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i just added a burgandy sea star to my 46g reef setup. for 3 days now it has been curled up, arms in a corkskrew type of fashion, and just lost a tip of its arm...it looks as if it's in pain..slighlty before that a sea cucumber exploded and died. i dont know what to do..

recommendations of which brand of test kits i should buy for my reef setup?

i have a amiracle wet/dry system with protein skimmer set up. I actually started over, i dont think i cleaned the sand as well as i should have the first time. it seems to look clearer now. maybe it was alot of sand dust floating..

it doesn't appear to be sand...looks more like very microscopic white hairs...thats why i was thinking it was bacteria...

I have been cycling my 46 gal reef tank for 6 days now. I have 50 pounds of LR and a 3" sand bed. I have not tested the water yet however when the lights are on you can see millions of tiny "hairs" or "particles" floating around (white in color). i have the protein skimmer going and the wet/dry...

i just started cycling my 46 gallon reef setup. i have a protein skimmer, should i run that while im cycling the tank? Should i run the lights? Also, i notice the water has alot of very small "fibers" for lack of a better word floating around..not sure what it is, anyway the water isnt cystal...

ok, i was not going to...just thought i'd ask

would it be ok to cut out the plastic piece in the middle of my 46 tank? it gets in the way of the lighting and make a shadow

thanks, i think i will...should have done that in the first place.

i am starting a reef tank. is there a good starter test kit i can get. i actually bought the red sea marine lab test kit. i think i should have bought the red sea reef test kit. should i bring this back and get the reef lab test kit? please advise

Thank you for all your help in this matter..I beginning to get a better understanding of what I need and what will work to achieve my desired goal of creating a reef tank. This filtration thing is probably the most difficult to figure out for me. I just want to start out correctly the first time...

ok, im new to this however this is what i have so far. 46 gallon bowfront and a powercompact/moonlight. I need a wet/dry filter, i have been looking at a maxi-reef 75 filter and a pump of some sort..not sure what i need or what is good for my setup. any suggestions are welcome..plus any online...