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Thats about 250l tank size. Turbo should ok.

I think there is one for sale in the trade& exchange section. They are ok for 200L tank at best, not 1000L as stated. what size tank are you looking at running.

You got a light problem. should get another two tubes, or get t5s. Corals will need more light to grow.

I dont think it is, just released about 3 years ago. The best book to ID hard coral

i see that, might email him and see if they are still going

He has a morish idol, i wonder if it is still alive.?? They are very hard to keep. so far the record for me is 10 dead and the longest lasting for 4 months. dont have any problems getting them to eat, they do well eating anything and then they can die the next day.

What do you mean by crashing??, My tank has never crashed, apart from some minor problems which happen sometimes. Cant really work out what caused some of the coral to bleach, but i put it down to overuse of carbon.

Could try flame angel, however some can pick. mine has been fine for 5 years. coral beauty, . Any centropyge can start to pick.

90% of lemon peels should not be in a reef tank , so it is no surprise. They would do a bit better in a large tank as eating a few corals would not matter. Catch it and sell it. once they get the taste of coral they will never change.

My tank was always about 250 and if you look at the photos about 2 months ago it is hardly slowly collapsing. That is a good sign that something is wrong when your redox drops by a lot. good point Control , do you have any pics of your tank, interested to see how all the acropora and hard corals look with long term use ozone. My experience with ozone is that coral will not do as well and long term use of ozone is totally unnecessary in a reef tank. However there might be a benefit for short term use.

The best way to remove cyno is improve water quality. cyno normal means you have a high nutrient load . Using slime killing products is only a short term view. as it will come back.

Well i quess that is why no modern reef aquarium uses ozone.

why have a oxygen reactor if you have a skimmer?? dont they do the same thing. I find measuring redox is just a quide to water quality. a tank with a redox of 400 is no better with a tank measuring 250. My tank is currently 400 without ozone. but who knows if the probe is ok.

I would say that you have more nutrients in your tank as you have been adding more coral thus increasing the bioload.Your acros are quite brown which could indicate high nutrients. Flatworms is another sign of high nutrients. Might have to upgrade the skimmer or add some media that will remove nutrients

Here is my picks the modern reef aquarium vol 1-4 fossa/nilsen reef fishes vol 1-3 scott michael the reef aquarium vol 1-3 delbeel/sprung coral magazine vol 1-6 corals of the world jen vernon

I doubt the stream has anything to do with it. Sometimes they close for a week and then open much larger. Must be a growing stage.

Its nice to know that there is someone else here that doesn't believe in keeping sterille tanks [quote] I doubt the tanks are sterile, It is just a fact that if you want to keep acropora colours you have to have low nutrient tank.[/quote]

i Doubt its is the trace phostphate in rain water that is the problem, it is all the other stuff you cant test for.

Rain water is a not very safe when not filtered. It has bactaria in it which could be a problem. if you are on tank water get a DI unit. i have a microlene filter and 3 di's in a row, The microlene fliter will not remove phostphates.

i have tropical seahorses. kuda.

Good news , however take the 3-4 people away that post 2000 plus posts, it will bring things in perspective. Freshwater is way bigger.

Ask goldfish pagoda, they might be able to help you Perky

does lamp kelvin rating matter?? http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/1298/1298_2.html

Chimera, the emperor angel, is a no go in a reef. he will love your coral. Better to try majestic, regal, maybe blue face. but even these might get a taste for your coral. My regal and majestic are fine so far. but it is early days.

Xenia?? Big difference between xenia and star polyps.