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Rob, A fluorscent bulb doesn't get that hot to set something on top of it. Just not directly touching it. Use some wood to build a frame over it and then cover it with the paper or cloth or whatever. If you build the frame strong enough, set a plant on top of it. No one will even notice...

Hi Rob, I read this whole post and think the advice everyone is giving you is right on. I understand the situation of it looking bad in your living room but there is a saying for that. DRASTIC TIMES CALL FOR DRASTIC MEASURES. I think an aquarium full of hair algae looks a whole lot worse...

Yes, it will reduce but not nulify some trace elements. I anyway am adding every week Coral San or Combi San I vary this from time to time. I think Julian just sells the Combi San in the states. I know I can?t even get Coral San here in Switzerland I get it in Franc and of course over...

Thx reefnutz that's a good option. But right now I have various Caulerpa species and wanted to avoid the risk. Brian

That's right. That's why I said in the sump or filter chamber where the flowrate is really slow(only applies to former). If you put enough bags of carbon on top of eachother the upper layers will eat up the oxygen(oxic environment) and the lower layers will be in a zone of low or no...

It's not my idea. The idea is about 15 zears old or so. It is the same system presented and still used by those following the method from Peter Wilkens. He was doing it that way for at least 15 years or so. That's why I said the carbon must be porous and comes from Two Little Fishes because...

It depneds on where you put it and what you plan to use it for. In a filter, with a high flow rate, I wouldn't put it in there for more than 3 weeks to remove some organics and toxins that corals like to give off. But if you want to like I do, as a food source for denitrifiying...

Thx reefnutz. I was actually just wondering if anyone had tried it and how the success is. But the info you added was a help as to whether it's good enough just blue or a mixture. I think the positive aspects outweigh most of the costs on a small refugium, those being less heat and low cost...

Anybody doing or ever tried lighting their refugium with full spectrum LEDs? The reason being is less heat emitted and cost of running them constantly is really cheap. Brian

Dido. :o

I think it would be interesting to know which of all these salts are manufactured by the same supplier. I'll try to explain what I'm meaning. Almost all salts are manufactured by only a few places in the world; it is only the patent name(e.g. Aqufrium Systems or etc.) that separates them in...

sorry about that Stephen I actually wanted to direct that to Rob not to you. Brian

moreey, Let the Rid ich work for a while and see how it is doing. The Rid ich should do the trick but it depends on far progressed the infection is. You could try what I always leave as a last resort is the freshwater dip. If he's not eating, in the hospital tank and still progressively...

If the tank was running for a year without fish then yes there would not be any cryptokaryon in there. If the fish are fighting constantly then yes this could lead to illness in one of them or both/all. If the illness really is cryptokaryon(white spot) try the gralic, sinking the salinity...

As I am sometimes away and my wife or father-in-law helps with my tank at those times, I would never want to hear to that someone close to me died becuase a heater in my aquarium went out or whatever. Based on that point alone I use them and will always use them. Brian BTW my power once...