-450 ppm Alkalinity 2.5-4 meq/L or 7-11 dKH or 125-200 ppm CaCO3 equivalents Salinity 35 ppt or sg = 1.026 Temperature 76-83° F pH 7.8-8.5 OK....8.1-8.3 is better Magnesium 1250-1350 ppm Phosphate < 0.03 ppm Ammonia <0.1...

are you using fresh water to just wash the floss pad - or are you washing all the media? definitely don't wash those tubular-kinda pieces...that's the media eheim uses so the ammonia/nitrite eating bacteria can colonize on... Personally I think the cannister filter works but it is a bit of a...

oh I don't think they are ugly - (my wife does tho!) Hmm - I'm confused by your reply tho- aren't polychaete worm's referred to as bristle worms also? Anyways - here's a smallish one that I grabbed out because it was Ugly with a capital U. ;) It didn't help that I caught it out in the open...