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  1. gary shandling

    opinions wanted

    Never add anything you cant test for. In most cases regular water changes will replace trace elements. You need water test kits to check you levels. Never add unless you know why your adding and you know the level.
  2. gary shandling

    Signs of a healthy tank

    For every 10 wanted critters you could have 1 unwanted critter. Its best to use more base rock then LR and then seed it. Either way expect to redo your rock work a few times as you learn.GL..
  3. gary shandling

    Staghorn losing color

    You need better food also. Heres a link on coral health.GL.. http://www.asira.org/caresheets
  4. gary shandling

    moving tank on Tuesday in Covington...Can anyone lend a hand?

    You want as much of the old setup as possible. Incouding the water. I would have got the water readings before the move but to late. You want to limit the amount of any light for a few days. But the best is knowing the water readings. Is there any stock and LR and substrate and equipment?
  5. gary shandling

    Staghorn losing color

    The flow you have on your wave maker is wrong.You want a constant circulation in your tank. Then they would perfer small meaty bits of food like cyclops. They get little if any from marine snow.
  6. gary shandling

    More new questions

    You can succed with CC or LS but CC much harder. But theres much more to this hobby then substrate. Fish are pretty hardy and hard to kill if you have a basic knowledge. High ammonia and low O2 are the 2 worst. You need proper water flow for constant O2 supply which is achieved from a gas...
  7. gary shandling

    overstocked 29?

    Not sure. Marine fish will weed out the weaker ones if food supply drops. I would feed them less amounts more often to help and plenty of good hiding spots amount the LR.
  8. gary shandling

    What's the dowside to a nanocube?

    Smaller tanks are harder to maintane but dont add fish or 1 or 2 small fish for better results. Also i suggest a stony tank for less worry about coral trimming. Ill leave a link for a video thats about a pistol shrimp but shows great nano results.GL...
  9. gary shandling

    overstocked 29?

    Cool , its not something that happens alot. Do they school?
  10. gary shandling

    overstocked 29?

    9 damsels in a 58 to many. They get along? 3 to 5 fish depending on species.
  11. gary shandling

    Help With lighting

    Really depends on your budget. PC lighting in higher watts with mixed coral will de fine. Then T-5 lighting which are high power PC lights give better lighting. Or a PC T-5 combo will give best of both world. Get a combo set or a PC strip and a T-5 strip. But nothing beats a good MH setup. Its...
  12. gary shandling

    Staghorn losing color

    Could be normal. Whats the water readings? Whats used for water flow? What type of food is added in the tank? SPS perfer good flow over high lights.
  13. gary shandling

    need help with green turf like algea

    If you had good water movement i dought there would be little no no temp differance from top to bottom. How far away from the surface is the light and is the top covered? Whats used for water movement? Tanks age and size? Sorry if you answered any of these questions already to much to read.
  14. gary shandling

    Tank size/configuration questions

    That thinking is wrong. First of all , the fact you can keep a small piece of a reef in your living room is a gift and needs an understanding. Then most of the fish you buy were caught from the ocean in the natural inviroment just to be bought by you for some highly miss informed use. If you...
  15. gary shandling

    polyp extension....

    These coral need better food.They like small meaty bits of frozen or meaty type food. Then there placement and the powerhead placement help. Then 10% weekly water changes is fine but it could be 25% monthly if your readings stay level. So you test for mag. before you add it. Then if the coral...
  16. gary shandling

    Snails that produce like a spider web to catch food

    Removing the annoying ones would be a great start. Sometimes in a new setup you might see a burst of them and if they stock around and get worse then you might have other trouble.
  17. gary shandling

    Tank size/configuration questions

    Fish like angels and triggers and lion fish and eels mean no coral. Fish like clowns and wrasses and blennys and ect.. mean your 1 coral away from a reef tank. Fo tanks fish are messy eaters and eat your CUC and many eat coral. Fish can live in water conditions that coral wont so minimizing...
  18. gary shandling

    Tank size/configuration questions

    I say this with only the best intentions. FOWLR means Fish Only With Live Rock. This means you want fish that arent reef or invert safe. These means keeping coral is hard if not impossible. If you want even 1 coral then its all about the coral so water quality is first. Then reef type fish for...
  19. gary shandling

    Majano anenome and kalk treatment

    Water changes will do no good. If you leave one then it can become 20 fast and then so on. I cant say how to sure , only cure before swithing over.
  20. gary shandling

    Majano anenome and kalk treatment

    This is a high amount. What type of stock is in there now? You need to restart the system. If you dont take care of it now then you will always have this problem. http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/msubpestaiptasia/a/aa061903.htm
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