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Water Test Results: Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 pH: 8.1 Salinity: 1.023 (had just topped off) Phosphate: 0 KH:11.7 Calcium: 380 Iodine: less than .01 Magnesium: 1200 Use RO water only- 10% change weekly w/ Instant Ocean Temperature is 78-80 With new bulbs par has probably doubled....not...

I am having trouble with all my softies. (they all have been closed now for a month) I am hoping you guys are right and that when I added all new ATI and KZ bulbs to my T5 fixture in replacement of the stock cheapos, this caused the problem. I even noticed today that my green acropora SPS...

Okay- maybe I will go pick up a copper test kit tomorrow....if I do find copper....how can I remove it? I am running carbon already....

Ya tank is too small for hippo...its only 2 inches, but it will grow fast. Adding too much water? Ya, I guess.... but did huge water change yesterday out of desperation...I do 10% change per week normally...water test results posted in original post....

My tank is going downhill fast....I have tried everything, not sure what else to do?? My setup: 55 gallon, 5 months old, 100lbs LR, 4X54 Watt T-5, 2 Korilla 3's, HOB Refugium w/ chaeto, Aqua C remora pro skimmer My problem: All soft corals are closed up and dying....they have slowly close up...

Took your advice and googled it....dang, I think the "two island" look is much more suited to me. I will for sure being trying to do this type of setup. (Two islands on each side with middle open) I also like how high the rock goes on some of those tanks....pretty much to the surface, very...

Since I will be moving tank shortly, I thought I could improve my aquascape some...anyone have a good site to look at aquascape pics or ideas? I'm new to reefing and my tank currently looks just like a wall of rocks...I would like to try and make it look like a real mini reef, w/ more swimming...

Wow, that looks like quite the moving setup.....perhaps in my case -25 minute drive/move, it would be best to just break it down and move it in the shortest time possible.....probably could break it down and move it all within an 1 1/2 or 2 hours....

Good advice...perhaps I could get fish, LR, and corals in totes the night before....then move tank the next morning and set it up with LR, let it stabilize for a day, then bring fish and corals over in totes.... Speaking of splashing water- good idea I will be sure not to fill too full, for...

Ya, I guess I wasn't clear on 8 and 9. A guy that moves aquariums and does maintenance for a living told me to mix up sand with 3-4 inches of water, then suck out dirty water to dispose of, sucking the water all the way down to the sand. He said the sand should stay "wet" for the 30 minute...

Hello All- So I am going to be moving in 3 weeks and am worried about my tank. I am a new reefer (5 months) and have finally gotten a good setup going. (55 gallon) Now, the bad news comes....I have to move. Good news is- it is only about a 25-30 minute drive to the new place. Below is a...

So still learning, but got some new fish in qt today. I am not going the route of just throwing them in my DT after dealing with ich for first few months. It was a nightmare. Anyways, I have them in qt and am observing them for signs of ich and have got them both eating really well. How long...

Thanks for responses guys, I think I am just overly worried with this hobby sometimes....::shock:

So I have a QT/hospital tank I started about 6 weeks ago. I started it to treat all my fish for ich and to let my main tank go fishless. I did watchanges everyday the first two weeks, every other day the 3 and 4th weeks and so on. Now I have only been changing the water once a week like main...

may be new to original poster.... ya i see you're point in that context....perhaps swine flu would be a better comparison