Recent content by bjedwards27616

We have a sump, just did a water change 10%. Still cloudy.

Not adding anything at the moment, even aiptasia wont grow in this water. Just bought some stabilizer, my local fish guy told me to try that. I just want to know what to do. He is saying a bacterial bloom. Anything else we can buy and add?

Hello, We need help! About 2 months ago, we decided to go sandless in our 55g tank. We only have a few leathers and a fan, 1 conch and 1 fish. We had a massive red algae attack in January and lost most of our stuff. We decided to clean and start over. It did great for about 3 weeks then about 2...

I was wondering how it went/is going? I am having the same problem and dont know what to do. My nitrates, nitrites, phosphates are normal according to water test on Sunday so I dont know where this brown slimy algae came from.

I have a brown snotty looking algae that is all over my tank, just started happening about a week ago. Not sure what it is or why I have it? 55 gal tank 2 T5 lights on 8 hours per day Last water test: Sunday - Calcium 440, Salinity 1.025, Nitrate/Nitrite 0, Dkh 11 I have several leather corals...

thanks everyone for your suggestions...we will cut out the dosing and see what happens! i really appreciate it!

thanks Bifferwine, we will try that and see what happens. make sense when you break it down like that. i appreciate the help!! :)

We usually keep it around 1.026-1.027, pertaining to everything i have read, this is normal. are you saying this may be why my corals are doing as well as they should?

No we top off with freshwater

Okay - last water test was a week ago: nitrate=0, nitrite=0, ph=8.8, dkh=15, calcium=580, salinity=1.027 lights before=2 arctic T8, 1 sun T8 lights now=2 arctic T5, 2 sun T5 typical put in trace elements, strontium molybdenum, microvert, super buffer using RO water now, before mixing our own...

Hello, I need help, I have a 55gal reef tank with 3 leathers, kenya tree, a couple montipora and a sea fan. I have a wrasse and a chromis and plenty of snails and crabs. A couple of weeks ago I had an outbreak of red slime algae and since then my tank has not been doing well. The algae is gone...