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Thanks for the replies guys Yes Duckie I have a cleanup crew some hermit crabs, 2 nassarius snails and 2 Turbos. And yes the change over from the sands was just purely aesthetics. I have no other filtration, the tank is not drilled Sorry Tanker, I don't think I could upload a more clearer...

Hi guys My 36 gallon Nano has been running since November of last year. In February 2016 I replaced my black sand with the Natures Ocean White Live Sand. In March I noticed some brown diatoms on sandbed. I didn't think nothing of it. Did a water change and siphoned sandbed. It's kind of like a...

Hi guys I recently upgraded from a 26 gallon to a 36 gallon. I currently have 2 occelaris clowns, 1 Benggai Cardinal and 1 sunrise dottyback. Am I at my stocking limit? or can I add 1 or 2 more of similiar size? I run a Hydor Slim Skim Skimmer of course I also run carbon, GFO, Purigen. All...

I think I figured it out. It is Octospawn or octo frogspawn. The polyps are bigger on the octospawn then the regular frogspawn

Hi guys Is this a normal Frogspawn Polyp Size. The Polyps on this Frogspawn always seem super inflated to me, not like the smaller polyps Ive seen on some of the ones at my local reef store Isfile://localhost/Users/smaneri/Desktop/photo-1.JPG

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Hi guys, What is your opinion on gluing frags down to rock. My rockwork doesnt have alot of crevices or holes to hide plugs. Im also scared of gluing something down that I wont be able to later remove or move if I need to. If something is glued down to rock its pretty much stuck there right...

Hey Murph, I tried using RODI units but in my situation I could not plumb it into my water source directly so I started out hooking it up directly to the sink, by removing the aerator, but this too became a pain in the A, as my aerator is not easily removed and then replaced back on. Then I saw...

Hi guys, My Hydor Slim Skim Nano pulls out a good dark skimmate but it doesnt really smell bad. It just smells salty. Does all skimmate have to smell? LOL

Well its a 26 gallon tank, and the Condy was pretty big when all its tentacles were displayed, about the size of my palm, but when it got pissed off it shrunk to the size of a nickel. My ammonia, nitrite and nitrates are still zero, I recently took out all my rocks and dug around in the...

Yes, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate all at zero. The last time Ive seen it was maybe 3 weeks ago

Hi guys Im afraid, Ive lost my condy anemone. During some recent tank work and re-aquascaping my Condy Anemone has become unattached from his rock. The last time I saw it , it was on the sandbed, retracted and annoyed. I think I may have buried it by accident during my reaquascaping. If...

Thanks Everybody for all the great tips. I have stopped using the buffer for this past water change. Maybe overtime my kh will drop to normal levels after more water changes. In the meantime I will try and look for different test kits as a double check. Its just so hard here in NY, everyone...

Your right I would have precipitate everywhere I guess. Im using Instant Ocean Salt and the cheap Instant Ocean Hydrometer. Im gonna try another test kit maybe

You are correct Greech but even after the water has been in my aquarium for a while the KH still measures at about 17. Im using an API Test kit that was made in 2010. I heard these kits should be good for 3 years from when they were made, no? I have live rock, 2 clowns, 1 LTA, Frogspawn and...

My DI kit is working great, no phosphates , no algae and 0 TDS Water, thank you. The phosphate test Im using is the API Kit. I will not use another kit and I will not get an RO system. Please only answer if you have an answer to my question. Is too high a KH a problem???? Wheres Greech? LOL

Hi all My KH right out of the tap is at 17. I know it should be between 8 - 12. Once I run it through my DI unit and add it to my tank it remains at around 17. Is it a problem to have too high a KH? My PH once I mix a fresh batch of salt is at 8.0, so I normally add some Kent Super-buffer...

Hi all, So I am using the API Calcium Test and in their instructions, they say the water being tested turns from a pink to a purple and then to a Blue endpoint color. Now the example color they have in the booklet is purple. Im assuming thats just a printing error. My real question is...

Hi Greech. The LTA finally attached under a rock into the sand substrate. Thanks for the help. My Tank is a 26 gallon Nano. Is it too small for a LTA? The LFS didnt think so but then again they just wanna sell stuff. I would hate to have to get rid of it now : (

Thanks for the help as aways