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    Adding more sand

    Wow, I didn't mean to start this...... Since my tank is 125 gallons, I would think that it would be able to handle a heavier bioload than a 55 gallon tank, so I think that is why I haven't seen any more spikes in my water, everything is still at zero and the algae is gone since I am not feeding...
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    Lighting question

    My tank is 125 gallons. I changed the lighting around to where they are only on for 12 hours, vs 24 hours and that has made all the difference in the world. My sand now looks like sand and not a greenish black film and the rock is 100% better too. I went away for the weekend and had the girl at...
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    Adding more sand

    Yeah, well then mine were on for way too long :(. It was daytime for the fishes 24/7. I had the flourescent's on 12 hours during the day and the actinic on 12 hours at night. oops. They now have a bedtime and only moonlights glowing.
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    water temperature

    I was having the same issue, and it got really bad when our a/c went out on the bottom floor and the outside temp was 90+. What I did was buy a fan and used it to blow over top of the light which has kept it cooler, while keeping the versa tops flipped open. My temp dropped 4-5 degrees by doing...
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    Adding more sand

    I had the "brown out" (ugly) happen rather quickly and it disappeared just as fast. I adjusted my lighting so I am not feeding the algae 24/7, which is what I was doing previously. I also cleaned the sand and overflows to get rid of some of the black/green algae and it is amazing how much better...
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    Lighting question

    Aha! Maybe this is adding to my algae, 24/7 lighting. I will change this tonight! Adding corals and softys not a good idea right now???????
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    Adding more sand

    Kevin, Seriously, I take absolutely no offense to your comments. I am here to learn, not take offense. I really appreciate the comments. I've tried to remove it from the sand, but it reappears the next day. I have lost two red legs and two turbo snails in the past few days, but everything else...
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    Lighting question

    I was told by the fish store that I need to let my tank mature more before I add corals or anything else at this point in time, that maybe in another couple of months that I could start getting some corals. I have no idea what softys are:confused: So, I should not leave the actinic on at night...
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    Lighting question

    I am new to this, so bear with me.... I have a timer for my lighting and was wondering when and what lights I should have on all the time, at night, and during the day. I have separate control over the actinic, flourescent, and moonlights (at least I think that is what they are, they are LED...
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    Adding more sand

    Wow, fully stocked? I didn't think that I was even close to being fully stocked. I know that for the first 6 months or so that it is (from what I've read) 1 inch of fish per 5 gallons, then after that, it is safe for 1 inch of fish per 2 gallons. I know that I am at my limit for the time being...
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    Adding more sand

    I am new to aquariums and have had mine up and running for a month now. When I started everything, I left one 40lb bag of sand out because the bed was pretty deep. Now that I have some fish in there and things have moved around in between the live rock, the bed seems to have shrunk. I was...
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