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i have new pc bulbs. i keep the actinics on for 8 hours a day while i keep the day light on for 6. i feed my fish flake food right now, and i only feed a very small pinch. probably bout 7-8 flakes.

i don't know if i want a yellow tang though because they get pretty big and i don't want to put a heavy bio load. do you guys think turbo or astrae snails will eat the algae? i've hear conflicting sides to these critters. and if they did, where would be the best online place to get them? thanks

well the thing is my salinity hovers between 1.023 and 1.024 (deep six hydrometer), and do you really think a uv sterilizer would help? i know my crab is eating it, its just i don't think he can keep up with it. i don't wanna add more of them because i heard when they get big, they can get...

also i think my calcium may be a little low at 350. could that be the cause of my hair algae problem?

i don't have any snails because i've heard that they don't eat hair algae. all i have for cleanup are the hermit crabs and the shrimp. i used this pink samoan aquarium sand i got at the lfs. do you think i could still get phosphates because i use ro/di water for makeup and water changes?

Hi everyone, i recently started a 10 gallon reef tank. I have 2x36 pc in there. one 6500k and one actinic with one no 15w actinic. i have a skimmer, 10lbs of liverock, 2 damsles, 1 coral banded shrimp, 2 hermit crabs, 1 emerald crab, and blue mushrooms. i do water changes every week, and...