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    lighting

    Someone accidentally turned off the switch on my metal halides so even though the timer was working they never came on. The cycle is such that I am never home when the halides come on so I didn"t even know. I noticed my toadstool turning white and some button polys turning gray. Originally I...
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    ricordia and hairy mushrooms?

    Agreed, great answer but help would still be appreciated even after the point was made. Thanks
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    ricordia and hairy mushrooms?

    ok, how do you feed mushrooms ?
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    micro bubbles

    I noticed my skimmer produces alot of bubbles in the sump. I have a sponge but the really small ones build up and get through. I added another piece of polyfilter between the sponge and the return pump. More to clean but I hate the look of the micro bubbles.
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    Dosing Alk supplement question

    Thanks for the information. I find it very useful. I'm still trying to understand why my xenia somtimes looks great and other times is shrivels, gets wrinled and gray and then gets smaller and almost dissolves. I thought it might be chemical related. Strange how some items in the tank look...
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    Dosing Alk supplement question

    Thanks, I will follow that advice and ditch the purple up as well as upgrade my salt mix. Now for phosphates. I have never tested them. Why don"t standard test kits or strips have a test for phosphates ? The same for iodone ? Are they as important as the nitrogen cycle ?
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    Dosing Alk supplement question

    I understand although not certain as to the effect of hard water on inhabitants. Is everything implicitely bad ?
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    Dosing Alk supplement question

    I tested the tank water but I only use a water filter cartridge from my LFS not an Ro/DI filter. I need to test the water before it goes into the tank to check the reading.
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    Dosing Alk supplement question

    I'll take that advice as I have read recently a number of similar opinions. How about "hard water" ? effect ? treatment ?
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    Dosing Alk supplement question

    what are the effects if calcium too high ? Mine seems to be around 550 ppm and I don"t even dose but occassionally add "purple up". Also, is water hardness the same as alkalinity ? My test strips say "water hardness" and not alkalinity. Also, anyone know the impact when water hardness is at the...
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    Melting Mushrooms

    Interestingly, the hairy mushrooms have turned white and become tulip shaped, they don"t look good but are not deteriorating all that quickly. If I run my finger over them they still have some density and a good hold on the rock. I am hesitant to just get rid of them and don't have a qt tank...
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    Melting Mushrooms

    and you agree it is helpfult to reduce toxins when housing a variety of corals ?
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    Melting Mushrooms

    Similar problem, only my hairy mushrooms seem to be having problems. Almost in a single day they became covered with a white coating and seem to be detiorating. Nothing has changeed with my water parameters although my nitrates have always been a little on the high side. I moved them on day 2...
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    Do you wash off your carbon?

    Can someone help me understand what it means to "run carbon" and what are the benefits. I have a reef tank, sump, MH and actinic lighting, coralife skimmer. Water parameters fine with slightly elevated nitrates. Does teh carbon go in a nylon bag or do you add a powered filter intot he sump that...
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    Teach me RO/DI

    Great, now I'm back to being confused. Is there one I can buy at walmart or similar place that will do completely dechlorination, large particles and can be hooked up to a sink or hose bib ?
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    Teach me RO/DI

    Is the culigan water amchine ro/di ? Sorry if i'm a bit dense.
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    Teach me RO/DI

    Do they have to be permanently installed or can you just get portable ones that connect when you want to make water ? I have a purifier now but it takes 1/2 hour to make 5 gallons. This requires patience and effort.
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    New Skimmer!

    good thought but I have not installed the halide fixture yet. I have heard the same as you re: the brain and light which is why I opted to give it a try initially. Seems to be alot of variables and they are always changing
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    updated pics of my tank and some new frags

    I just bought the outer orbit with the MH 150 and 2 96 watt actinic. Hoping it will help my corals and assist in some coraline algae growth.
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    New Skimmer!

    Thanks, I'm trying to figure out where to get real value by spending $$$$. Just upgraded my PC's to metal halides. Kind of a shame since the tank is only 4 months old and everything was new. Hopefully, it has a big impact on my polyps, xenia etc. Recently lost an open brain and candy cane...
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