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Algaes I dont know if adding fish will be your cure. Algaes thrive on a lot of elements. If it was a bloom I would look into your feeding or dosing. Make sure your rock stays clean and also keep up on proper water changes. A lot of people do 10% but sometimes a specific tank will need more. Loke...

Thanks Jan for the card advise! I will try that approach.

Hey Jan how did you like your BM200? I think I have more detritus than anything. Im not sure if that is why the skimmate tends to be brown. I have a closed loop with a dart pump and a PCX40 return and man the tank turns over but I just cant seem to keep stuff from settling on the rocks. I...

What was your salinity reading?

Hey all. Well a while back I had a big ol 8" RBTA that made its way into my CL Dart pump. I thought it was dead (hundreds of little pieces of him) Well part of him survived and now is growing and about 2" around. Here is my catch. He has managed to stick himself at the top of my water line on...

sounds like a case of stress There is a website I goto that tells me about how long to acclimate a fish. Sounds like it didnt acclimate long enough.

oh and you say you battle it all the time.. do you have a detrius buildup in your rocks?

an awesome skimmer :D and a phosphate reactor

Yes. I am BB I would have to remove ALL my rock (and coral) to pull out the stand off base. I have thought about it but it would be a HUGE task to accomplish. I typically run my Dkh at 10 Im sure skimmate has to be an indicator of water conditions. Any one have a lab ;)

Be careful with that bryopsis ;)

Hey Ed but isnt there a difference between bleaching and STN? A coral can bleach without loosing flesh?? My Oregon Tort was fluffing off from the bottom up.

Hey Ron I would look deep into your water #'s I just lost my Oregon Tort and it was STN from the bottom up. Its something with the water. I have another turning brown on me. I recently found that my Kh was at 8 and I typically keep it at 11 I dont know if that was the cause but any change in...

The book I use is "corals for the Mini-Reef Aquarium" by Dr. Herbert Axelrad I have several books I use but I always end up to this one. I dont know if its the best to have but it give info on a lot of different corals lighting requirements. Loaded with prefect color pictures to identify also.

Its also about understanding WHERE the shrooms came from in the real world. Knowing where the coral came from and at what depth will tell you a lot about what you can keep with the lights you have. I have an awesome book that explains the coral and light requirements.

I bow to you!! Im not crazy! Yes it is just one coral browning on me. I run phosgaurd HEAVY. Sorry dont know the name of this coral. I just lost my blue Oregon tort. STN got it and I need to figure this out. Im hopeing that some one will point me in the right direction. I love my tank but the...

I think its a good color combo BUT with that pic you posted I think any shroom would like to be in the shade. Shrooms dont like high light. I think you would see great improvement in the shade. I dont run t-5's ( I have halides) but that looks really bright for shrooms. Dont be too quick for...

Don! Any ideas Where are you!

That would be awesome Krish if you can find a post. I dont know what is up in my tank and I think skimmate will tell me a lot. I happen to have a SPS that is starting to brown out on me. Hmm brown skimmate.. brown SPS.... just a thought.

Oh WOW Is that your t-5's?? if you have shrooms stick them in those shaded spots!

Thanks Krish Its DARK BROWN and man does it STINK! Why is it not green??? thats my big question of the day. Thanks all!