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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    parameters lately have been pretty stable yes. It has just been the alk swing. I've been dosing the usual, calcium, and magnesium and alk buffer (super DKH buffer) from kent marine and the lugols. I need to restock on crazy glue i dont have anymore atm :( thank you very much for your input nikki...
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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    i dont know how to stop it.... from stn... :( i've tried dosing about 2 drops per day of lugols to maybe kill the bacteria with the iodine. any suggestions :(? thank you. Aaron.
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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    hello nah20 thank you for asking i feel all warm inside :), well my milli's 2 of them have stn from the base... one of the acros is bleaching from the tips.... ireally dont think it was a reason that i caused because i use to use kent sea mix and just switcehd over to tropic marin. Kent has a...
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    POWER OUTAGE FOR 6 hours .... How the heck...

    just absolutely amazing. thank you all for responding. I had another mishap. Just an hour ago power stopped for 2 hours i didnt GET ANY SLEEP today and worked the battery air pumps again. Luckily the power came back and i went to bed. Time to feed the fishes. And the people outside are chopping...
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    POWER OUTAGE FOR 6 hours .... How the heck...

    Went to the movies at around 10 watched Hostel THE MOST GOREST DISGUSTING MOVIE EVER ( i wanted to puke out of my nose), came home power was out. Transformer fuse blew for aprox 6 hours, electricians and people came to cut the trees down this is at 12AM in the morning. My tank inhabitants began...
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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    the acro that was bleaching from the bottom is just continuing to bleach am i going to have to frag everything from this? there's like 40+ tips on this... Aaron. thank you don. Its 125. thank you.
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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    In this INSTANCE, in my case what i have done was just make the salt concentration the same as whats in my aquarium. I did not use ANY type of buffer with the RO DI Water all i did was mix in the salt and make it =. And then removed the aquarium water and replaced it with the water with just the...
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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    but... 2 of the acoporas have started to bleach one from the bottom and one from the tips. Will the continue to bleach after the water change i have done or do you think i should do a lugols dip for them? thank you donw Aaron.
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    ALK SWING --> 1 Acro bleach bottom to top, 1 Acro Bleach on tips How to fix?

    I recently had a alk swing from 7-10., 3.5 - 5. Just a moment ago i had a 10 gal jug full of already aerated salt water. I had just did a 8 gal water change. As the alk has risen the calcium has dropped. I then dosed turbo calcium by tropic marin - 1 scoop per 10 gals. I just put in 3 scooops...
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    Purchased items - Inform on how to use - and FEEDBACK on item

    that is really weird.... thank you so much charlyclown i so appreciate it =]
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    Purchased items - Inform on how to use - and FEEDBACK on item

    thank you so much charlyclown but how do you use them? break the glass tube? thanks dude Aaron.
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    Purchased items - Inform on how to use - and FEEDBACK on item

    Hi guys, i just recently purchased some things really cheap i guess thats the only reason why i bought them. I have these three little boxes of weird glass tubes from aquaconnect. They are called BactoFood, BactoClean, and OmegaVit. They are in some type of glass tubes and im wondering if they...
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    Where is the purple coralline algae?

    hehe :) there's a couple big rocks with a bunch of purp coralline but only the green is spreading. i need to closely monitor everything more. thank you very much alti for respondin great input
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    Where is the purple coralline algae?

    Would anybody have some coralline scrappings to sell :) i'd be so happy to purchase. If i were to purchase coralline scrappings would it live through 2 day or ground shipping? ( 2 day or several days like 5+ days? ) thanks guys. Aaron.
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    Where is the purple coralline algae?

    everything is extremely stable, nitrate nitrite - 0 , phos - 0 , alk 3.5 dkh, ph - 8.2, cal - 470, amonia- 0, temp - average 78-89. Thanks guys i hope to hear what anthony has to say as well. Very interesting Curtswearing and NaH2o, thank you both very much for your input. i really appreciate...
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    Where is the purple coralline algae?

    I just couldnt wait to hear anthony's response to my question. So here my question begins, Hi anthony, sorry to bother you but i've gotta question thats been kind of bothering me lately. I've seen all the pics with everybodys coralline all this deep purple. I've had my aquarium for a couple...
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    Thoughts about pairs of Hawfishes

    well depending on how big of a tank you have.... and how big the hawks are didnt know you had a 120.
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    Thoughts about pairs of Hawfishes

    usually *hawks* from different species dont work together....... i wouldnt try it but test your luck.
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    Hi anthony !

    i'm glad this is a thread where we can all congregate and share our love!!!
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    Mogul Socket? Or Hqi Socket?

    boy i've read alot of articles from 2:44 till now, and people have said mixed thigns about these halide sockets either double ended or single. I have read that the 250 watt has shown no difference in either HQI or Mogul. I have read that the 150w HQI > 175w Mogul. I'm confused. Clarify please...
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