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If you keep up with water changes generally your trace elements should be replenished in the setup you described as long as you don't keep too many corals that require and utilize higher concentrations of trace elements. Usin a good quality salt like Tropic Marin, will help keep the trace...

pH fluctuates through the day. The net consumption of carbon dioxide during the daylight hours, leads to some aquariums to become deficient in CO2 during the day, and the pH rises.If you are having dramatic fluctuations you can aerate the aquarium water to degass excess carbon dioxide. Also try...

I prefer not doing freshwater dips on my corals/invertebrates because of their poor ability to osmoregulate, I fear that some polyps may get damaged (cell repture) duing the procedure.

Coral Rx should work to help clear it up. To help prevent an infestation of white bugs, I dip all my new corals in an iodine bath like Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure before introducing them into my tank. Understandably I get a bit paranoid about introducing things like flatworms etc into my display...

I wouldn't do a freshwater bath on any coral since invertebrates have a very poor ability to osmoregulate and fresh water baths cause their cells to rupture (thats why people use freshwater baths on fish to treat ich)

Algae problems are usually caused by aquarium water with excess nutrients like phosphate, nitrates etc. You can try and siphon out what you can to remove the algae in the short term. In the long term you may have to examine how you care for your tank. There are some commercial dry foods also...

i have 4 non photosynthetic gorgonians and a carnation coral in my tank, all of which I have had for at least 3 years. I keep my corals well fed and feed 1-2 times per week alternating between Tropic Marin Pro-Coral Phyton, TM Pro-Coral Zooton and baby brine shrimp. I have noticed greater...

When I see Aiptasias I inject Tropic Marin Elimi-Aiptas directly into the stalk near the base of the anemone instead near the mouth/tentacles. I find that I get a much better kill rate that way.

Wow! You're tanks looks great!

Leather coralssometimes shed a waxy film to rid their surfaces of attached algae or detritus. They may remain closed for a few days before shedding this film, but it is usually a normal process. Strong water flow can help slough off the film layer.

Leather corals will sometimes stay closed for several days or shed a waxy film layer as part of their growing process. A little extra flow may help stimulate the leather to open up again.

I have had my gorgonians and Dendros for over 3 years well fed and feed 3 times per week alternating with, frozen cyclops and Tropic Marin Phyton which is a photo plankton like product and Tropic Marin Zooton is a zooplankton like food product for corals. I have noticed greater polyp extension...

From my experience I believe that mushrooms really benefit from elevated Iodine levels in the aquariums (arround .06ppm) although some may disagree. I have found that elevated Iodine causes greater polyp extension and better colour. These observations are also noted in Reef Aquarium Vol2. If you...

A large water change will help bring down your nitrates in the short term but keeping excess nutrients out of the aquarium water is one key element in reducing your NO3 in the long run. As you now know, dirty bio media become a nitrate factory, most people don't use any additional bio media...

I am a huge advocate of feeding my 180 gallon reef. I target feed my LPS corals thawed and rinsed frozen mysis and also feed them New Era Marine Pellets in the evenings when my main lights are off. I keep all my sps corals well fed 2 times per week alternating with live baby brine shrimp, frozen...

With the stocking density you have, If you keep up with water changes generally your trace elements should be replenished in the setup you described as long as you don't keep too many corals that require and utilize higher concentrations of trace elements, Ca etc. Usin a good quality salt like...

Algae problems are usually caused by aquarium water with excess nutrients like phosphate, nitrates etc. You can try and siphon out what you can to remove the algae in the short term. In the long term you may have to examine how you care for your tank. There are some commercial dry foods also...

Algae problems are usually caused by aquarium water with excess nutrients like phosphate, nitrates etc. You can try and siphon out what you can to remove the algae in the short term. In the long term you may have to examine how you care for your tank. There are some commercial dry foods also...

I am a huge advocate of feeding corals in my tanks. I target feed my LPS corals thawed and rinsed frozen mysis in the evenings once per week. I feed the rest of my tank 2-3 times per week alternating with mysis, frozen cyclops, Tropic Marin Reef Snow, Pro-Coral Phyton and TM Pro-Coral Zooton.

I haven't tried Coral Smoothie...but I keep all sps corals, gorgonians and Dendros well fed and feed 3 times per week alternating with, frozen cyclops and TM phyton which is a photo plankton like product and Zooton is a zooplankton like food product for corals. I have noticed greater polyp...