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  1. Hallowhead

    Bad Hair Algae

    Howdy, I am trying to keep this hair algae under control but it's exponentially growing / spreading. My nitrates are low maybe 1 ppm my phosphates are .03 ppm. I am dosing vibrant weekly & I just added 30 snails & hermits to help out. The issue with the snails is they have not found the...
  2. Hallowhead

    Removing GHA from zoa frag plugs

    Howdy, I am trying to figure out a way to best remove GHA from frag plugs. I try to scrub with a toothbrush but have to go super gently and don't remove much. Can I do a 60/40 Hydrogen Peroxide dip to kill algae?
  3. Hallowhead

    $100 dollars to spend

    Howdy, I'm involved with a secret santa with my family for Christmas this year and we are required to have a wishlist.. I'm trying to think of some hardware or equipment that I wouldn't typically buy myself but may be seen as a luxury... Open to all suggestions. So far I have a secondary...
  4. Hallowhead

    Help me decide what protein skimmer for my frag tank

    Howdy, I am looking to get a skimmer going in my frag tank as films of protein are growing all over the glass. It's a 34 gallon tank with a 15 gallon sump. I was looking at icecap k2-50 or the k1-100.. I've heard good things about both. I will only have 2 fish most ever. Wrasse and an...
  5. Hallowhead

    Filter media cup overflowing.

    Howdy, I feel like I know the solution to this problem but I'm wondering if someone else has a better or easier solution. My return from my overflow into my media cup is coming in faster than my media cup is willing to allow water through and it's causing spillover. I replace the floss as...
  6. Hallowhead

    What are these? Organisms? Depleted expanded ions?

    This is my 6 month old bag of chemi pure blue.. I just replaced it and was confused as to what I was looking at.. they look like pieces of rice
  7. Hallowhead

    Frag tank water clarity

    Howdy, I'm trying to figure out how to make my frag tank water more crystal clear and I believe it's my filtration method.. I use a filter media cup with 3 pieces of floss.. I feel like it's not enough. My water parameters are all in range however some serious detritus
  8. Hallowhead

    Emerald Crab

    Howdy, Does anyone have an emerald crab in north jersey I can buy??
  9. Hallowhead

    Look at all that detritus

    I did a water change on my frag tank last night and siphoned this all off the white egg crate.
  10. Hallowhead

    What I'm good God happened ?!

    My zoa literally went poooof to white powder
  11. Hallowhead

    Fragging Duncan

    Howdy, I am trying to figure out how to frag my Duncan. I watch videos and see that when they frag they're cutting stony parts of the coral... This duncan appears to be softy all over. Can I simply cut one of these branches off and glue to a frag plug?
  12. Hallowhead

    Chaeto

    Howdy, I need a small amount of chaeto to get growing in my sump. Would only work if you're super North Jersey (Bergen County).
  13. Hallowhead

    Fragging coral

    Howdy, I'm getting ready to frag my first corals and I'm wondering if anyone has experience in cutting zoanthid polyps underwater ? Reason I ask is some of my frags are glued down and some have spread from their plug. I wanna just get one or two heads to begin propagating in my frag tank...
  14. Hallowhead

    Frag tank algae ?

    Howdy, So my frag tank is cycled for a while now and I have a six line wrasse and one utter chaos frag.. I have algae growing on it as well as my egg crate but can't seem to guess what it is. I think the brown on the egg crate is diatom and the alage on the frag idk. I want to add a...
  15. Hallowhead

    Bubble Algae

    Howdy, I need some help mitigating and completely eradicating bubble algae.. My first method of simply removing via hand and tweezers did not work... it only grew back and spread. What can I do?
  16. Hallowhead

    Paid Membership

    Howdy, Out of curiosity... How often do group buys occur?
  17. Hallowhead

    Tank Maintenance

    Howdy, I just wanted to share some experiences that I've had & some that have led to a stress free system... 1.) I have built a salt water mixing station This although may be an expensive route it has eliminated the route of carrying five gallon buckets everywhere, spilling copious amounts of...
  18. Hallowhead

    Just met a local Reefer

    I was doing some tank maintenance and cleaning out my QT tank when the amazon delivery man came to drop some packages off. I was asking him what he has planned for today which he replied... fish tank maintenance. I chuckled and was like no way I just finished. So obviously I had to show him...
  19. Hallowhead

    Quarantine tank 10 gallon

    Need a second quarantine tank setup.. I am looking for a 10 gallon Petco 20 gallon hob or sponge filter + heater PLEASE if you have in North Jersey will pickup tomorrow
  20. Hallowhead

    WTB 10 gallon AIO

    I'm looking to buy a QT tank... Enough fish loss is enough fish loss. Can't afford much so a basic AIO would be amazing
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