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Its amazing how sometimes the answer is right in front of us yet we cannot see it. Made sense to me but I wanted to make sure I was seeing the right thing, not just grassping.

Possible Solution I talked with a marine biologist yesterday, who told me that every thing in my set up sounded fine. He suggested that I remove all of the Bio-filter material from my filters for a while, as they produce large amounts of Nitrate. Kinda makes sense, since the filter pads and...

Yes. I was buying water at LFS but have installed an RO/DI units about 3 months ago. Something in the tank is causing the problem, (DUH)(RIGHT) anyway, I have tested the water from the LFS as well as water from my unit. Both were fine. I have gone to the extent now of moving all of the rock out...

still no change I have now added another filter to my system,(wet/dry w/skimmer.) Now have a 404 Fluval as wella s the wet/dry for 75-100 gal tanks. It has been up and running for about a month. Still no change in Nitrate levels. The corals seem to be doing much better with the added filtration...

I had LFS test my water yesterday. As I figured, Ammonia 0 - Nitrite 0 - Nitrate 80-90 ppm. The only thing suggested was to raise ph slightly. ph tested 8.0. This was my fault as I did so many water changes in the past few weeks trying to control the Nitrates. So I'm back to square one. The more...

I have D*nitrate media in the canister (about 7-8 days now) three trays full as well as two carbon trays. I have not tried another kit, because the one I have has always been fine. (I think, now I'm not sure) I have tested 10-20 min after each water change and the test comes out blood red every...

Okay. I am getting very frustrated. I have changed a total of 140 gallons of water over a weeks time now. I have taken care to vacuum all detrius under-around-in rock work. Cleaned canister well. inspected whole tank looking for dead animals. Tested make up water every time before changes...

So, should I unplug the Canister for a few days and see how it goes? After another water change of course.

The tank has been set up for almost 18 months give or take a month. Should I be cleaning the canister good more often? I check it every two weeks and remove any particulate mater that can be scooped with a fine net. I did not want to kill all bacteria cultures. Am I thinking wrong with this...

I clean the Canister every 45 days. There has been nothing added, nothing died. I thought I lost the wrasse but he hides for days at a time. Then appears out of no where. I have done two more water changes and it seems to have little affect. The refugium has two mangrove plants as well as a good...

No Help! Can nobody help me out here? Is there something else I can be doing to lower nitrate levels?

I have recently had an explosion of nitrate in my tank. within 48 hours nitrates went from <10ppm to OH MY GOD! >100ppm. I do not over feed, so I do not understand what happened. Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 can someone help me understand before I lose the softies I have worked so hard to maintain. some...

Sorry, forgot about ph & alk. I never have a problem with eather 8.0-8.1 ph. I use Seachem alk and trace elements about every three weeks alternating doses of course. I cured the home made rock for 4 weeks with a small batch of live rock aquired at LFS. So I'm not sure leaching is that big of a...

First I would like to thank those of you who I have recieved good advice from recently. Now, I check the calcium levels in my tank at least once a month. from the word go they have seemed high to me compared to all info I have gathered. (400 to 500ppm) They do not seem to rise or fall from these...

If there is no real threat of chemical war fare, I will leave them alone for a while. They add a little color to the tank.

I have done a little research and found that it looks more like ventricosa. Is this sp. of bubble algae a large problem if let go? I was not able to find any info on spreading or problems related to this sp.

How fast do they grow, and what harm can they do if any?

I don't know if anyone has had these things in there tank, but I would like to know what they are. And if I should remove them. (my Digital camera is on the fritz so no pics) They look like peas growing on one rock. They have mutliplied from one to three in a few months. The are dark green in...

I have had horrible luck with Large hermits eating all fish they can catch.(finally took them back to LPS) He replaced them with snails and a large chestnut cowry. I have had no problems with the Cowry. The other murdering tenants I have (and need to get shed of) are Chocolate Chip Stars, they...

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I have carbon packed in all three power head filters, as well as in the water return on protien skimmer not to mention the external Fluval 404 filter baskets. I did try feeding feeding the anems enriched shrimp (cut into small peices) but they seemed to reject it...