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Like the title says... I have had a strange mucus like film collecting on the top of my water in my sump over the past couple of days. I first noticed it when I did my routine two week water change on Sunday. I cleaned it all out and today when I went to add some alkalinity I noticed it...

Does anyone know where I can purchase eisen iron concentrate. Either on the web or in southern NJ. I found one pet store on line aquaworldpcs.com but they want $15 to ship a 50ml bottle from pittsburg PA. YEA RIGHT Jon

I have looked at the thread that describes the different sickness that zoas can get and mine do not match any of them. For about a week and a half now my zoas are spewing a brown discharge out of there mouths and are very unhappy. Some of them are shut and some of them are open. It differs each...

My ammonia has been quietly creeping up recently and I don't know why. A month ago when I did my biweekly 15 gallon water change for my 58 gallon tank, my ammonia was reading .25 Than yesterday I did another water change and the ammonia is now reading .50 What can be causing this? I do not...

I just bought my first TDS meter and I checked out the levels on my RO water. It gave me a reading of 22. Is that good? What are the paremeters we would like the levels to fall between? Jon

I have posted a couple of times that I am putting alot of Kent superbuffer in my tank everyday to keep my alkalinity between 9 - 12 (between 4 - 6 tsp per day). I have switched salt brands and am now using Reef Crystals and still have the same problem. I have looked at the Reef Central board...

Once again my very sensitive Tunze 9010 protein skimmer is not skimming properly. On Sunday I added four new coral fargs to my tank: 2 different zoas, a blue tort and a five head acan frag. To secure three of the coral pieces I used the putty made by "two little fishies". Since than my skimmer...

About a month ago I bought an aussie lobo brain from The Hidden Reef. The specimen was a beauty and in great health. For about the first two weeks it swelled up great and was all that I had hoped for. Since than it has not swelled up as big, the color is beginning to fade, the tissue is...

My 58 gallon oceanic with 20 gallon sump is now 5 months old and is doing well. My only concern is the amount of calcium and alkalinity I add each day to keep the levels in line. Every two weeks I do a 20% water change using reef crystals salt. When the water change is complete I add 7 tsp of...

I have a 58 gallon mixed reef tank. I used to feed my coral DT's every other day and my tank is very healthy. Today I went to buy more DT's and they were out. The guy at the LFS told me about cyclopeze and I am going to give it a shot. He said to feed it to my tank about once a week and...

About 1 week ago I did my routine biweekly water change... I was in a rush and overdosed the alkalinity (raised the level to 13) and this created a huge white cloud in my tank for about a half hour. Since than my tank inhabitants are fine but my protein skimmer (Tunze 9010) has not been the...

I don't know if I am being a bit overly nervous of what... Let me know what you think... Today I did my routine biweekly 15 gallon water change on my 58 gallon tank. As I was siphoning the water out of the display I dosed the sump with 4oz of calcium and with 8 tsp of alkalinity. The alkalinity...

My yellow tang has black ich. What can I do to fix this? I have read about fresh water dips but I do not have a seperate tank nor do I want to try and catch him. Is there any other alternative methods that would work? Thanks - JOn

I just did a water change and my return pump will not turn on. I have tried plugging it in other outlets and still no luck. This has happened to me in the past and when I would try a different outlet it would always fire up. Any suggestions - Jon

I hope that this discussion is not "out of line" for this forum and if it is taken out of context please accept my apologies. I find that it can be frustrating when reading the "for sale" forum here. I always get excited when I see great pieces of coral for sale and than I come to find that...

I'm curious about what everyone elses experience with filter socks is like. I just began using them about three weeks ago and have found that I am cleaning it more and more frequently. At first my filter sock would last a week before it needed a cleaning. But now I am lucky to get three days of...

My hydor koralia power head broke a couple of days ago. The plastic rod that connects to the actual head is what snapped. I tried to use krazy glue gel and it would not hold after letting it sit for 24 hours. Are there any other strong epoxy out there that are reef safe? Thanks four your input...

I have a nice blastomussa wellsi piece that needs to be fragged. The coral is on a plug, is round and about the size of a quater. It has three big mouths that are bright green inside and the outer tissue is purple. The problem that I am having is in between each large head I have atleast 3 - 5...

I am currently running a TEK light 6 bulb (39 watt) light fexture on my 58 gallon tank. I have the light suspended about 6 inches over the glass canopy and think that I may belosing a bit of the light. Do anyone think it would make much of a difference if I lower the light and have it hang an...

I am really struggling with maintaining my magnesium levels where they should be. I seem to be adding about 3 ounces of Kent Marine Tech M every other day and the levels continue to drop and not rise. I have no problem with maintaining my alkalinity from 10-12 and my calcium from 420 - 460...