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    Diatom Issues

    You guys have helped me in the past, so I'm hoping you can help me with my remaining issue. A while ago, I got rid of pretty much all of my algae issues. I still get occasional cyano blooms, but it's not too bad. My current issue is diatoms. I always have a golden brown layer of them on my...
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    Help, I'm on the verge of giving up...

    Hi, I have a 24g nano tank. I've had it for almost one year. I bought it from someone else with 2 clown fish, a bunch of zoa and a few other types of coral including frogspawn and some sps. For the past few months I've had a huge amount of growth of algae. Some cyanobacteria, some green...
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    Easily clean acrylic aquarium

    I haven't seen this posted here, so here it is... I was getting frustrated with hard green algae on my acrylic aquarium. I used different tools and my fingernail, but it was an exercise in futility. Then I found out about the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It is cheap, easily available and works...
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    Disintigrating Orange Linckia

    My tank is about 8 months old. I've had it for about 3 months. The orange linckia has been in the tank for about 6 months. My parameters have all been stable including SG of 1.024-1.025, pH ranging 7.8-8.3 depending on the time of day (I know its a bit low, but its been like that the who time)...
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    Elegance Coral Issues

    This should probably be in the beginner section, so if it is too simple, I apologize. I have small elegance coral. A couple of the polyps from one section aren't opening anymore. I read in several places that there is a disease that know one seems to know the cause of that is causing these...
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    Newbie Questions

    Hi, I wanted to get a pH tester. I currently use the strip, but it always says somewhere between 7.8 and 8.4 which seems like a pretty wide range and sounds like it could be a little low. Does anyone have an opinion on a good one that isn't too expensive and where to get one? I also wanted...
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    New to SoCaliReefs.com and Reef Aquariums in General

    Hi, I have been reading a lot of the posts as I get into keeping a reef aquarium. I just got a setup from one of the members and am excited to start. Hopefully, I won't post too many irritatingly simplistic questions. If so, let me know. Take care, Ken
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