I have high phosphate so I added kent marine phosphate sponge last night, I awoke this morning to a dead fish. I have 2 clowns, and had 4 blue green chromis, the smallest of the chromis died and I don't know if the phosphate sponge caused it. What are your thoughts
Tank from classifieds. Had live rock, turbo snail and few hermits, polyps barely hanging on. Removed stock Flouro top, added a clear glass top, skimmer, and heater. Built stand and canopy, housing 175W MH w/ Actinic lights. Frags from local shops.
I just bought a Red Sea Prizm Deluxe for my 29 gallon reef tank and it included a media basket which was designed to use with carbon. I was wondering if you suggest using carbon in a reef tank or if there is some other sort of media i could put in the container (phosphate sponge, ceramic beads...
after dosing for the red slime outbreak i just had a few days ago, it was time to do a water change. changed out 40% water. i also added a reio 2600 pump to the tank so now there are NO dead spots. I can almost promise. The only thing is, my anenome is having trouble finding a nice, calmish...
Hi,
I'm trying to get the water in my aquarium as clear as the tanks at petco, so i bought kent marine phosphate sponge.
I wanna make sure I don't kill the fish, so i was wondering if I should take the fish out and put a canister in the tank and let it sit for awhile. or is it okay to set...
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We have a green hair algae problem in our seahorse tank. Last weekend, we went on all the boards looking for a solution that is safe for our horses...
We found "Halloween Hermits" (AKA Ciliopagurus strigatus) to have an appitite for the algea we had, and they were small enough to not...
Last night there was an explosion of this red/purple algae. It is long and stringy and is growing on the sand and rocks. Can some one tell me what it is and how do I get rid of it. I use only RO/DI water with 0 TDS. Thank-you very much.
Joe
75 Gallon Tank
30 Gallon Sump
Super Needle Wheeled...
Is there any reason I need to acclimate my tank to the phosban reactor im getting this week.
maybe run it for just a couple hours and gradually increase the time.
I was told that you have to acclimate.
but why?
Well i spoke to soon about not getting daitoms. I am getting this on my sand bed... phooey!! my question is since this has started my water clarity has turned hazy. And from what i see, i have eliminated all possiblities turned off skimmer, return pump etc... still hazy... Then i noticed looking...
Hello, I have a nano reef that just will not stop growing algae no matter how hard I try and no matter how much phosphate sponge I use. Im thinking about scaping it and converting it into a mantis tank! Im thinking I can down throw in some weaker bulbs and wont have so much algae to deal with...
My reef has been up (just live rock) for over two months. Im still getting algea growth on my live rock even after cutting my lighting down. Whats the best thing to do? I want to put my first coral in soon but first I want to get rid of the algea.
My ammonia is 0 nitrite 0 ph 8.2 and my...