nutrient control

I'm just past my second month with my 15 gallon cube and getting through the uglies right now with some bryopsis and gha on my rockwork and diatoms on the sand bed. To help clean up the uglies, I stocked my tank with 5-6 blue leg hermits (hard to tell what's an empty shell and a tiny hermit...

Hi reefers, This post might be a bit lengthy as I want to thoroughly explain my situation. I've been maintaining a 20-gallon reef tank for about a year now, but it's starting to feel cramped. Plus, I love collecting rare and high-end corals, so I've decided to upgrade to a 100-gallon tank. Now...

Do you recall how popular micro scrubbing bubble treatments were several years ago? I’ve personally incorporated automated MSB and observed increased water clarity, darker skimmate, and increased coral growth. However, I cannot confirm that the growth was a direct effect of the MSB treatment...

Struggling to pin down my phosphates… Tank is approaching 1 year old. Had mature media from a previous tank. For the past month I’m struggling to keep my phosphates stable. Started off with chaeto in a light reactor. Nutrients were low and stable. Found phosphates slowly rising a couple months...

Hello, I have a pretty heavily stocked 100 gallon tank (dt is 100 gallons from manufacturer, plus 34 gallon sump), and I'm looking for a new skimmer. I have a trigger 34 sump with a roller mat and essence skimmer in the first chamber and chaeto in the second. I'm thinking about upgrading my...

Used Brightwell Bio Bricks - 9 ea in Good Condition, 1 ea looks a little rough (it's the brick on the very top in the pic below). Purchasing Singles * $15 ea price + shipping (see below) * $12 ea price picked up Purchasing Entire Lot (10 ea) * $120 for entire lot shipped * $100...

Good afternoon everyone! I have decided to take things seriously and as my LFS says, "Become a huge nerd". I made the decision to buy a Salifert bundle and have test kits for Phos, NO3, ALK, Mag, Cal, and pH. I have created a gameplan to test my tank's levels every day for two weeks straight...

220 gallon display, 120 gallon sump. I don't dose anything other than a pellet reactor and kalk drip. Stopped kalk drip over a month ago. Routine maintenance on all pumps and equipment, weekly water change of 15%. 1 year old system that was put together from a 4 year old system with...

After a recent post I made complaining about diatoms...I was losing the battle and realized as the bloom got worse I may in fact have a Dino issue. I know there are plenty of ways to fight this but I need a bit of guidance. Substrate is 75% covered with them siphoning works but they reappear by...

WE ARE NOW LIVE Tigriopus, Tisbe, and Apocyclops Copepods for sale. Blended Pods Tigriopus, Apocyclops and Tisbe Aprox 740 Pods/Oz 8 Oz Approx. 5,920 PODS $12 16 Oz Approx. 11,840 PODS $22 32 Oz Approx. 23,680 PODS $39 1/2 Gallon 64 Oz Approx. 47,360 PODS $69 1 Gallon 128 Oz Approx. 94,720...

WE ARE NOW Fresh Live Phyto 10 species blend 8 Ounce $ 9.00 16 Ounce $15.00 32 Ounce (One Quart) $25.00 64 Ounce (2 Quarts, Half Gallon) $40.00 One Gallon (128 Ounces, Four Quarts) $65.00 Ten different species of phytoplankton (Tetraselmis, Nannochloropsis, Isochrysis...

PLANKTON BUFFET What is it you say? It is a combination of our two newest offerings Reef Buffet and Phyto Buffet. We are expanding our production and product offerings. As a fellow reefer I love it when I'm cleaning my tank and I find a little water flea flitting across my hand. In the 80's...

PLANKTON BUFFET What is it you say? It is a combination of our two newest offerings Reef Buffet and Phyto Buffet. We are expanding our production and product offerings. As a fellow reefer I love it when I'm cleaning my tank and I find a little water flea flitting across my hand. In the 80's...

PLANKTON BUFFET What is it you say? It is a combination of our two newest offerings Reef Buffet and Phyto Buffet. We are expanding our production and product offerings. As a fellow reefer I love it when I'm cleaning my tank and I find a little water flea flitting across my hand. In the 80's...

REEF-A-PALOOZA SPECIAL OFFER!! ADDITIONAL 10% OFF ORDER TOTAL!! AND YOU CAN STILL BUY ANY COPEPOD BUFFET AND GET AN EQUAL SIZE OF OUR HARPA PODS FOR 50% OFF!! CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER ORDER TOTAL DISCOUNTS So wishing we could be at Reef-A-Palooza, but I guess the next best thing is...

REEF-A-PALOOZA SPECIAL OFFER!! ADDITIONAL 10% OFF ORDER TOTAL!! AND YOU CAN STILL BUY ANY COPEPOD BUFFET AND GET AN EQUAL SIZE OF OUR HARPA PODS FOR 50% OFF!! CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER ORDER TOTAL DISCOUNTS So wishing we could be at Reef-A-Palooza, but I guess the next best thing is...

REEF-A-PALOOZA SPECIAL OFFER!! ADDITIONAL 10% OFF ORDER TOTAL!! AND YOU CAN STILL BUY ANY COPEPOD BUFFET AND GET AN EQUAL SIZE OF OUR HARPA PODS FOR 50% OFF!! CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER ORDER TOTAL DISCOUNTS So wishing we could be at Reef-A-Palooza, but I guess the next best thing is...

Hi everyone, I am in need of some help with my reef tank again. I was on here last month with a cyano issue that has now been pretty much-resolved thanks to the help of the users of this website. I have another issue that I am now tackling and am having some trouble with. After clearing green...

Hi everyone, my first thread so go easy on me! Now to provide a bit of context to the problem, I have a mixed reed and I know everyone says not to chase numbers - which I agree with. But if your tanks a few years old you can easily have PO4 at around 0.40ppm and Nitrates around 40ppm or even...

Hello! Let me first give you some background on myself and my tank. I am not an expert in reefing but I am not new to it either. I have grown several successful reefs and farms. But like all of us I have forgotten and become impatient about some of the new tank uglies. My tank is a 62g...

Hello I have the RAIN 4 pole mount waterfall algae scrubber for sale. The pole mount is used, however the DOM and the gem lights (7 in total) are brand new. Asking for $500 shipped.

WE ARE NOW LIVE Tigriopus, Tisbe, and Apocyclops Copepods for sale. Blended Pods Tigriopus, Apocyclops and Tisbe Aprox 740 Pods/Oz 8 Oz Approx. 5,920 PODS $12 16 Oz Approx. 11,840 PODS $22 32 Oz Approx. 23,680 PODS $39 1/2 Gallon 64 Oz Approx. 47,360 PODS $69 1 Gallon 128 Oz Approx. 94,720...

phosphates help growth in coral but also brings algae and lose of coral color. How important is phosphate in saltwater aquarium? I rather have mid nitrates levels 15-20 ppm maybe push 40ppm before 10% water change all while keeping phosphate levels low. Calcium will be readily available and more...

Hi there, I'm looking at Algae Scrubber solutions for an AIO since I had some good success with it in previous tanks. I have a 50 gallon IM Nuvo Lagoon. It looks like this scrubber will fit on the back of my tank pretty well, but I was wondering if someone had any personal experience with...

I have a reefer 250 v1 with a Red Sea reefer 300 protein skimmer that in my opinion sucks .. I was debating on removing it for an algae scrubber then I was wondering about removing it and just throwing a light and some macro algae there instead.it would save me some cash but would it be...