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You can have too much light. I would be careful. It is more than possible to bleach your corals. If your cube is the same as my 45g cube, you should not have any trouble growing SPS on the sandbed of that tank when the lights are ramped up. Do you have feet, or have you hung the fixture...

I saw your other thread, I am sorry for your loss. I would not QT the feather duster, it will do more harm than good. If you are truely concerned that it will bring in a parasite, more than one of our sponsors sells feather duster worms, and keeps them in separate tanks from coral, and...

You can release the decapsulated cysts directly into your tank; depending on the amount of flow you have, they may hatch, or they may just be sucked in to your filter or skimmer. If you are keeping the decapusulated brine cysts, I'd suggest hatching it out in batches, a small container with an...

I would not qt or dip a feather duster worm. It is a filter feeder, qt and it will likely starve to death in the qt system. That is if your qt system has never been treated with copper- which may also kill it depending on the residual levels and the amount of time the animal spends in qt. I...

We love our gobies too, but we went for months at a time without us seeing more than a 1/16 of an inch flash of a tail of the flamiare prawn- they are the most reclusive fish I have ever had. Panda gobies were easier to find(and all of those were named Waldo because I had trouble finding them...

I can't help you on the post either, but I do believe that Aquavitro's salt is called "Salinity".

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Patent challenges are not that uncommon. If the article is correct, the patent that is the basis for the challenge was considered already, and was not found to be sufficient to deny ecotech. i don't do patent work, my only dealings with the uspto are tm related, but you had better believe i...

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I consider freshwater dips a last resort to try to save a sick fish with visible parasites that either is not responding to treatment, or is a species that is sensitive to the recommended treatment (ie copper and angels). If your fish exhibit no signs of parasites, I would not dip them, but...

Freshwater dip instructions: start with clean ro water. Bring up to tank temp. Test ph of tank water. add buffer (or plain old baking soda) to the ro water to match the ph of the qt tank. Pour a small amount into a container with a cover. Catch and dip fish. Cover the container to keep the fish...

I agree with James on using the skimmer. When you do your water changes, syphon from the bottom of the tank. I know you were already planning to do frequent changes, you might want to consider keeping the SG in your water change water low to allow the SG to slowly come up to 1.026. If you...

Glad to hear that the rose is recovering. Have you tried target feeding the GBT? What kind of lighting are you running?

Glad to hear you have your QT tank set up. I am a big believer in using new water for a QT setup, if possible. I like to match the new water I have mixed to the parameters of the water the fish have come from. In my opinion, you have brought in fish that had a problem and you should do...

Glad to hear the bubble tips have not moved too much. Have you noticed any change in color since you had that heat spike? Have you tried target feeding them? What kind of lighting are you running? What is your temp? Are you using a skimmer? From my experience, it is difficult (but...

I have a 12g jbj, and I set up a 14g biocube for my aunt(she is a teacher, it is in her classroom) about 2 years ago. I like both tanks. Both tanks have pc lighting, the biocube is fowlr, the jbj has lps as well as fish and inverts. I don't know if the issue has been resolved, butt one point...

Barry is correct. We typically try to keep our tanks at about 75 degrees, our SPS do fine in that range. Don, in March of 2009, when we lost power (before the days of owning a generator), our tanks dipped down to 55 degrees. Most of the LPS and zoas survived, but we had serious losses of...

Glad to hear that he is fine :)

Unfortunately, I think that the move was too much for the magnificent goby; we lost him last week. The corals in this tank made the transition well, except for the gorgonian, which is not doing well, unfortunately. The yasha goby, Dracula goby, and helfrichi fire fish are all doing well...

Ah, thank you. We will have to get pour hands on some DI and run the test again.