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  1. Orange flakes

    Does anybody know what this is and how to get rid of it I think its a flow issue. I replaced pump I have a scwd getting good flow but now it blows breaker once in awhile. and this stuff come right back as soon a water sits for abit!!
  2. Euphyllid Catalphyllia coral mucusing

    This is what I've found on care from another site. Care: Hardiness: Elegance coral is usually considered to be very hardy. There have been reports over the last 2 years or so that success with this coral is becoming less common and the reason why is not yet understood. Elegance will...
  3. Euphyllid Catalphyllia coral mucusing

    I have the stock lighting 1 36 watt actinic on for 12 hours and 1 36 watt 10,000k daylight on for 8 hours.I will move it down and hopefully that will help it out. As I mentioned i was feeding it and the sun coral small pieces of shrimp and they were eating those just fine. I was using chemiclean...
  4. Euphyllid Catalphyllia coral mucusing

    Here's a shot of the whole tank.
  5. Euphyllid Catalphyllia coral mucusing

    My Euphyllid Catalphyllia was knocked over into the sand by my a one of my zebra turbos and has been releasing mucus mostly at night since then. I have been doing water changes regularly, as I was treating for red slime. I have since stopped the red slime treatment. (it is on the shallow sand...
  6. Newtoreef's tanks

    Here is my 140 gal setup I bought it a month ago it has been up and running for 10 years before I got it. It took me,the wife and a friend 18 hours to move it from a guys place that was 2 hours drive from my house in Surrey BC. I have since added a life reef protein skimmer, 3 250 watt MH...
  7. calcium reactor

    ok I have a 140 gal with about 150 lbs lr nice coraline growth on it I been dosing with 3 capfulls purple up every day or 2 to keep ca levels up
  8. calcium reactor

    How often do you have to change out a 10 lb co2 tank and change the media in a calcium reactor?
  9. Coraline algae bleaching

    Thx Jim. I will do my best to be there Sun. :lol:
  10. Coraline algae bleaching

    I just installed new lights and I went to 3 250 watt metal halides plus actinics. from 1 4' VHO light fixture over my 140 gal reef. I used 5 layers of screen and took off a layer every couple days days. I'm down to the last layer and it looks like my Coraline algae is losing its color. I did...
  11. Skunked striped cleaner shrimp

    1 of my cleaner shrimp is carrying eggs. What are my best chances for the offspring to survive. I have a 140 gal tank with 3 carpet anenomes 1 bubble tip anenome, 3 false pergolas, 1 maroon clown, a flame angel, a bi color blennie and a gobie.
  12. Butterfly in QT

    I just got him from lfs a little over a week ago. I usually buy hardware from the place this was the second time I bought livestock from there. Don't think I'm going to be doing that again. I also got a bubble tip anemone from there that has white blotches on it. Looks to be going away any idea...
  13. Butterfly in QT

    I have a copperbanded butterfly in a 10 gal qt ( he has ick) what do I feed him? He usually takes his food off the LR. I tried lettuce tied to a rock but he don't seem to interested in that.
  14. First Chat!

    I figured out my question

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