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  1. caribewolf

    Please identify

    Green spots which look like algal or bacterial growth, later developing into grainy white specks, spreading like wild fire. The more I scrape off, the more it spreads. what is it?
  2. caribewolf

    curing live rock

    I dont know if I did this the right way but here it goes. I placed my rock in a rubber maid dumpster. I did not wash it off or anything. Oh, it was live uncured rock. I set the temp at about 80 and put in two airstones plus a submersible pump that continuously pumped the water from the...
  3. caribewolf

    Anemone help

    Anemone died after water change. I guess the shock was too much. Have another one now. Have taken care to ensure that he does not get into filtration system. As a matter of fact, he has decided to split. I am not feeding him until he does. Water parameters fine at this time. Caribe
  4. caribewolf

    Anemone help

    Thanks Nick. Will do as you have recommended. Intake on pump covered up. Powerhead covered up as well. Will leave alone. what I have done however is done like a 1/4 water change to ensure that the water parameters remain suitable for the anemone. The lights get turned on at the same time...
  5. caribewolf

    Anemone help

    Massacred anemone the day after This is how the anemone looked like the day after. Have not yet decided what to feed it or if to feed it.
  6. caribewolf

    Anemone help

    thanks toolie, You have given me hope. I will keep you up to date. caribe
  7. caribewolf

    Anemone help

    Poor Anemone!!!! I got a bubble anemone and he was so happy on his rock, eating silversides in his very own biocube. I decided that I would move him and realized that I had not covered up the filtration vents and part of him had gotten sucked in. I pulled thinking that he would let go and I...
  8. caribewolf

    Keeping Anemones?

    When I started my 55 gallon reef tank, I just let it run the cycle for about 4-5 weeks. It started out with no nitrates, nitrites or ammonia but as the ammonia built up, so did the nitrites and then the nitrates. For good ammonia build up, its essential to build up your bacterial population. In...
  9. caribewolf

    Keeping Anemones?

    Oops, I added the wrong reply in the wrong forum. But it all works out. The tank is stable now. I still add, AZNO3. I have NO3 about between 0 and 5 ppm right now. I do regular water changes.
  10. caribewolf

    Keeping Anemones?

    When I started my 55 gallon reef tank, I just let it run the cycle for about 4-5 weeks. It started out with no nitrates, nitrites or ammonia but as the ammonia built up, so did the nitrites and then the nitrates. For good ammonia build up, its essential to build up your bacterial population...
  11. caribewolf

    "Lab" grade test kits.

    API and American Pharmaceuticals are the same oops
  12. caribewolf

    "Lab" grade test kits.

    Need Info Presently testing for pH, NH3, No2, No3, kH, Ca, P, and salinity utilizing combination of API Master Test Kit and Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Saltwater Master Liquid Test Kit. I dont test for trace elements and would like to. What trace elements are essential to test for? Is there a...
  13. caribewolf

    Keeping Anemones?

    Thanks. Will initiate water changes. Will keep you up to date.
  14. caribewolf

    Keeping Anemones?

    Well, I have a 55 gallon coral reef tank. After four months everything was stable, o nitrites and nitrates, o ammonia, ph 8.3-8.4. I had a few corals in it with some fish. It had already cycled and was doing quite well. I decided to add 10 pounds of sand to increase sand depth and also added...
  15. caribewolf

    How Many Use Tap Water?

    Currently seeing if I can get a ro/di unit which I can adapt to a 30-50 gallon plastic trashcan wherein I can also put in a heater with a air stone and/or powerhead for mixing saltwater for tank. Will keep every one up to date.
  16. caribewolf

    Hello anybody no what this is ?

    Here is pic of tank. 4 months old approximately.
  17. caribewolf

    How Many Use Tap Water?

    Thanks Don and sd. Will upload jpg of tank.
  18. caribewolf

    How Many Use Tap Water?

    New Comer here, Have found the posts very interesting. I have a four month old reef tank of 55 gallongs with a few shrooms, an anemone, brain coral, feather duster, some horn coral and of course the chromis, the tangs, and a clever cleaner shrimp. I have been purchasing my salt water (ten...
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