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This is a question for the experts about long term impacts from a current paint problem. I have a operational 75g reef tank (35g sump, 8g fuge) that has been somewhat dormant for ~6months (no light to kill off bad algea outbreak following long trip away). One blenny and some mushrooms, snails...

thanks all for the experienced input. I had been told they were sensitive to water changes so I did try to slowly aclimate him over 2 hours (hadn't heard to drip, so I was adding ~1/2-1 cup of tank water every 15 minutes. But alas, perhaps the 15hours in a fedex box was too much. So is the...

Just received a blue starfish (online order) earlier this week. He had several strange strands (~1/8" diameter brown and clumpy) of something coming out of several legs (waste ??). It quickly crawled under some rocks where it has been for several days. In the last day or so it has apparently...

Thanks all for the feedback - the power of a community of experts. :) Yea, I'm guessing I should skip it. I'm just a tiny bit councerned that the 18"x12"x7"high DSB in the fuge is not enough since I've only got 1" in the main. I don't plan on a large bio load though - mainly corals - so the...

I am in the process of building a new in-wall set up for a reef tank using an existing system and a few add-ons. The tank is an oceanic 75g RR. I'm converting a 13 gallon sump into a refugium and replacing it with a 44g Rubbermaid Brute trashcan (for addiditional water volume as it will be...

thanks all for the input. I did want to kill everything and start new. But after reading your suggestions and thinking about it more I did just blast the rock thoroughly with water (interestingly the areas exposed, where the algae formed seemed almost stained green - and red in some places - and...

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oops, apparently the attached images are not viewable. I'll see if this works.

Thanks for taking time to respond. I've attached a couple of pics to show what the tank looks like today. The front glass is covered in a film, the rock is consumed in a plasticish looking slime. The araganite base is also covered in slime and has long thin strands of hair algae. I have been...

I have a tank that has sat pretty dormant for ~9months. Please help with suggestions on how best to clean rock/sand etc. (Background: as best I could tell - anemone died, killed cucumber both poisioned tank and all inhabitants died, algae exploded due to deaths and no algae eaters etc. I did...

Thanks Marcosreef, very helpful. Also, if you have floresent lights close to the water (mine are 2-3" from the water surface) they also generate a field which is coupled to the saltwater. Saltwater can hold a charge (like a capacitor, or shuffled feet on carpet). Touching the saltwater can...

Thanks all, this info has been quite helpful. I think I will try to order a real grounding probe from TAAM and skip the drill bit (the only titanium Lowes had). Cheers

Sorry, not an April fools joke (I wish). I did run up to the local pet store and bought a copper test. Luckily in the week and a half that the copper wire was in the water it appears there was no impact (0 reading on the fasTest kit). Thanks for the helpful comments (and taking it easy on an...

Thanks, I'll take it out.

new reefkeeper. I have noticed several people suggesting titanium grounding rods, but was unable to locate one. Therefore, I set up my tank with a copper wire ground - one end in the tank, the other tied to a ground post. Is there any reason I should avoid bare copper? Thanks.