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    Cloudy salt water (Right Now bacteria)??

    You did not read the fine print. This stuff is suggest to be used with Carbon in canister fileter. Also Your cal is high and your ph is low is because the bateria is producing co2 and it drive down you ph and then leaching cal from your sand and rock. I am surprise that you did not kill your...
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    Any one know a good DIY for a auto water top off

    Is there a reason why you are not top off your water with RO? I like to get your opion on it.
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    Any one know a good DIY for a auto water top off

    I use an RO unit attached to my under sink plumbing and ran the out put to my sump and add the float val to the sump and will keep the water at constant level. Make sure the RO unit have a pressure shut off switch. No Electric require. All mechanical.
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    vodka dosing

    I have been reading the post and it seem to ended. Can you give me a summary of what happen with your experiment?
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    Green Hair Algae

    I would do a 50% water change and gravel clean then 25% a week or two latter. Don't forget check the quality of your water change. I had this happen to me where the water quality of my water change was bad. Also use phosphate removal in combo with water change. Alos check to make sure your...
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    Growing Hair Algae on a mesh screen

    I start to see some people start to grow Hair Algae on mesh screen instead of doing a Refuge... Is it more effective than Refuge and is it messy?
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    what starts cyano?

    Check your make up water and water change water. This happen to me, a few week back when my RO unit fail and I keep using it for water change. Every time I change the water the red slime grow more. I finally replace all my RO filter and did a 50% water change and currently waiting to do a 25%...
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    clam not opening up

    The wrasse you got might not be reef safe.
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    A new way to cycle a tank?

    Hello Josh, My though exactly about the carbon. I know that many people leave the carbon in the sump for a long time even when the usefull period of the carbon is gone. They use it as a bio bed. I did it with my other tanks. What I found is that simply putting it in the sump is not...
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    A new way to cycle a tank?

    I saw the same vid and on the web site. I did not like the idea of setting up my fish tank over night. A the time I was setting up my 215gal. I used just 300lb of dry rock and 80lb of gravel not live rock. I mix the RO water with salt and let it cycle. Just like my other tank, I cycle it...
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