Recent content by Abe

I have a 90 gallon tank. Its 42"l, 20"w, and 24"h. About 3" of live sand. I am currently using two 96 watt PC about 6 inches above the water. What corals would you recomend that I should use with this setup, if I can use it at all? I have had two brain corals, one porites coral, a brown...

Is it possible to succesfully maintain acroporas with ought a calcium reactor? What is the ideal lighting setup for a 200g tank with a 30 inch depth? Abe

I just purchased a small container of kent dKH buffer and will start dosing emidiatly. At the moment I hardly have any invertebrates in my 90 gallon tank. 2-brain corals (from caribbean) about 10-ricordeas 4-small mushroom corals 1-tubastrea (having trubble feeding it) 1-small coral I collected...

Hi Mi calcium is always over 650, and my alkalinty is way too low. I have stopped dosing kalkwasser completly, but my calium doesn't go dowm. I also stopped dosing c-balance, because this raises calcium levels too. I have already used two different test kits and they all give the same results...

Knowing that Ph climbs during the day and falls during the night, at what time should I test it in the water? I might find the correct PH in the water, but its possible that it will vary at another hour. At what time do most people measure PH? Yhanks Abe

The queen angelfish does pick on corals. That is one of the reasons I want to take it out. I live about 2 hours from where I can get the live rock directly from the ocean. Is that too long of a drive to take them dry. If it is, I can put them in a cooler with water. I live right near the...

Yes, I actually found out that it was a nitrate problem. I'm going to get some more live rock. If I get LR directly from the ocean (Panama, Caribbean)and introduce them into my already running tank, will it make the water quality alot wors? Thanks for the help Abe

I have a 90 gallon reef tank with: 2-fairy basslets 1-small queen angelfish 1-tomato clown fish 1-goby 3-blue head wrasse I think thses are too many fish because it is difficult for me to maintain my water quality, especially phosphates. I have tryied to remove the fish, but they hide too...

I have a miracle mop system for filtration with caulerpa algae, and a protein skimmer. About 4 inches of live sand and 40lbs of LR. I was just worried about having too many fish, because I just put in two brain corals this week, and want the water qulity to maintain at appropiate levels. But...