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I finally did some testing. Here are the results: Ammonia: 0 Ph: 8.2 Calcium: 500 Kh: 12 Nitrates: 40 to 80 range Phosphates: 1.0 to 2.0 range I don't understand why the nitrates and phosphates are so high, considering I just did such a huge water change last weekend. I'm...

Okay, no more bubble things. Poof! They're gone!

Thanks, running. Funny thing is that about 6 months ago, when I first started noticing the problem, I bought an emeral crab because I was told that the emerald crab would eat the green stuff. It was tiny when I bought him and put him in the tank. The day I put him in the tank was the last...

I appreciate your knowledge. I haven't done a test recently. I'll go do one now.

Thanks, Sarah. Do you think this might be why the Elegance is all folded up inside, as if it doesn't want to come out? It started doing this before I did the huge water change. Actually, a couple of the corals don't seem to want to come out.

This is what I've been meaning to get around to is making a refugium sump or whatever it's called. Actually, I keep meaning to buy a bigger tank, but then all this started in November and I'm kind of leery now of buying a bigger tank. That probably starts running into a lot of money if you...

Some pictures just in case it helps:

I'm throwing the pellets in the trash. I'll douse the lights for a few days. (All the lights??) I have been taking a small toothbrush and scrubbing the rock in the tank on the various areas where I see small bits growing back. Is this bad to do inside the tank? I don't want to disrupt...

I have been using RO from the LFS. I was doing a water change every other week of 20%, but I see that it wasn't enough. This makes sense then why the problem started after my son overdosed my tank with the pellets. I had been giving them to the tang, just a few a day, as a treat. The...

Thanks, daugherty. I don't think that's it, but thanks for trying to help. I looked it up on the internet and the pictures of the algae that you mentioned didn't look like that. This green stuff is thick and grows high, and it sucks up real easy when I do the water change, but it leaves stuff...

I have tried doing research on this but I either don't know what it's called, or I'm the only one with this problem. About 6 months ago, I started having this problem with this hairy green algae or whatever. It started after my son over-fed my fish with these pellets. I was gone over the...

Thanks. I'm going to do all the testing this afternoon. I'll also post about the lights and all that.

I don't know if I said thank you. That is what they look like, and I'm glad to hear those are safe. P.S. Just looked and I did say thank you, but now I can't delete this post.

I was able to go to the pic by pasting the link in a browswer. Very nice freshwater tank. That's a good example of why I might try a freshwater tank. I especially like the idea of testra schools. BTW, is there any kind of debate here over whether freshwater is better or saltwater is...

I started reading the info posts and they are really helpful. I'm going to keep one of the tanks as a quarantine tank, as you suggested. The 10-gallon would be perfect.

I'm really glad to know that it's a pineapple sponge and that it's okay for the tank. Even my LFS didn't know what it was. I'll go do some research, but how does sponge grow in a tank? Where does it come from?

Thanks, you guys. Seems like a friendly site so far. You guys must have gotten hooked, too. You both have 3 tanks. I have a couple of empty tanks that are 20 g and 10g. I'm going to turn one of them into a seahorse only tank. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the other one. Maybe...

Here is a picture of my tank: http://www.amhealy.com/aquarium/Reef%20Tank%201.jpg The goni is in the center of the tank near the bottom, sitting on a rock. Do goni's not like being on a rock, maybe? It's not by any other corals or anenomes. What should I do? Also, I know my...

First, thank you everyone for taking time to help me. I didn't know that the retraction was a bad sign. I never noticed that before. What should I do?? I test my water weekly and usually do a 10-gallon water change every weekend. I did recently lose 2 anenomes. I believe it is...

Thank you, but what's a goni??