sk8rreefgeek
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My tank has been running great for over a year and a half. Lately, I've noticed some brownish, stringy stuff on some of my zoos.
A few colonies arent opening all the way now. Seems like the algae will hold them shut, or halfway open.
I took some water into a very reputable fish store owner yesterday. He kinda laughed and asked "where did you steal this water from? everything is freakin perfect"
I have never, ever seen ANY trace of nitrates, and I keep everything as neat and clean as possible. I am guilty of using TAP, but we are supposed to have great water quality here and has never been a problem.
I traded some tri-color cloves for two 5 gallon jugs, filled with RO/DI and did an 8 gal water change yesterday.
Also, I only have about 15 crabs and 5 snails.
I have also noticed 100's of small starfish populating the tank and I took out about 50 yesterday.
What could be causing this? My hard corals aren't looking as good as they used to either...
A few colonies arent opening all the way now. Seems like the algae will hold them shut, or halfway open.
I took some water into a very reputable fish store owner yesterday. He kinda laughed and asked "where did you steal this water from? everything is freakin perfect"
I have never, ever seen ANY trace of nitrates, and I keep everything as neat and clean as possible. I am guilty of using TAP, but we are supposed to have great water quality here and has never been a problem.
I traded some tri-color cloves for two 5 gallon jugs, filled with RO/DI and did an 8 gal water change yesterday.
Also, I only have about 15 crabs and 5 snails.
I have also noticed 100's of small starfish populating the tank and I took out about 50 yesterday.
What could be causing this? My hard corals aren't looking as good as they used to either...