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Yes master... my Smelly Pig Swill is all yours.....

He IS the next SRC TOTM!! I didn't expect Scarab to pass the story to UR too! I'm at fault.... coz he gave me some time ago already but I sat on it... got too busy loh... Anyway..... I was really going to put it up... layout already done too!

Hello!! It's called over-pampering! How many dogs can boast of a private swimming pool?

Joe_p suppose to have a corporate site... dunno when it'll be fabricated leh!

Weed?

Next time, try to give a photo ID first! We were all talking about the wrong thing all along!

You remembered about this!!

'cycling the water' - Probably an archaic LFS term for swishing the water around in a new tank and ensuring sufficient salt dissolving before filling up with fish and corals immediately?

LOL!!

I will move this to Marine Equipment forum... cheers!

What's 'cycling the water'??

*waves hand* You will be troubled no more. *waves hand again* You will go home and rethink your life.

I think its the opposite.... freshwater fish has TOO MUCH fat content... leading to liver failure in marine fishes.

Regardless, Nutrient control is key to checking rampaging nuisance algae in its tracks. However if its highly photosynthetic, then you will have more trouble getting rid of it. You can try a lawnmover blenny if its short turf algae. What's your salinity and PH levels?

The more I look at it.. the more I don't think its cyanobacteria! It looks like some kind of hair/turf algae!!!

Hey dudes, at the end of the day, it's George Luca's story. He may not have been able to add Hayden in then... but now he could... just like how he could make Yoda less muppet-like... and how Jabba could look less like a big stiff piece of crap with large eyes.... and more like an animated big piece of crap with large eyes.

I highly doubt that churning seawater using an air pump with the lights out is going to kill any parasites.

Huh? The fun ended? I really did hope to see some corals I have never seen before here! What's the frantic bidding all about??

Can you take a closer shot? It doesn't really look like cyanobacteria. Quite long stringy strands almost like some kind of hair algae. Is it hard or slimy? Easy to remove by using a finger to swipe it? Or you have to pull it?

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The typical cycling period will take 3 - 4 weeks. Some can even experience a shorter or longer time depending on biological setup. But certainly not in 5 hours!

Browning first.... and sustained exposure probably will weaken the coral. There shouldn't be any nitrite or nitrate reading ideally for a reef tank.

As long as you have an ammonia reading, you will still get a nitrite and nitrate reading..... do read up on the nitrogen cycle. When your tank has built up a high enough population of bacteria to process each stage of the cycle and their byproducts... these measurable values will drop until the next major dieoff that will cause a spike.

I popped in to check out a Ch8 TV set last month and believe me, there are props in there that look like they will last longer than your tank setup!!

The sensitive ones may not live long.... in the sea, there is almost zero nitrates, unless u are close to shore, mud flats, mangrove areas, dirtier lagoons. Nitrate is a form of nutrient which the zooxanthellae in corals will utilise to some extent, causing an overgrowth, thus making corals brown. To keep SPS colourful.... try to replicate almost perfect water quality.