I have been running my nova extreme t5 lights for about 3 days now and now parts of my tank is getting covered with brown algae, especially my pump for protein skimmer and heaters... What can I do to fix this problem??
Just received my Nova Extreme today.... Question is there are two "daylight" 10,000k bulks and two 460nm actinic bulbs.. Do I supposed to leave all bulbs on 8 hrs or so daily or run daylight bulbs during the day and actinic at night?? I wasn't aware that you have to have a glass top for my tank...
I need to upgrade my lighting and plan to keep soft corals... not sure what kind yet. I want to make sure I have sufficient lighting to keep most anything.. What do you think of this: My tank is 55 Gal 21/34 depth x 48 inch length. Will this setup just hook on top of my tank replacing old...
I just received my remora pro today and assembled it, but seem to be having a problem.. I have the optional drain for my collection cup. It seems to be filling fast and I have the collection cup raised as high as it will go " the rubber ring is alway against the drain plug" It's filling about...
I was ready to add fish to my tank today.. So I bought 2 clowns, 3 pepermint shrimp and 2 snails.. They talked me into adding aragonite "just had gravel" to my tank. So I did after rinsing and my tank still is a cloudy mess... Can I add these fish to the tank and it this cloudy?? I have...
Here are pics of some of the rocks… Would you recommend I take the rock out with this algae and clean it or just leave it be?? These pics are take with my iphone so I apologize in advance for the images….
The rock was out of water around 1.5 hours... and were transported wrapped in wet newspaper.. I definitely see aiptasia are these problematic?? If so, how do I get rid of them? There are also worm looking thinks that stretch and seem to be feeding off the algae; which happens to be reddish in...
First of all I new to all this.... I'm setting up a new tank 55 Gal. I purchased live rock from local dealer all the rock but two small ones came from cured tank.. have 45 pounds total.. From everything that I've read the ammonia should be rising now but I've tested and doesn't seem to be rising...