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Update on the alge problem......well it looks like its starting to die off alittle.Its turning brown and when i blast the rocks with the power head it just falls off.so i cut a turkey baster so its wider at the bottom and i'm sucking it off the rocks and pulling the stuff thasts still alive.I...

Hey Dan If you want to make a small trip to conn. go to house of fins in greewich.I was there yesterday,they have some sweet stuff.I'm in NY too westchester

Mouse I'll give that a try...I did alot of reading before i did the water change i got 3-5 gallon buckets i mixed the salt and water then airate and droped a small powerhead in each for 24 hours.Even though it's RO water i still let it sit for 24 hours.My tank is 65 gallon with 50 gallons...

Funny you should ask i just did a 20% water change yesterday... :lol: ...Those thigs swimming around the top of the water arent pods,theres millions of them on the glass.these look like they could be little shrimp...well at least things are thriving in the tank,even though its kinda ugly

hey,you guys keep talking about poly filters can you name some brands ....please

well if anyone is still watching this topic,heres a quick update....The snails are making some progress.I noticed these little white with alittle pink in the middle things darting around in a group yhere must be at least 100 of them.baby snails?? I put a bigger powerhead on my skimmer and its...

Emilyb...I do have a skimmer on the tank i'm running 24/7 right now.. :)... I checked out your web page AWSOME!!!...your tanks look absolutly beautiful...cool dogs too...I realy like the greyhound....we are thinking of adopting one too...

LMAO 2poor2reef...too funny...well all these hang in there replys have motivated me again.BTW i didnt expect a beautiful reef tank in 2 months,i guess i expected everything to work out perfectly...hehe....My RO is only 3 months old and its not a RO/DI just a 3 stage RO unit...well i'll calm down...

I just got back from my LFS i grabbed 20 snails from him.He gave me a deal .50 each so i took all he had.goofyreefer i noticed that too some of my hermits have snail shells now.I got to say my water is crystal clear.The alge is just all over the live rock and agronite.I guess things arent as bad...

my tank is a 65 gallon with 100# of live rock i have 2x96 CF and 2 30 watt NO tritons for now.I had a clean up crew from garf in there most have died just about 8 hermits left.I didnt want to put any more in until i figured out what killed them.the ones that survived look kinda funny with alge...

ok people i'll hang in there for the long haul.carpentersreef no offence taken.I know your only tryin to help and i appreciate it.I did expect a alge bloom but not like this.Well i added another powerhead and the skimmers been crankin so i'll sit back and enjoy the green flowing alge for...

nothing is in the tank except for clean up crew,live rock and live sand

well it's been a week of batteling green and brown alge.i'm about to break down my tank and go fresh water.Ita all over the place with small break out of cyno,all my clean up crew has died except for a few hermits.Funny thing is the water test perfect even 0 phosphates.My hopes of having a...

Hi i ordered from gulfview,real nice rock good prices.http://www.gulf-view.com/index.html.heres the url

animal kingdom has a good supply of dry goods,i'll have to check out reef and fin.did you ever go to house of fins in greenwich conn.I havent been there in awhile but they used to have a nice selection.I'm just starting my second reef tank,i've been out of the hobby for about 5 years,so i'm...