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    JBJ auto topoff problem

    I just hooked up and turned on ATO, and it started to drain my 10 gallon reservoir. I made a stand for the resevoir, so it sits 24 inches off floor, above sump. I am a asumming the resevoir needs to be the same level as sump? , so the tubing does not just drain it through the pump?
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    Max postponed ?

    Has MAX been postponed ?
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    How to trim, frag, control zoanthids ?

    I have a big zoa colony, that is about to cover Some other corals. How do you frag/ trim them back ? Of course would like to save them, they are rastas. I would appreciate suggestions.
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    Sick of Green Hair Algae !!!

    I have been dealing with green hair algae for about nine months. I have 12 fish I feed once a day alternating between flake and one cube of mysis. I do have 2 radians 70 %, a lot of light. My phosphates are around .03 usually when they go up to .08, I do a 40 gallon water change. I am thinking...
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    Pink square Anthias not eating

    I have had a pink square qnthias for about a month. It ate a little bit of live brine shrimp for a week and then stopped. I have tried pellets, flake, Frozen mysis, Frozen Brine, and live brine. Can they find food on their own or is it eating behind the rocks. It doesn't look like it's lost...
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    Sponges ?

    I just noticed these white globs with stringy spikes coming out of 1. I know what sponges look like but these are different? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5819424112374/20161101_180540.jpg?
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    Nitrate Dosing

    My nitrates have been almost undetectable for a couple months now, I have a refugium with a lot of Cheato grows like crazy, that's the only thing I can think of and a huge cleaner crew. So I've been told I should dose nitrates what do I dose and where do I buy it? Sent from my SCH-I545 using...
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    Aquaforest

    I have been using aquaforest for a month and a half. It has slowly raised my KH from 8 to almost 13, I have a mixture of SPS and LPS and some torches anenomes. I here mixed info on KH. I am going to lower the amount to 100 ml. I have been dosing 150, per the instructions for my 90 gallon. It...
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    White worms ?

    Hi I have these small white worms that come out of the sand, and they just stick their little tentacle out wave it around there completely white sometimes I think I see them on the rocks and I was wondering if you could possibly tell me what they are? I could try to take a picture but I don't...
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    Radions, SPS, growth and color ?

    Hi, I have a 92 bowfront with 2 Radions gen3, and a 2 bulb t5 setup. My lights are about 10 inches above the water, Radions are at 45%, when I put them at 75 % , I get almost 400 par at my SPS, (they are at lower percentage because of new sps). I am using the Radiant color template from the...
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    Receding chalices !!!

    Lately my mummy eye, and a nice 2 inch expensive, pink caddilac, watermelon Chalice are slowly receding. Water parameters are good. Mag 1400, call 420 nitrates super low, phos ate .03 to.05, other chalices are fine. Does coral epoxy, affect chalices? I have 2 radions at 40 % and a 2 bulb t5...
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    Jebao dosing pump $90

    Brand new Jebao D4 dosing pump, containers, and tube rack. I bought this package on Amazon, paid $140 with shipping, decided not to use. No one in the 93446 seems to want to buy. Shipping $10 Joe 805 610-6278 Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
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    Test kits difference measurements ?

    So my brand new salifert calcium test kit, measures my calcium at 400 and my Hanna test kit measures my calcium at 490 what is up with that? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
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    Purple up

    Does purple up really work? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
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    Aquaforest dosing ?

    Hello, I purchased the Aquaforest 1+,2+,3+ ,and a doser. From what I understand you dose 50 mils per 25 gallons daily of each component. I have a 92 gallon Tank with a lot of rock, so I am guessing I have 75 gallons, My parameters are good now CA, 450, MAG 1350, & KH 9.5, I was thinking I...
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    Snails and hermit crabs from the beach tide pools ?

    So I just ordered a cleaner pack from live aquaria, and came to the beach today, and ventured out to the tide pools, and what do I see ? Hundreds of snails and hermit crabs ! Is it safe to put these in my tank ? Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
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    A can trouble!

    I have been having a hard time with my acans . They do good for a while and then they get a bad spot on them and they slowly die I was just told by a fellow reefer, that they like KH between 9 and 10 but SPS likes it more around 8. Any others to Justins when they get a bad mark start dying...
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    Aquamaxx Cones Q2 Skimmer not working !

    I bought this Skimmer 4 months ago, and have always had to adjust it/turn it off whenever my waterm level in sump changes, when I dose certain supplements. NOW it has been a week and cannot get the bubbles low enough to put collection cup back on, it just overflows! I cleaned Skimmer completely...
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    Mag, Calcium levels not changing ?

    I decided to get serious about keeping. My MAG, CAL, KH Really stable, and testing every 2 days. I got my MAG to 1400 and Calcium to 500. That was 1 1/2 weeks ago and they haven't dropped a bit. Is this normal ? I am using a API Reefmaster kit for CAL, KH, PHOSPHATE AND NITRATE, and a Salifert...
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    New Radions, huge hair algae outbreak !!!

    Hey guys I was hoping for a little advice or experience. I purchased a couple of Radions, about six months ago, and I decided to set up the traditional reef aquarium template . I started out at 30% intensity, two months ago and I'm up to 45% . I have a par meter I'm only getting about 250...
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