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My reef of 120G hooked to another 3 stage 150 gallon reef is doing horrible. Ph 8.0, dkh 10, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrates low. Don't know what to do. The emperor I had is dead. Shortly after the puffer. Eyes got cloudy and bam. Now in the main reef that supplies all the water, my 2 year old...

he was doing well. Eating mostly his krill. I did seperate him from the emperor angel because the emperor looked a little stressed. Came home and the puffer was on the bottom and eyes clouded breathing shallow. He was in with a brain coral - a frogspawn - and a giant clam which he left alone...

I have been watching my Emperor, and the color change is half way to adult. I notice spots (not like ich), looks like loss of coloration that is everywhere on this fish in dots that look the size of a BB. The dots aren't raised at all. I am wondering if this is part of the transformation procrss...

I notice My Porcupine Puffer is resting behind the aqueon circulation pump thats in the cube 90G in my waterfall section of my reef. It will prop itself straigght downward behind the pump and rest. When I feed I have a shut off switch and the eating begins, swims a while, then right back like a...

My corals seem to enjoy 8.2 to and DKH of about 12. I seemed to always reach 14 DKH every time I ran my reactor. Reactor center value was at 6.50. That means it would kick in CO2 at 6.70 and burn down to ph of 6.30. That was suggested by the manufacturer of my ph monitor. So melting of aragonite...

I have a 120 reef ready system , and the flow was incredibly low. I was pushing 1400GPH with the magdrive I believe that was pushing 2 overflows. The powerheads I had were old, and they would often fall of of the back of the tank. I saw 2 nice Aqueon propeller type flow pumps, 1200 series and...

Okay - so I hear it said about tank size and Emperors, and yes , likely an excuse to get another big tank here. I started my waterfall aquarium. A 90 Gallon, a 40, then a 20. Likely more than that. I need to do the math. the 90 is 27 and a half square. I just took these picts with the moon...

I am running 300 Gallons and my local shop owner has been trying to talk me into a system. I do look at his water and he has absolutely zero algae accumulation on the glass. Is ORP as simple a procedure as a calcium reactor - or are they dangerous to the tank? I was going to drive in today to...

I have for a year been watching the relationship the goby and pistol shrim have in my refugium. I have sand in theeir home now, and the pistol shrimp is constantly making new homes. They have about 6 different ins and outs in their burrow, but they collapse easily. Lets say the pistol shrimp...

I just started heating 151G last night with a 300W heater. My 120G has a 300W as well. Hoping that the 120 will stay st 78. It dropped down to 75 and I cranked it up. Still heating but the degree hasn't went up. Once the 151 gets to 78 I want to start the pump and run the draw from the main sump...

I am currectly running around 300 gallons in my basement, and when a fish comes unders stress, a breakout of ich lasts short term - and likely goes away in all my experience. I started a tank for my girlfriends 10 year old daughter, I drilled a 20G L tank and designed an overflow. A ten gallon...

In Palau Micronesia, I resided in the capitol Koror, 7 degrees off the equator, beautiful reefs beyond my wildest dreams, I swore I would never have an aquarium. Palauans would have systems in their houses (huts) that had pumps taking in water and filling tanks in their houses. No need for a...

I recently started getting higher dkh, in the 14 area that has me doing everything possible to lower. I see some that try to get this range, then when I think I am okay there others say no , you want 9 0r 10? Anyway , my brain coral (maze) doesn't seem to like it. . . or is it the negative...

I am 38, and have been reefing for 7 years. Actually much longer, but built my 120G 7 years ago and recently constructred the 151G waterfall reef that I have connected to my main reef's sump. It has been crazy lately with better equiptment running than before. I am struggling a bit in the area...