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  1. Phosphate not good.... It's WAR !!!

    The good news, got a new toy The Hanna Phosphate checker... The bad news, phosphates are .23 No wonder things don't seem to grow fast in my reef tank ... I admit that I don't vacume the sand bed with every water change. Tank is 4+ years old. So, I want to ATTACK this problem with vigor or vulgar or vodka When I gently rack my sand bed, it's big clouds, I'm in detritus hell ... I went out looking for lanthanum chloride type stuff and didn't buy anything yet. I did however, ...

    Updated 03-13-2011 at 02:14 AM by melev

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    Water Chemistry
  2. Sally has alot of work to do :))

    Was concerned my Sally light foot crab would not find enough to eat Low and behold, she likes coralline algae



    Marc,

    I noticed you may have posted a frag pic of this few SPS coral I have in the tank. What do you call this coral? Is it a bonsai?

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    New Additions , ‎ Photography/Video
  3. 75 gallon mixed reef pics!

    heres my first attempt at uploading pics
    well see if it worked. if not i apologize

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    Updated 03-13-2011 at 02:07 AM by melev

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    Photography/Video
  4. Quick question

    My boss brought me back 2 water bottles full of sand and water from Daytona to start my tank with there's lots of life in them (lots of critters in shells)
    my question is .. IS this a good idea and what are the dangers?

    thanks g

    Updated 03-13-2011 at 02:16 AM by melev

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    Questions - Need some input
  5. tank struggling

    I am looking for some help with my 65 gal, 3 year old tank. over the last few months some of my mushroom died now some of the zoos seem to be struggling. i know what I did yesterday will not help over night but I just changed all bulbs (pc's 96 w) replaced all RO/DI filters. here are my latest #'s calcium 500 I know it is high spilled some when I added
    nitrate \ ammo 0
    p h 8.0
    alk 2.6
    mag 1050 this is the first time I ever tested this
    salinty 0.22
    temp 76 ...

    Updated 03-13-2011 at 02:17 AM by melev

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    Questions - Need some input