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  1. Plants taking over my aquarium - Help

    I recently setup a new 10G micro reef which is about 12 weeks old. About 6 weeks ago, plants (see the pictures) began to spread all over the Fiji rock. I have pulled out about half of the plants from the rocks, but they keep growing back. I'm not sure what these are, so I'm hoping someone can...
  2. Why temperature swings 1 - 1.5 using my heater?

    I have setup a new 10 gallon micro reef and installed a new Tronic 50W heater (made by Hagen). I have the heater set to turn on at 77, but I have noticed that when it turns on, it drives the tank's temp. to about 78 before shut off. The heater will not turn on until the temperature drops back...
  3. Why temperature swings 1 - 1.5 using my heater?

    I actually have the heater submerged (upright) inside my hang-on whisper filter. It gets very good water circulation. I do think that if it was a water circulation problem then the heater would shut off much faster because it would heat the water around it quicker, thus making it very unefficient.

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