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What I thought were Diatoms turned out to be Dinos on most of substrate and tank walls. I bought a microscope to verify. Photos and video are attached. These were my parameters last night Before I dosed Phosphate per some research cause they were bottomed out. Temp 81 Salinity 1.026 Ca 340 KH 8...

Hmm Any idea what’s in my daughters tank living on this snail? It started as a long spiky thing and now has almost a bloom of sorts on top Link of video is here: https://youtube.com/shorts/rfd3v4qxBHE?feature=share

Hi all, I have a Red Sea Reefer 250 that has been up and running for 8 months now. My issue is a strange black algae\cyano growth that has plagued me for the last two months+. I have been treating as follows: cleaning gravel twice weekly 20% water changes twice a week Addition of beneficial...

I’ve only seen this twice in the past 2 months. At night maybe an hour after the lights go off, hundreds of baby mysis shrimp are floating in the water column. Is this some sort of hatching event or something?

Diatoms? Soon to be diatom bloom? how long does this bloom usually last and what were your guys clean up crew to get rid of the algae. ( I understand it will go away on its own. $ also how long was your first diatom bloom??

Hello everybody Curretly i have a problem with ostreopsis, i bought a uv sterelizer and the ostreopsis was reduced currentrly i only can se the ostreopsis in the sand And i cant eliminate it. My nitrates are around 100 ppm and phosphates in .21 ppm. do you have some recomendation? My chaeto...

So I've had a 20 high tank set up since January. I added all dry rock, used some Dr.Tim's ammonia to start the cycle and waited. It's been cycled for a while now. It slowly got cloudy which I expected, so I waited. And waited. And waited, as everyone seems to say. It has not gone away. People...

I wanted to share my experience dealing with severe water clarity issues and water borne algae. I started cycling my tank in March 2018. I ran it without a skimmer and once cycled I added a clown, Blenny and Watanabe Angel of the course of about two months. Unfortunately there was a long delay...

Hey Guys, New to the forums, so I apologise if this is posted in the wrong place. I did have a look around but could not find where to post it. I have had my tank running for around 4 months now. The tank (details below) cycled pretty quickly, and 2 months ago I added the first of my cleaning...