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Actually the skimmer is running normally... i.e. not an excessive amount of skimate. There is also not a foul odor. If it is indeed some kind of spawing, is it safe to assume that water changes will help this?

Honestly, I've used Salifert and Hagen (sorry) and both were pretty good, but I would recommend Salifert for a dead on balls accurate test. :lol:

I've got a cloudy tank and I'm wondering if it could be calcium precipitation. At first I though it might be a bacterial bloom, but given that I've been trying to stabalize Ca, Alk, & pH I would tend to think that its not. Here's the skinny on the tank: 75 gal, sumped with a Sea Life Sys 75...

Thanks everyone for all the good advice. My LFS (Bluewater in Boca Raton, FL) was nice enough to lend me a big diatom filter (thanks Sal!). I've got that running as well as the Magnum with the pleated sleave. Now its just a matter of time. Dizzy, I'm unclear about the UV steralizer. I have...

heh, I guess it was late and I forgot to give all the details. :oops: Its a 75gal reef. Currently running a sea life sump (minus the bioballs). About 50 lbs LR and LSB. Luckily I do have a spare hot magnum laying around. I'll get that out and give it a try. Any other suggestions would...

Need some serious help here. I was on vacation for 10 days. I left my tank in the care of an experienced reefer, but that person got sick and just left the tank for the last 5 days of the 10 (he sent someone else over to feed). Somewhere in that time frame the tank had an algae bloom (serious...

Judy, Just out of newbie curiosity, why these three additives (and what else have you tried)? I've been trying to research the best regime to follow. Some advocate B-Ionic, some swear by kalkwasser and trace elements, etc. etc etc. I'm just wondering what your regime is and why? Thanks!

... good point, but it goes without saying that I'm not mixing up the water in my garage from tapwater. :lol: I'm using RO/DI for the saltwater base and for the replacement water. The tank in question here is just a small 20 gal that's just cycled. Never had this stuff cyanobacteria...

Sweet, thanks for the info. I just did a test and you're right, phosphate and nitrates were higher, definitely will be cured by a water change. :D

Romulan, Just out of curiousity, can you describe this red purple algae? I'm setting up a seahorse tank for my daughter and I just added some LR. On one of the peices I noticed some red stuff growing. I originally thought it was some type of coraline, but when I explored further I discovered...

C, Not sure what you're asking here. What kind of ballast is it? If its like one of mine then I have 2 lights plugged into one ballast, with 2 ballasts for a 4 PC system. ???

My achilles is healthy, but I think his tank is too small... :D sorry, couldn't help myself.

Dizzy, Right on! Thanks for posting that link! I hope everyone reads that document as well as the web site. That's just the kind of thing that we were talking about. The only drawback is there isn't anything to force someone to follow these standards. It still will take the buying public to...

Ok Steve, this is a really interesting view. Are you suggesting that if we didn't purchase wild caught species that the people who harvest them would cease to view their local reefs as valuable and this would in turn lead to greater destruction of those reefs? If so, what would destroy these...

I'm glad we've found some common ground. I'm not sure how any of what I've said indicates complacency though. My intent, as shown in the previous posts, has been to advocate methods that are different from the status quo. It certainly would be much easier to just buy whatever the LFS had to...