Blake

Just signed myself and my partner up for MACNA in DFW in September! Who else is going?? Cant wait to finally see/ talk to you @melev!

Hello I just got some new frags from the LEAR fragswap in ohio where i was happy to see and talk to fellow reef addict @gist41980 and as of an hour ago were released into the tank after their dip. In the process a small amount of Interceptor got into my display tank. This will only kill shrimp and not my corals and clams right? if not and i need to do something please let me know.
thank you,
Blake

To sum things up my tank is one of the worst offenders of the "Cheap reef tank attempts." But, Change is a comin'. My systems specs are as follows. Main Tank: 100 gallons 48in L, 24in W, 24in T. Protein skimmer: Sea Clone, Pump: Little Giant external pump, Reactor: Phosban Reactor rigged for Biopellets, Sump: 30 gallons no refugium. Chiller: 1 hp, UV: Built in AquaFine UV Sterilizer. Powerheads: two vortech MP10 and two hydor korslia 2's, Lighting: 2 120w Reef Bliss LED fixtures 55 LEDs ...

For the past 2 months I have had the pest macroalgae, Briopsis, growing in my tank and it is starting to get really bad IMO. Now i know the only sure fire way to get rid of this stuff is to raise my magnesium levels to at least 1500 ppm. But I have an SPS dominated tank and raising the magnesium too fast or at all could kill them all off. However, I have nowhere to put them while raising the magnesium levels. So I have a 100 gallon tank and a 30 gallon sump and my question is how to raise my magnesium ...