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Starboard is found on Plastic websites and many use on the bottom and can be found in white or Black. WWC uses it on the bottom of all their tanks.

Tunze 3155 is my favorite and if you keep the module out from under the tank it will last much longer. I have found that corrosion on the power is what fails first on these although I have lost a few of the Tunze pumps over time. I now use the Tunze 3155 with a relay that Tunze offers to power...

I agree let it come down on its own, keep your alk stable. If you lower your alk from 7 to 9 you will see CA go up, also check your salinity as high salinity will make everything higher.

What you are describing can be signs of Velvet, are your fish more sensitive to light? Most animals have some of these pests living on them, but a new stress factor or aggression can set it off. This can be the end of everything in a Reef Tank, but in a Fish only you can medicate. I am not the...

As stated above clowns usually find a spot or host something else that makes them happy, here is where at night switch out that coral for a nem and you can usually nudge them to host. I had a pair that hosted a Hammer and this worked very well.

I have heard tell of a Friday evening meet up off campus, details still coming together. A Pirates Cove kind of Adventure. I am looking forward to some good friends coming in from out of town and the best Reefapalooza ever!

SPS the million dollar question I still wonder why they go? I can say once they start to go pull the whole thing out as it seems to slow down the spread to other corals and I as well add Carbon. I am still scratching my head, but my P04 is a touch higher than I like so adding a little too much...

Sundays people going to Church and the FoosBall make the show less crowded, but the best deals on coral always late in the day!

If you start with Dry Rock algae blooms are the norm and are part of a normal cycle until your tank becomes more established and mature. A good clean up crew will help. Your PH is fine.

I am ready for a great weekend and will be looking for some nice SPS or interesting coral. I am pulling out a large Space Invader Colony and a Soccer Ball sized colony of Duncans to make some new space in my tank this weekend. I also am considering getting rid of a Show Sized Australian Crown...

Mine was great for a year and then my Monti collection started to get beat up, then random SPS colony. You could not keep most LPS in tank. I have a Joc now who is starting to mouth millies too much and I will probably have to get rid of him.

Bring it down slowly and Good Luck! This is why I run a heater with built in Thermostat as a redundancy.

I bought a new Geo Roller Sump for my 90, thing is sweet! It has the Clarisea 5000 system custom built into the sump. I bought some Benepets Reef food to test out, and got skunked in the raffle! Kind of Skunked that is!

Cypress:)

I booked my Room for the Hotel, nice to hang out with some of my Reef friends and get a vacation from my 4 kids:) See you in a few weeks!