Brown Algae Saltwater Aquarium Protein Skimmer

A good stop-gap measure, but not a long-term solution. You want to find the root cause/s of the problem and solve them.

Adding More Beneficial Microbes: Can be done by placing more cured live rock, and/or clean "old" substrate or filter media, or cycling products.

Adding Bio-Absorbers: Macro-Algae are probably the best known forms of photosynthetic life that can be added safely to help "take up" ammonia, nitrite. Caulerpa and Halimeda spp. in particular are good for this purpose.

Chemical Filtrants: Exist for removing amm

It is easy to fall into the "black-hole" of purchasing more and more gear with them, without concomitant understanding of how youre (mal)affecting other aspects of the systems well-being.

The bottom line is that wet-dry filters "speed-up" the same biological reactions better than any other mode of filtration, thereby supremely improving and stabilizing water quality; to the extent

brown algae saltwater aquarium protein skimmer

Do you dream of watching the natural beauty of the undersea reeflife while sitting in your living room?
Do you dream of watching the natural beauty of the undersea reeflife while sitting in your living room?

Whether your goal is a nano reef tank or a 150 gallon aquarium with an ecosyst
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VHO still holds one advantage over their competitor, Power Compact lamps, in that the lamps distribute light better over a greater area.

Power Compact Fluorescent

In our opinion, Power Compact bulbs are one of the most valuable innovations in the aquarium hobby in recent years. Power Compact bulbs consist of U-shaped fluorescent tub

These systems call for chemical filtrants, more vigorous circulation/aeration, and other mechanisms to reduce water chemistry fluctuations.

Size:

Even though Im only 5 7", bigger is better (!) in aquarium sizing. Like ocean-size volumes, humungous tanks dont change much very quickly; in part because of dilution, and temperature -wise due to tank wall thickness.

Livestock:

What kinds of life youre keeping touches directly on the issue of the type of system filtrat

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phosphates too high
hello again- Well my 90 gallon predator/reef tank has been up in running for about 7 months. Everything is running smoothly so far- water parameters are nitrate > 20 ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0 ppm, pH 8.2, salinity 1.025, but phosphates are way to high it's about 5 ppm. For the past .

Common Cichlid Diseases
Like all fish kept in tanks, Cichlids are prone to disease. The artificial environment and closed system are the perfect breeding grounds for pathogens and parasites. Of course, wild fish get diseases, but these go unseen by everyone but fishermen and wildlife biologists. The best cure is .