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Seachem phosguard or rowa better? I don't think i can get a FR any time soon and there wouldn't be a place for it since i do not have a sump and my tank is a RSM 130 30 gallons aquarium

Im guessing that my phosphates are extremely high as well. This is because there's diatoms and red hair algae all over my tank . One rock of mushrooms has completely disappeared ever since yesterday . One rock seems to be thriving after the temperature change and the last rock seems to be bleaching . The corraline is also bleaching despite the high calcium and good alkalinity present in the water . Later tonight i will remove one bag of carbon and leave the other there . I am planning to run some Seachem phosguard and purigen , would that be an issue ? ( Im planning to keep a lps dominated tank , mainly the euphillyllia species ) One last thing that i forgot to mention was that i left a bag of ceramic rings in the filtration compartment for a really long time , ever since i started the tank . So that might be an issue as to why theres algae growth . Oh and parasites , yes parasites , i read about them online and some of them could cause the bleaching and shrivelling of corals . I do not have a QT tank so the live rock i purchase is dumped into my display tank immediately . I have noticed an empty shell of a crab around 2 weeks ago ( molt ) but have not seen the crab in action . Im thinking that it might be a bad hitchhicker thats disturbing the shrooms .

The ammonia and nitrites are definitely zero ( this two are easy to tell apart )

Ok noted . I think i read the results wrongly , the colors were extremely similar ... I think my nitrate is around 0-10ppm ( it looks so similar) One more thing , the calcium test results seems to be way too off ... It tooked 29 drops to turn the solution to blue . This is very fishy as i do not dose any other calcium related products since i started the tank other than dymax improved formula reef salt . Also , i did the test many many many times and it still took around 29 drops to turn the solution to blue. On the chart , the maximum number of drops indicated was 26 . And 26 was already 550 ppm for calcium . Despite what the test results are saying , im not getting any calcium deposits or snow storms , so maybe i've got a bad batch?

Does phosphates cause it to bleach ? And how much does salifest test kits cost?

LS = life stock ? So far there was one ammonia spike . It went from 0 to 0.2 after the snail died . However it was always at 0 since then .

As of today , the water temperature is cooled to 26.1 degrees but the corals still seem dull and lifeless Is it because of the salinity problem or is it because of the detritus problem . Today im going to get a few bags of ro/di salt water mix from my lfs , to do a 30% water change , maybe this can dilute whatever toxins there are in the tank ( there shouldn't be as I am running lots of carbon ) . Also I will add in a few other chemical medias , mainly purigen and seachem phosguard . I would also be getting a turkey baster from the shop to blow off the detrititus that has settled on the corals .

Hi , Some of you may have known that my bubble tip anemone died a few weeks ago , luckily i did manage to remove it in time . I am running two packets of fresh activated carbon for a week and did some water changes , not ro / di water but tap water treated with Seachem Prime . Here's my tank's specs : Ammonia : 0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:0 Phosphates : Unknown ( Will get the API test kit soon ) Copper: 0 ppm Salinity: 1.023 ( Im using a 15 dollar hydrometer not a high tech refractometre so this might be off ) Calcium : 550 ( Why is this so high ? I haven't been dosing any chemicals except prime , and this is only for water changes , the salt im using is Dymax improved formula reef salt ) Alkalinity : 10 dKH Temperature : 30 degrees Celsius ( Im already using a HC 150A chiller which is connected to a Eheim 1000 compact and set to 26 degrees , however it was only added today , a few hours ago so it has yet to go down to that temperature ) Light period and intensity: 4 watt per gallon ( stock lighting for the rsm 130 ) Initially the lighting period was from 10am - 11pm at night , today i reduced it to 1pm-9.30pm to combat the algae issues . Water flow : Only than the stock circulation pump , which is 550l per hour and a cheap wave maker ( I directed the circulation pumps towards the water surface to aggitate the water and i directed the cheap wave maker towards the drain to promote drainage of materials . Should i shift them towards the live rocks instead ? ) All the water parameter results are obtained via API test kits . I'm a little skeptical about it as there's significant algae growth . However this might be due to the phosphates . But my tank is only roughly a month old so 0 nitrates is nearly impossible as I do have 1 yellow striped blenny and 1 ocellaris clown . Im planning to get a lawn mower blenny to control those pesky algae that growth so fast . I do have lots of live rocks but the corraline seems to be bleaching . Some of the algae have spreaded to them and some have taken over the sand bed . The tank inhibitants i currently have : 3 blue legged hermit 2 sand sifting star fish ( Im removing this from the tank as i heard many horror stories about them ) 1 Clown 1 Yellow striped blenny 3 rocks of mushrooms ( One of the rocks seems to be fine , the other two look like they are about to die any moment) One thing i have noticed is that there are significantly less bristle worms , or any at all . I cant seem to find a single bristleworm even at night . Just last week a two snails died in my tank and some of its flesh was blown away by the water current and trapped beneath the live rocks . I couldn't remove it as there was lots of rock structures there , so i just observed my tank's parameters and waited for the worms to feed on it at night . However ( I've been monitoring it for several nights now ) there was no worms to be seen anywhere . One thing however is that the meat has reduced significantly over the days , maybe this was due to the worms? Im not really sure . Anyways , one of my green mushroom coral is bleaching , wait not only my mushrooms , the corraline algae is as well . When the mushroom first arrived it was a greenish in color , now it seems to lost it and became whitish green instead. The other one has been closing up since the day it arrived till now which is around a week . ( But i think this was due to the presence of an unidentified anemone which i removed yesterday) The last rock of mushrooms seems to be doing ok , and even splitting , however they do curl up occasionally . Also , i have noticed another thing , the hitchhiker xenia was no where to be seen , and some mushrooms have gone missing , as well as a significant increase in algae growth ( The red hair like one ) This picture was taken weeks ago , now it has taken over half of the tank . ( someone help me identify this too , it seems to be able to peel off nicely , and when peeled off, it reveals green hair like algae. One last thing i have notice is that the hitchhiker tubeworms are still in my tank , despite the mass extinction of my corraline and corals , and the fishes are too as well . So what might the cause for this ? Is it the detritus that has settled down on the corals and live rock ? ( Because there's loads of them whenever i use my hands to make a wave ) Or is there a chemical / metal in my tank that is causing this ? There's no copper in my water for sure . Or might this be due to the salinity of my water? I've read other forums online and some of them said that 1.026 is most ideal for coral growth .. Im trying to increase the salinity with every water change i do but it doesn't rise very much . And one more thing , im planning to dose vodka / vinegar as i plan to keep mainly LPS corals in the near future , when my corals stop dying . Would that be advisable? How much should i dose for opitmum effects? I heard they bring down algae growth with them as well , myth of fact? Thanks ! I long for your speedy reply

Hi guys! Im currently looking for a custom made sump / refugium that can fit snugly into the cabinet of a rsm 130. I heard that livereef.com do make and sell them however they are a foreign based company and shipping would be a huge issue. Also , i might be upgrading the RSM 130 to a bigger tank so i do not want to get a brand new one which would definitely cost a bomb . So I was wondering if one of u guys have a custom made sump / refugium that u made for your RSM 130 previously and would like to sell it / give it away . As long as they are fully functional , I am interested in them , so leave a pm and I will get right back to ya!

Reserved by a reefer already . He trading for 1 Brain coral unless you got nicer corals . I will notify him if you interested

Hi fellow reefers , The live rock have a few ( I think 3 ) Sun polyps , and one pink carnation tree . Comes as a set Trading for any brain , pineapple , euphyllia ( Torch , Frogspawn or hammer : Must be branching variety ) or Acan/meat established frags Also WTB cheap functional RO/DI unit ...

Actually any corals would do but i would prefer lps ( The hardier ones ) , cool shrooms , xenias , kenya trees but no zoa or paly!

Lol here's the picture! Urgent haha i doubt it would survive long under my care:

I think i got a couple of Sun polyps hitchhiking on the piece of live rock along with my carnation tree . I know these guys are Non-Photosynthetic so does any one wan these guys ? Im afraid i cant keep them since im new to the reef tank . I could trade them for frogspawn , or hammer/torch corals (branching ones) though I'll post the picture later on so that you guys can confirm with me ~ Im pretty sure its a Sun Polyp though

Should i drill a hole or get a overflow ? I cant find any overflow box thats made for RSM 130 except for lifereef.com's . However they are an overseas company and shipping it here would be an issue .

Alantic neat GO? whats that? what do i type in google lol

Hello ! Should i invest in a custom sump for my RSM 130 ? I thought of putting a small refugium in there and my tunze 9002 skimmer there. IMO it would be easier to do maintenance on my tank .. Anyways , I want to hear your opinions on this . Would a Sump for my RSM 130 be worth the buck ? Or is it just a waste of money . What types of overflow should i use ? Where should i go to buy a custom rsm 130 sump ? How much would it cost?

Thats so sad i thought it was a kenya tree at First ... They look so pretty lol i think I've gotta return them or give them to some one else ..

Oh wait lol its still at expert level ..

Thanks for your reply anyways haha

YES! haha i thought i wasted money

I just bought this guy , thinking that he was one of the low maintenance soft corals. However, after reading some of the posts online , it seems that this is a Pink Cauliflower Coral . Many say that this is not a beginners coral as it has no photosynthetic algae in it .. So... Is this it or is this another type of coral?

Nooooo ... I thought it was a finger coral and i bought one of those T.T Guess its gonna die soon ...