Recent content by elvispresley99

It didn't appear to be any worse this morning, and my water levels are balancing out to near normal levels. If this is coralline algae dying, what's the proper measures to take? Thanks again for all of your input!

Well, no other mussels / clams have detached or opened up and died. Good news I think. However, I am seeing what appear to be white deposits on a couple of pieces of my live rock. I don't have a camera, but if one were to imagine this, it would almost appear as if there were sort of a "salt"...

I will keep you posted. When I get out of the office today, I am going to "stare" at my new live rock :) Ahhhh, what a sheltered life I lead! 8O

Thanks for the reply. At this time we do not have the protien skimmer, but that's on the shortlist of things to get. We are monitoring all 3 that you mention though. It's maybe a little early to worry about it, but this is just so much more involved than when I set up my freshwater tanks...

Hi there, Brand new to this group, so please have patience. My wife and I started our setup of a new 180 gallon Reef Aquarium. We have had it up for about a month, and gone through the traditional setup, water fill, salt add, and so on. Everything seems to be testing out in normal ranges...