high phosphate levels

Hey guys, new to this forum and hope this is the right place. I have bought a established tank off a friend and he has let it go for over 12 months. I took half his rock and all his substrate. 200L, with skimmer and canister filter. I've had the tank setup for about 3 months now, I have a...

I have a 40 watt Aqua UV Sterlizer that my brother in law gave me. Not hooked up as I have "heard" they really don't help and the bulbs are expensive. But I have high phosphate levels and I am wondering if it could help? I will need to order a new bulb and the inner tubing is dirty and I...

Red Sea Test Labs Master Reef Lab Nitrate Why Test For Nitrate? Nitrate (NO3-) is produced in the aquarium by the biological filter. Beneficial bacteria in the biological filter convert toxic ammonia and nitrite into nitrate. A high nitrate level indicates a buildup of fish waste and organic...

We have a great LFS, and the only thing that the lady there said that disagrees with the general body of information on TRT is to use Phytoplankton twice a week. Our dosage is a teaspoon. I have a Xenia, GSP, Yellow Polyps and am adding a Green Brain and a Cabbage. Our yellow leather died...

Okay gang. as pointed out by ScruffyRubicon and seconded by marineduud. an area of Reef MSDS and i am thinking a instructuion manual area is a good idea. lets look at our reef equipment and things for or in our tank. the example for all of this was the OZONE accident. ScruffyRubicon gave this...

How do I do this? I have lots of cyano all over my rocks.

OK so here is the deal I have various sps that I was given in July of this year that have been growing well and showing great color and pe ect. up until about a week or so ago. I noticed the color going MUCH lighter. I have seen RTN - boy that happens quick, and i am hoping that this is not...

When corals are "dying" does this promote the growth of algae. I am starting to get some hair algae on some of my rocks. I have several mushrooms that seem to be wasting away, as well as an open brain. All my other corals (polyps, candy cane, frogspawn) are doing fine. I know if you leave a...

Algae in my tank has gone berzerk! It used to be contained by the army of snails, but the army of crabs ate them. So I got a new army of snails who don't seem to be the hungry type. It's green, it's red. It's everywhere. Help?

I have a brown algae infestation in my tank right now and i scrub the glass almost daily to keep it clear but the algae dissipates into the water. I was wondering since i have a tiny feather duster or somthin like that and 2 mussels and 3 barnacles i got from by local shore would they eat the...

Hi, I keep having this stuff growing on the glass of my tank and on the bottom over the shell grit and I was wondering what the best way to PREVENT it from growing. Each time I do a water change I clean the glass to get rid of it and syphon the it out of the shell grip but it keeps coming...

Every coral I buy in the store and bring home to my tank slowly looses it's bright vibrant color. It stays healty and grows but looks very dull after a couple weeks. I am guessing that I don't have enough light. Would insufficient lighting cause corals to loose their color? Or is it...

Well, I finally had some spare time so here it goes. I pulled out most of my LR. I have about 200lbs total. I didn't pull out a few that had mushrooms, anenome etc. on them that I didn't want to fight with. I wanted to read up on the LR cooking thread again when I got a chance. For now, I...

I just did a water change yesterday and I have been using the Catalina water from Petco mainly cause its easier than mixing my own salt, Everything had been pretty good but on my maze brain I noticed a little spot that was bleached, It might have been there since I got it but I had not noticed...

What are some conditions that could make my zenias look so miserable? They seem shriveled up and lethargic.:( All the other softies seem to be doing just fine. I haven't tested for anything yet, but I am probably due for a water change. I'm going to do one later tonight and see what happens.

I tried to feed my hammer by dropping pieces of shrimp into his polyps, he grabbed it for a few minutes but then let it float off. Is there something wrong?

Is it ok to double or even triple the dose on seachems phosgaurd if you have high phosphate levels?

well..slammed half of my lps and softies in the new system in less than 24 hours after adding water because holding tank cracked.....I wasnt intending on moving anything for a week..... They seem to be doing pretty well considering.......

My yellow polyps have decreased in number, and ones that used to be healthy and wide open are now small litle stubbs shrivled up. They are loosing their color.......... Why is this happening and waht can be done to reverse it? I think they started to get bad after I moved the tank...

will a chocolate chip starfish eat aptasia and/or majano aneomones? Like, if you bought some live rock that had some of the above on it, and you stuck it in a tank alone with the star, would it clean the rock off?