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I have a 9 year old reef that the mushrooms are taking over. I have been removing the larger rocks with them on there. But they have been breaking off and I have singles all over the tank. Does any one know how to kill the shrooms with out removing all the rock? The are attached to every thing...

I normally use Kalkwasser with my auto water top off system. This is a closed water system that I add my Kalkwasser to. Then when evaporates adds top off water and kalk to tank. The problem when I made my last order at marine depot I thought I bought a bottle of Kalkwasser . BUT instead I got a...

Well I have had my reef tank running for about 5 years now. And last week one of my float valves stuck open dumping about 50/g of fresh water in the sump. This is a 130/g reef tank. So that maid my salinity drop to 1.004 (NOT GOOD). I have lost every thing except four fish and some button...

I have a Euphyllia Parancora hammer coral that looks like it is doing very well in my reef. It opens the hole time the lights are on. And at feed time it sends out its little feelers. It is even growing. But tonight I was blowing of the live rock in my tank with a turkey baster and I blow on...

Isn't there such a thing as to much calcium? buy dripping all day and adding just calk for evaporation don't you take the chance of getting calk levels to high? Thanks for all the info people

I know this is a general question but I have a 90/ reef with a 20/g refuge and a 29/g sump. With some small sps frags and assortment of soft corals. ? is I have a feeder doser that I want to drip Kalk into the refuge it drips from 1 to 195ml/h. I have no idea where to start the drip off at. My...

I have had my 20/g refuge set up for about 2 months now. all the macros are doing great but I have hair algae growing over the plants. Is this ok or should I try and remove this. There is no signs of hair in the main tank. I have two 10,000k 55/watt pc on the refuge (just what I had left over...

I have a old hood from a 30/g tank that I am going to use on my refuge. It has two 55/w pc's and one NO bulb in it. I was wondering what would be better for the refuge the pc's with a certain bulb or the one NO bulb with a plant bulb in it? All the bulbs now are old and bad so I have to get new...

I am not sure if I should turn the lights back on for 6 hours a day now or if I should start out small time increments and up the time every week. The lights are two 250 watt MH and two actinic PC's. Any one ever do this to cure the algae thing and how did you start the lighting cycle back up...

Set up: 90/g reef with 30/g sump in a custom built cabinet. refugium will be about 3' high making it about 2.5' above the sump. I have another 30/g that I want to set up as a refugium in the closet about 2-3' away I would like to us PVC pipe down low on the floor but I would like to know if...

I am going to Des Moines this weekend I would like to go to some good fish stores. I am staying just off I-80 from the east. Thanks P.S. Please give name and address. I am not familiar with this place.

I am going to Des Moines this weekend I would like to go to some good fish stores. I am staying just off I-80 from the east. Thanks P.S. Please give name and address. I am not familiar with this place.