coral vital

Okay, so I got excited when visiting my LFS (love your TLA's on this site - three letter acronyms) and have cranked out about 500 on a cube - 24g. It's been up 2-weeks now and I have seen no NH3, NO2, NO3 (am surprised I see no nitrates). I will admit that I did not start testing till day 12...

Hello everybody. As of today I have started my complete DIY system. First a little background info about myself and how this came to be: My first tank was a 55 gallon reef that I started back when I was 17 (now 22) and it went strong for three years. Being a student with three jobs was rough...

So I have neglected to do any water testing for awhile. I keep a log so the last time I tested was the 24th of Feb. Well I did test it today and got some good and some not so good results, and here they are: S/G-1.026 pH- 8.4 NO2-<0.1 NO3- 1 PO4-0.1 NH3NH4-0 CA-405 KH- 5 Temp- 83 I am...

Trying to master my camera, so here are a few pics of the SPS I have in my tank now. If you are interested in any please refer to our sponsor forum as we are having a big sale now. I recently started using Zeo and I guess its working :D

My yellow tang is not looking to hot and I'm looking for someone that has a quarentine system set up that would be able to try to save him. He is still swimming and eating normally, but it looks like he has ich and he looks a little pale. I do not have the facilities nor the experience with s/w...

I volunteer to be the in house Chemist. I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry and I taught freshman chemistry in college before. If you have any chemistry related question, please feel free to ask.

What is the recipe for max SPS growth? What light intensity is ideal and for what duration? Will longer light cycles make for more growth? What supplements and food should I be feeding them?

20 gal reef stiil needs rearranging

what are some good suppliments for anew reef tank, soft mostly.

I was just wondering what all you SPS guys dose?? I have my calcium/alkalinity taken care of by my Geo Cal. Reactor. What else should I dose, is the calcium reactor enough by itself? I only have SPS in my tank(with a bunch of fish) Thanks in Advance, Dave

In this thread, http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=44849 everyone is discussing Alfalfa's BB tank, with no fish, no LR and no feeding, this tank has high flow, a big skimmer, and a UV. The jist of this thread seems to be that the coral will do great, there will be plenty of...

Tank specs: 100 gallon custom tank, 20 gallon sump Seaclone skimmer 1 400 watt 10K metal halide 2 55 watt actinic pcs, (dont' run often) Lots of live rock lbs??? some button pollups and mushrooms had some star pollups but they died. Tomato clown, engineering goby, lawnmower goby, yellow tang...

I have been using prodibio with CV for a month now. I am seeing better color in my SPS and much better PE. I use Ozone on a limited basis but my ORP is climbing on it's own. BTW I am new here after years on RC and I like it.

Forsale: Coralife aqualight pro series HQI this is a 6' light that has 3-150watt 10,000k HQI's, 4-96watt Atinics, and 4-1watt moonlights. Also included with this light are the original atinic bulbs which were used maybe a month and 2 extra PC ballasts. used about 3 months $500 Pickup only, no...

Forsale: Coralife aqualight pro series HQI this is a 6' light that has 3-150watt 10,000k HQI's, 4-96watt Atinics, and 4-1watt moonlights. Also included with this light are the original atinic bulbs which were used maybe a month and 2 extra PC ballasts. used about 3 months $500 Pickup only, no...

Forsale Located in Minnesota: Coralife aqualight pro series HQI this is a 6' light that has 3-150watt 10,000k HQI's, 4-96watt Atinics, and 4-1watt moonlights. Also included with this light are the original atinic bulbs which were used maybe a month and 2 extra PC ballasts. used about 3 months...

I think..*now with pics!* Okay, I am convinced that the bio balls in my wet-dry system is the cause of my inverts and my fish dying off. I think that the nitrates are feeding the cyano as well. I will start to remove them as recommended, but can I place a bag of carbon or sea-gel in it's place...

Over the last few years, I have unsuccessfully introduced both powder blues and regals into my 90 gallon reef tank. Within hours, they become tainted with ick and are usually dead by morning. I have taken water samples to my LFS and also have tested levels myself (cant always trust the LFS...

anyone with a thought halide or pc for 55 gallon tank lighting tank will consist of live rock, clown fish,basslets,nothing overly hard/easy mushrooms and maybe easy poly also any ideas on the watts needed for mh or for pc

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum. I have a well established reef tank with mostly soft corals. I have a problem that I can't seem to find an answer to. I have small tubes that have grown out of my live rock. These tubes are very small and almost resemble a pigs tail. Only 1/4" long, they seem...