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  1. Vacation feeding question

    Thank you. I was kind of concerned about how often I was feeding the fish, but the people at the LFS said that every other day was sufficient. What would you recommend for a daily feeding. One full cube of the Hikari Mysis daily or is that to much?
  2. Vacation feeding question

    I am about to go on vacation and was wondering if 8 days is to long to go without feeding my 29 gallon tank. I currently feed every 2-3 days a cube of Mysis or Brine Shrimp and a cube of Daphine. I also put about 10 drops of Zomax and sprinkle of Spectra Vital. I currently have: 2 Tank...
  3. Anemone Safe Corals

    I am wondering if there are such thing as Anemone tolerant corals? If so can please post your suggestions. I have a Rose Tip Anemone in a 29 gallon tank. It also seems to be a little bit of a wanderer. Thank you.
  4. Nitrate

    I have heard that live rock helps control nitrates is this true and to what extent. I have a 29 gallon tank with 35 pounds of live rock. I have recently had a pretty dramatic run up in my nitrates, up until this point I have had not measurable readings. Recently the nitrate readings ran up to...
  5. Suggestions for controlling Green Algae

    Thank you all. Here is what i have done and it seems to be working. First i changed the timing of my lights so that they are on the brightest setting 50% less. I turned up the temp a little. I've added an army of snails a couple of Green Crabs and a few blue legged Hermit's. I have also done...
  6. Suggestions for controlling Green Algae

    I have not tested for Phosphates. I will give that a shot. I also think that I was keeping my lights on a little to long, about 14 hours. I have changed that to about 10 hours. I am also going to bump up the temp a few degree's to see if that helps. Thank you all
  7. Suggestions for controlling Green Algae

    I have a 29 gallon reef tank that is about 4 months old. I am currently experiencing a Green Algae bloom. I would like to try and control it as naturally as possible. I currently have 2 Tank raised Percula Clown, 1 Goby, 2 cleaner shrimp, 6 blue leg Hermits, 4 turbo Snails and two Emerald...

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