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    Very Stuck with Acro Problems

    It is copper for sure!!!Place Cuprisorb in a canister as quickly as you can!!!!!!!!! I had the same problem in my first aquarium.Nothing except fish can live with copper in the water.
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    sump circulation rate

    Thank you guys!! I have 4-5 times the main tank volume circulation through the sump.I have an ETSS reef devil skimmer in the front chamber of the sump with 700g/h feeding pump and a deltec apf 600 skimmer with 200g/h feding pump.I found that the first skimmer contributes mostly on areation of...
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    sump circulation rate

    thank you Nick !!
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    sump circulation rate

    Hello everybody!Does water flow in the sump needs to match water flow in the skimmer ?Thank you.
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    Whats Killing my green Torch???

    I don't think it is the hermits.......What it you alkalinity level?To high wil stress the ephylias!
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    Problems with Xenia

    What is that reading of nitrites you are getting?Xenia loves nutrients in the water and high quality of water clean of polutants!Mine likes heavy feading(not targeted).Xenia also likes light..........did you not changed the lambs properly?
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    Safe acro crab ??????

    Τhese acro crabs were eating from mileppora and acro humilis polyps, stripping the whole branch!!!!!!! Can they multiply in the tank?I kepp getting reports from other hobbists that they see juveniles without adding new corals to the tank!!
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    Brine Shrimp or Ghost/Mysis Shrimp propigations

    A strange thing, I have a few of them swimming in the bubble trap, where the water flows freelly, and theris not either chaeto or caulerpa....The bubble trap is not illuminated as refugium is.....any chance the suddent light inncrease when the huge colony of caulerpa went off,has desimated the...
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    corals starving?

    I don't use halides, I have 330 Watt T5 hanging 17 '' over most sps, my main tank is 100 G and the sump is 50 G,sorry.... I maybe taking out too much PO4 (30% more rowaphos than needed)......... I will check the calcium, thanks!
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    Snow Storm

    Try dosing str., It is related with the equilibrium of Ca, Mg, and Alk, and it keeps them in solution....Boomer could say more about this, my knowledge in inorganic chemistry are practical and limited to basic reef..........!
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    corals starving?

    I deal with a problem in my 150 G mainly sps tank with a few ephylias, trachyphilias plerogyra sinuosa and a fungia. There is a sump with a refugium with plenum dsb aragonite-mineral mud and chaetomorpha above it.Skimming is done with a aquamedic shotry 5000 rated for 250Gs.A EHIEM 2213 (small...
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    Snow Storm

    Do you dose strondium?
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    Brine Shrimp or Ghost/Mysis Shrimp propigations

    What is the water flow in your refugium?I had many mysids before increasing the flow from 500g/h to 1000g/h, and geting all the caulerpa racemosa out,replaced by chaetomorpha.....I don't know what cause them to dissapear....... The refugium is appr. 45 gallons
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    i think i killed my xenia

    Didn't have any problem with mushrooms and zooanthus before, with fresh water dip..... Was the water at the same temp , ph ?
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    Etss Skimmer

    I would put a New Jet or a mag type pump with 2500-3000 l/h( 600-800 g/h) . I had one, it worked well for 120G reef... Keep the air inlet klean from salt creep internaly...clean it with acid or vinegar every 6-10 months!
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    Phytoplankton Culture Beginner

    Thanks Anthony!!
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    dosing nitrates with kalk

    Feeding fish will raise phosphates too!!!I want to raise nitrates from zero to 5 ppm in order my macroalgae to be able to absorbe the phosphate ions.(I cannot measure PO4 but I know they are there because of the frequent cleaning of the glass(every 2-3 days) of my aquarium!!
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    dosing nitrates with kalk

    hello guys!I need to raise nitrates in my reef a bit!Can I dose sodium nitrate with kalkwasser in the same vessel?(My top off system) .Is there any interaction between these substances?
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    Phytoplankton Culture Beginner

    I only found that: http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic31649-13-1.aspx... it is not from reefcentral.....never mind, I will bother Minos Pagonis...!!!Thanks again!
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    Phytoplankton Culture Beginner

    I hope I am nnot starting to be a pain in the a...., but what about the temperature, Anthony?Thanks!
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