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So here I have finally discovered that the algae I have been fighting isn't hair algae or caulerpra toxifica but bryopsis instead . I know that the two main ways that people seem to fight this stuff is by raising the magnesium (not a fan of that idea with me actually keeping millepora alive for a change) and the other option a foxface rabbit fish.

I am not scared of adding a foxface to the bioload of my tank as I am confident it won't make any noticeable dent in that but ...

I took a video today but my battery ran out. Things are looking better already, even though most of the corals have lost a lot of tissue that seems to be slowing. My nitrates are high, and I did a water change yesterday and I'm planning to do another here in a couple of days.

well the time has come to upgrade.......... i have been slowly gearing up and getting equipment ready for my new tank oceanic starphire 150g tank 60x24x24. i will be combining my tank and my girlfriends tank i only have 6 fish a lot of coral and she has about 10-12 fish(more on that when i do build thread for it). so heres a pic i took 3-4 days ago of the 70g, i should be taking it down in a week or so. im excited and anxious as i know stuff will "pop" hopefully the move is smooth. ...

March FTS:


The Birdsnest is really dying except at the tips:


Some sort of Acro (right?):


I love macro shots of SPS polyps:


Some ...

My first year of reef keeping had its share lessons and mistakes. I had a detritus problem and the filtration was too inadequate to deal with it, so cleaning was a pain in the mass. I had problems dialing the lighting and flow just right, and as a result coral growth was inconsistent. This first year taught me what I really wanted (I think) out of the hobby, so I decided to start anew. I wanted a ...