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    pulling my hair out!!!

    I am just stumped Myself.. I would have thought that doing 3x 50g water changes over the past week and a half would have gotten rid of most anything in the water... And on Top of that all the Phos Remover and carbon that was added... I mean there really shouldnt be anything left in the...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    Yeah the algae was already there when I added the Phos Remover... As for the Additives nothing has been added except the Occasional dose of Sr which I have done for some time now... Food types have been the same except back in Dec I used some DTs and phyto feast Live that I won at the Xmas...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    There is quite the ripple at the top of the tank... As for the phos Remover I added about 100g last sunday and then added about another 200g a couple days ago... Total about 300g in the tank... I am not a person who likes phos remover as I have killed quite a few corals with it but I...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    No measurable n or p and I only use Oceanpure... Have been using it for atleast a year or 2 now without issues... James
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    bulbs are Exactly brand new. Maybe a month old or so... As for Surface movement there is about 10,000gph flow thru in my tnak so there is some pretty good movement... Problem is keeping the sand from blowing around... I guess worse case scenario I could yank all the sand and replace it...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    Nitrate is Undetectable and well as phos... Everything that I have tested for is great.. Mg 1350 Alk 8.3 pH 8.2-8.4 Ca 450 Nitrate, rite, ammonia 0 Po4 0 There was sone silicates a few months ago last It was tested but that was found to be a bad Ro membrane wich that was .1 at that time.. Orp...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    AS far as the Fuge I do Soemwhat have one... Its lit the same photoperiod as the Tank however nothing grows in it... Never has.. There is Chateo in there and It just sits and stays the same... Cant get the stuff to grow for anything... I guess I could put other algaes in it but I have never...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    BTW I dont use a Phos Reactor but I have a Seperate chamber in my Sump that All water must pass thru and It holds my Carbon and Alk... Its my Media chamber... My Phos reactor is out of commision.. as for the Sand bed It gets Vacummed every water change and is only maybe 1" thick at the...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    Alk Sits at 8.3 Dkh and never moves... pH 8.23 is the Lowest its been and 8.4 is the highest over the Last 4 days... Before that who knows.. Probably the same.. Nothings Changed.. However I hav had Dinos before.. I dont think that is what this is... I thought It might be it at the...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    Well Its not something from the Corals.. These are corals that I have had for some time that Are affected... I added more carbon and Phoslock (phosphate remover rowa) and my orp is now at 369... Still looks like the algae is still there though... If Its bacteria wouldnt Chemi-clean or...
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    pulling my hair out!!!

    after batteling hair algae for many month in my tank and finally getting rid of it I have a more nussience algae that the hair algae was... This algae seems to be affecting 2 of my corals and seems like a free floating brown slime... Extremely noticable when doing water changes... It doesnt...
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    weird ? need info fast though

    Piranahs as said are very boring unless kept in groups... The place he is probably going to is A-Z pets... I believe they are one of the Very few here in portland that Carry Piranahs.. The black are the most agressive and are to be kept singlely otherwise they will fight to the death no...
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    This will drive you nuts, try it!

    ok a little better 17.992 Edit: Ok Im done 21.662 James
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    This will drive you nuts, try it!

    13.484 is what i got
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    O.K Let see some coral shots.

    Nope I am sure not on that site.. James
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    O.K Let see some coral shots.

    Ok I guess I gotta play with my New A. Plana.. James
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    Fragging favia

    I used a Dremel when I did mine.. No issues at all.. James
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    Does this sound like a bad ballast...?

    Now That I remember If they are Advanced ballasts give Advance a call... They have a 3yr warranty on their ballasts and will replace the entire ballast capacitor and all without any issues.. James
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    Does this sound like a bad ballast...?

    It doesnt sound like the ballast.. More like the Capacitor... I have had capacitors go bad after a while and It usually results in a dull yellow bulb... capacitors are rather cheap 10-20.00 depending where ou get them.. I got mine from Aquariumlight.com HTh, James
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    Updated Tank Pics.. !!!Dialup Beware!!!

    the urchins I used were just normal pincushions, a fire Urchin, Tuxedo Urchin and a couple Long Spines.. I sold all the pincushions as they were a bit bad at stealing corals from the rockwork.. James
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