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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    You ever have one of those moments when your sure you were right......ya that happened to me tonight. Nitrite is 0, Nitrate is 20ppm....so that combined with the high amount of detritus I found explains the algae bloom. Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread I think I have it pinned down:)
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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    Its funny you mention Aquatic Dreams....this tank was originally purchased from there and I frequent his store. Water flow is a huge issue right now in this tank...when i got home from work today I decided enough is enough I needed to find out where the source of the excess nutrients were...
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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    Thanks alki......will do. Have you had any luck ordering livestock online or is your LFS the way to go? The reason I ask, is sometimes the LFS does not have what I need, I have gone to Drs Foster & Smith for supplies now.
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    Not sure I understand how one snail could polute and entire tank....I am holding off on adding any livestock, I am really just trying to nurse this thing back to health. I wish I had taken some images of the aquarium when I took it over....the water was green!!!.....yuk I have always kept...
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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    You asked what was in my tank: 2 x Clown Fish (1 black, 1 orange) 1 x Coral Beauty 2 x Hermit 1 x Green Emerald 1 x Turbo Snail I also have a very cool Star Polyp colony some mushroom corals that a feather duster has taken to and a leather coral....although the leather coral will not open up...
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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    Ya I knew that water flow was an issue with this aquarium, it came with a Hydor Korilia Nano!! only rated at about 240 gph.....so I bought a MaxiJet 1200 with the SureFlow 1600 mod....works awesome! I still use the Nano but its at the bottom and pumps behind my live rock to the MaxiJet. Kinda...
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    wow!!! My CUC is a little overwhelmed.....lol. Glad hermits and snails are cheap! Thanks much for the link very helpful.
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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    I have two hermits, one green emerald and a turbo snail. Is this enough or do I need more?
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    Live Sand VS Bare Bottom

    Hello Everyone!! I am new to marine aquariums and have a question for all you experts out there! I have a 30gal. Oceanic Cube and was wondering what if any, are the benefits of live sand vs. a bare bottom aquarium? I rescued this setup from a friend of mine who didn't have the time to...
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