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I have quite a lot of red slime algea so was anoying to find yet another potential problem, but now thanks to the replies i have learnt its not that bad, so thx all. Cheers Dan

Hi again my tank is full of probelms. This morning i have just saw an aiptasia anenome in a hole in my rock work well i thinks its aiptasia its small and whiteish, What should i do? Also are theese really that bad? Cheers Dan

Hi all i just got my first protein skimmer (thx steve) i now just have a few questions about it.Firstly it is a via-aqua hang on skimmer for my 90l tank. Now it seems to be producing a lot of micro bubbles in the main tank is this normall when you first set one up? Also was just wondering if there should be any seawater in the collection cup. thanks Dan

hey, looks like a limpet to me.

thanks every1 for the great information. cheers

Hi all just wanting some of my questions answered. Firstly ill just say a bit about my tank my tank is about 5 years old cant b certain since im not the first owner. I have had the tank for a bout a year. And i am only 14 so i think it is a good starter tank for me Its an 90 litre aqua 1 AR-620 all in one aqurium lights, filter. it has 2 floroesent tubes i think there 20 watt each not sure i use 1 white and 1 purple. it has 1 105 gph powerhead and the filter return for water movement. It is heated by a tronic 200 watt heater. Has lots of coral rock and sand. Live stock: 1x blue tang star of the show 1x lemon peel dwarf angel 2x clown fish 1x cleaner shrimp 1x very nice looking coral bannded shrimp Corals a rock coverd in mushrooms- this is where the clown fish spend all their time. 2x leather corals, not sure what their indivdual names are. assorted other mushrooms. all my water parameters are good i measure ph, amonia, nitrite and silinity. i add just 1 addivitve at the moment- Salifert all in one reef suplement which increases alkalinity, calcium, strontium and trace elements. 1. Quite a lot of my live rock is coated in a redish brown algea. wat can i do about that? :-? 2. Also i have quite a small tank (90 litres) should i have a protien skimmer? would one make a big differnce also i may have troube fitting one as there is no real place to put 1 and since it has the filter on the back i cant hang 1 on, but i may be able to cut into the filter and hang 1. not sure about submerssing 1 as i have limited space and havent really seen any small skimmers, how small do they get? dont want to get a sump as it would b quite costly and i dont really have the space. 3. Could any one suggest some good corals i could keep under my low lighting conditons? only 40 watt i thnk 4. Is there any way i could add more powerfull lighting so i could keep better corals and make the ones i have even happier? but if i could i would still like them to b able to fit in my current light hood. is this possible?

my tank is 100 litre he is the boss and the other occupants include 2 clowns a lemon pell dwarf angel and a cralbanded shrimp, i beleive the whit spot is now getting better, but have also added a cleaner shrimp to help control it in the future and feeding on garlic enriched food now and the takns is very stable system been runing for 3 years. thank you all for your help. cheers

hi i have a blue tang that i think has whitespot it is in a small reef tank, i have been treating him for about 1 and a half weeks with stop parisite but he seems to be getting worse, he now has lots more spots and is got quite alot of some strage pimple things, i have a very small quarintine tank set up so i can maybe move him into that for copper medication but am still not sure what to do. plz help

Have updated my profile, im in auckland north shore

Hi i would like to get some turbo snails for my 90 litre reef, could you please give me some advice on where i could get some from and how many would i need. Cheers