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Possibly, but I don't think so. If what I'm looking at is what I think it is, it appears to be a problem with the glass (or construction with the stresses). If something was dropped on it, in my experience, the crack would be different than what we are seeing.

I suspect not.

The money you are going to spend on water is going to be more expensive than buying a RO/DI system. I got one off of eBay (recommended by ReefCentral members) for ~$100 shipped. I bought a dual TDS meter to check the water going in and out. It reads 0ppm and I have no phosphates. I would recommend getting one. It's cheaper and easier as you'll find out very soon

Yeah. I'm going to treat them this weekend. I'm not sure what I can do differently other than treat them earlier and pull as much livestock as I can to my frag tank. I did the siphoning, water changes, and carbon last time.

These aren't acro eating flatworms, but they are a problem. They look ugly and cover everything. They aren't clear. They have red/orange look to them.

The littler boogers are back!!!!! I nearly killed everything in my tank and this freaking things are still alive!!!!!!!!!! For those that missed my previous post, here you go. http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16301 Well I'm going to do my darn best to catch my remaining fish. I'm going to pull as much livestock as I can out of the tank and put them in my frag tank. Then I'm going to try and nuke them again. I can't believe this crap. Flat worms %$#* me off. I can't stand these little...<fill in the blank>!

Be VERY careful in using this. I don't know if you saw my thread or not. I lost pretty much all my SPS and some fish. In total, I lost about $750 worth of livestock. It was enough to almost drive me out, especially I had another big problem where I lost about $500 worth of stuff earlier in the year.

I have mine in my sump and it isn't inlined. I wanted to kill bacteria and parasites so I needed a flow of 90gph. The inline approach was too much flow for me.

It sounds like it was sick. Did it have any visible signs of being sick? i.e. spots/specks, breathing fast, etc. Maybe it had an internal parasite. I know that there are some meds you can use to treat internal parasites.

I was there last night and I can verify that as well. Sean gave me some advice and I put in an order as well. It's nice having such a great vendor in the area.

I know that he was thinking about redoing the discount program over there. I didn't mean to start a discussion about it...I was just quoting one of his old messages LOL. Regardless of a WAMAS discount, loyal customer discount, etc...the prices are darn cheap. I went to BRK awhile ago and bought some things and I found out that there wasn't a WAMAS discount there either, but their prices are good. Actually, I heard that they don't offer a WAMAS discount because their prices are already cheap. From what I saw, F&F is cheaper and by the same logic, I can see why they wouldn't offer a WAMAS discount. I didn't realized he actually officially stopped. Sorry if I gave them a headache or any of you guys. Regardless of the discount, you are hard press to find the stuff cheaper.

I have a 90g with a 40g sump. I've done 4 ~30g or so water changes. I was changing it as fast as I could make it. I ran out of salt and my two buckets should arrive tomorrow. So sometime tomorrow I will be doing another water change.

Thanks for the tip. The flow is high. I will make sure that the PH stays above 8.3. That shouldn't be a problem since my tank likes to sit around 8.4. I'll cut back on the lighting. That's a good idea since I just have a few LPS and softies in the tank now.

I have another update. So I lost 3 Chromis, pretty much all of my SPS and part of my LPS, and my Magnificent Foxface. Now, I'm trying to get things back together. The corals in my tank and my clowns & chromis are out (other fish I was able to capture and move to another tank). Now I'm having a bad algae bloom. Also, my dynoflagellates are back...well I had a bit before the tank crash. Currently I'm running carbon. I'm out of salt for a water change :( I have some in route right now. I have a UV sterilizer running. What should I do to combat the bloom and the dynoflagellates? I will continue to do water changes when I get salt in and change the carbon. What else can I do?

I didn't read everything, but what about this? Why don't you modify the stand so the tank is level? It would seem that it would be easier to adjust the stand itself than the floor. The one thing I would be concerned about is the pressure on the new floor. How much is it off by? The pressure of the tank may breakup the concrete that you put down. I'm not sure how or how much you want to level the floor, but you can do the following. Take a string and tape it down to good section of the floor. Then pull the string across the stand area to the other part of the good floor. Now you should easily see your low and your high spots. I'm really familiar with this technique as I'm installing a patio right now I poured the slab with a buddy and my brother and we didn't quite get a level slab...eh it's OK, it has flagstone going on top. But I had to figure this stuff out when putting down my dry mix to get a level finish with the flagstone. You could also consider building forms where you want to put the tank and pour another slab. I'm not sure if I would go that route. I think I would adjust the stand to make the tank level.

Also, make sure you are getting enough flow in your tank. If you have one particular spot where you get the cyano, then it might be due to the lack of flow in that section. Change things up a bit to get flow there.

You may want to consider replacing the piping with some SPA flex. I know that it is hard to get to, but what concerns me is that you say you have several leaks. It might be worth the time to tear it apart and replace the piping with SPA flex.

FYI. I just tried this again, 2 months later and it still works! I just wanted to give everyone a heads up I bought 2 buckets of salt and 3 Salifert test kits to replace the ones that were ruined by the bulkhead leak. I saved more than $15.

It would be better. Actually, I went out and got a new one, but when I got home I realized I grabbed the wrong one. The place was closed by the time I realized that. So in order to get things going again, I put the old one back in. I'm wondering if I knocked it loose when I was reorganizing the sump area.

They make locktite where you can take it off again. I was also thinking about teflon tape. Actually, I don't think the gasket would be affected by either one, because it's suppose to be on the water side, right? I'm keeping an eye one it now and no signs of any leaks at all.

Another update. Things are getting better. The Flame made it and is doing well in the prop tank. I had 4 Chromis and 2 are dead for sure. I haven't seen the other 2. The maroon pair appear to be doing well in the anenome. So far it looks like I lost all my SPS. It looks like 3/4 or more of the LPS will survive. However, losing the SPS really hurts, especially the nice colony I got from Rebecca. I did another water change and replaced the carbon. Things are starting to perk up. Now for the bulkhead failure. I found the problem. Why it happened? I'm not sure. To recap. I noticed that the bulkhead had a slow drip. So I took it out, clean it up, cleaned up the glass and reinstalled it. When I started it back up, it still had a slow drip. I planned on getting a new bulkhead. Then all of a sudden it just busted through with a lot of water. Well when I went to replace it today, I noticed that the nut was really loose. I found that very interesting. So I took it apart again. Then I reinstalled it and got out the channel locks and locked it down. I was careful on not to do it to hard to crack the glass. I'm going to keep an eye on it. I'm thinking about getting some locktite and gluing that booger down.

I'm not sure. I really haven't seen him on here in awhile. You can always call. He also has email. I know he gets it and if you ask a question, he'll probably respond.

I had to write up another review for F&F after my experience yesterday. The past few days have been hellish. I stop by F&F yesterday to replace my Magnificent Foxface that I lost. Sean held the fish for me until I could get things under control. I got there and saw a ton of beautiful fish in stock. They weren't as exotic as what some of the vendors get in, but they were certainly beautiful. I'm still amazed to see how cheap their livestock is. Sorry guys, I told Sean that he need to raise his prices because they were so cheap. No one, I repeat no one comes close to the prices F&F has on their live stock. The only place that comes close is Roozens, but I refuse to go there. So yet another big thumbs up for Sean and his staff. BTW, don't forget to bring your WAMAS card

I got an update. First let me clear up something. I didn't recently get the flatworms. I had them for awhile. So any recent acquisitions didn't cause my problem. On top of that, if I was thinking a little more clearly when I got the problem coral, I wouldn't have them in my main tank. The Flame made it through the night. It's now swimming around in my prop tank with my new Mag Foxface. The bad news is that I lost a Chromis. I believe that the other fish are OK for now. I'm mixing up more saltwater now to do another 30+ g change. It looks like i lost one of my nice SPS. The colony I got from Rebecca is still borderline on whether or not it will survive. The tips look bleach, but the stalks look like they may make it. I told my wife when we picked up that colony that I would frag a bit of it so if anything happens, we at least have a frag. I never had the chance :( Well off to mix up some water, change the carbon, and try to suck up more water out of the carpet. BTW, does anyone know why a bulkhead would fail? I looked a the seal and the glass and everything looks OK.

Oh ya! It gets better. So I'm in the fish room trying to get things ready for the water change. I come back out and the bulk head completely failed!!! Freaking great. So I have what, 10 gallons of water on my floor now? Maybe 7. I'm not sure. My nitrate, nitrite, etc test kits were in the stand. They were floating and the labels were completely destroyed. I guess I can't be testing the water now. Sounds like I'll be buying more of those if I stay in this hobby. I tried getting as much water as I can with my carpet cleaner. I also have my dehumidifier running. Luckily, the tank is in the basement. So I drained and disconnected the overflow. I put a heater in the display tank. I put a media bag with carbon in front of my tunze. I hooked up a maxi jet to create air in the tank. The only thing I'm not doing is using a skimmer and the UV. I hope the carpet under the stand is OK. I can't get to it to suck up the water. I have the cleaner by the edge along with the dehumidifier trying to suck it out. If I didn't have to acclimate the Flame to the prop tank, I would had time to swing by Rick's to get a new bulkhead. It is beyond me how a bulkhead fails. Do I dare check the 2 lotto numbers I have? I guess my luck can only go up from here. BTW, the Flame is still alive. It's still having a hard time, but at least it is still kicking.