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    what is this stuff?

    since salifert test come in different boxes instead of the jungle 5 strips (which Sid tells me are a waste of money) which major tests should I invest in? there are so many of them Alk,PH,CAl, yada yada.. and a 18 bucks or more a shot they cut down on the purchase of livestock , water ect. in a...
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    what is this stuff?

    yeah it's kinda slimy I'll get a better pic, just waiting on my wife to get back from the store with batteries. then I will see what I can do.
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    what is this stuff?

    OH I have plenty of patience I waited 16 years before setting a tank up reading everything I could about reef tanks it's just little things that you just find out in the process that freaks you out...
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    what is this stuff?

    lights are on 10 hrs a day, I don't have exact water measurements,90gal,30gal sump/fuse, sorry the picture is so crappy.
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    what is this stuff?

    ok, My tank has been up for a 1 month 6 days I went through a algae bloom about week one. No fish in the tank at the time just LR. I was adding food just to start cycle. I saw this stuff at the week one time period, and it went away after a few days everyone just told me it was a normal thing...
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    water tests

    Which is the best water test kit out there on the market? something that is still easy to use and gives you the best readings on what in the world is happening in your tank. just wanted to know before I went and bothered Kevin. any tips are greatly appreciated. Jim
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    proper adjustment of protein skimmer?

    What is skimmate? if your talking about the crud that collects it's dry on the top of the collection cup and wet on the bottom of the cup,kinda a sludge that gathers in the bottom of the collection cup. hope that helps.Jim
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    proper adjustment of protein skimmer?

    adjustment it's a viaaqua vks-300, my tank is a 90 gal. it seems I need to remember all the stuff that's in it or on it other wise it's like having a beautiful Ford mustang that you know nothing about... Jim
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    proper adjustment of protein skimmer?

    I just wanted to check and see if there was a way to be sure your protein skimmer is doing it's job properly. It's filling the waste container about once a week... but being new to this I just was wondering if there was a way to test it or something. Thanks for any help. Jim
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    Brown color

    Im glad to read that the brown film goes away it's been a good week with the stuff but it seems to be slowly retreating. I noticed a little less light works wonders as well. jim
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    Using Plants?

    Jim, Ed gave you alot of great information! I have only had my tank up for 2 weeks tommorow and I'm at the "Brown film" stage. It's hard to resist the urge to just throw a bunch of fish in tank and hope they make it but I'm holding back. As for one person telling you one thing and someone else...
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    sand bed

    I was wondering how often and how deep should I stir up my sand bed? it's about 2 1/2 to 3" deep
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    off to a good start?

    My tank is a 90 gal with eshopp 25 gal. sump under it. I have a viaaqua in sump skimmer in the sump it's the sk-300 model, the pump returning water to the display tank is a catalina 6000 with about 5.16 head loss. I was reading somewhere about taking the sponge filter out of the sump that it...
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    clean hands

    this may be a dumb question but I was wondering about washing hands before messing with my tank. of course I wash them but my wife loves to have those sweet smelling soaps from bath and body works, should I get some kind of inert soap that will make sure I don't introduce anything into my tank?
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    too much sand?

    BTW the sand in my tank is sugar fine...seeded with some sand from one of kevin at aquatic dreams in spokane wa. great guy and really knowledgeable. thanks for the welcomes as well.
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    too much sand?

    I just started up a 90 gallon tank, added two beautiful peices of live rock(partially cured) and I am just sitting around waiting for the tank to cylce. some have told me to add a couple of damsels to jump start things. but my primary question is there is about 2-3 inches of sand throughout the...
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