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Yup HLLE. Mines pretty tame lol and also got HLLE when I moved tank from previous owner (stress plus poor water quality) I had a big nitrate and phosphate problem I don't use carbon although I do know it is a contributor. Feed a variety of different foods. Mine gets fresh spinach, live/frozen brine, mysis shrimp, different nori, different flake, live black worms. I soak my frozen in vitamins then drain in strainer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Im not sure I never tried it but a lot of people have had success with turning lights out to starve the algae of light. Not sure if it kills corals. I got rid of mine by starving it out. with upgraded skimmer, added large chaeto growing refugium, added GFO and stopped overfeeding.

When the algae dies after lights out, nutrients are flooded back into the water like fertilizer to a lawn. So do a good water changes during and especially after. Do you have corals that may suffer lights out? I'm not a fan of the lights out theory because it kindof just puts a bandaid on the real problem and will grow back. I like to starve the algae of its nutrients and manual removal. Good luck it takes time! -Hair algae survivalist

Upgraded skimmer would help. Manual removal would help. GFO would help. Increasing frequency of water change. Do you over feed?

http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/captive_aquatics/2011/01/refractometer-calibration-the-myth-and-risks-of-using-rodi.html

Welcome! My tank wasn't suppose to cost much either. I have dropped thousands also and don't even care because this hobby can be so addicting. Fish only tank? Softies or SPS? How did you find out about wamas?

+1 I would rather see this beast die than another invert. If he dashes in the rock after fatal injury I would do a lot of water changes and buy extra inverts to feed on its carcus. The farther you chisel the farther away from the threat he will travel.

Sounds like you will need a speargun!

Ahg I can't take the suspense! I'll say GSP! Keep us updated

My maroon does it all the time creating a mini sand storm. And also spits sand all over my goniopora and sps. As happy Gilmore would say. "I hate that darn clown!"

That things pretty wicked looking! Keep it!

Finally picked up my D120s. They are running 97 watts at 100%. They run less wattage than rated for to save the life of the led bulb. I don't know anyone that runs them at 100% so I tested them at 75% also and they are running at 72watts. 150watts vs 240 sounds pretty good!

No I let the fish eat them. I did a little research and very difficult to raise.

Darn didn't download on YouTube the way I wanted it to. Looks way better on my phone.

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I took this footage the other week and thought it was worth sharing. Baby shrimp storm! Happens 1-2 times a month now. The fish love it. She points her booty in the air, kicks all legs and spews millions of offspring into water column. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6c-nSlsfF0

Mine hates low alkalinity so check that also.

SPS in tank or LPS? I know SPS undetectable is best there is also a minimum cut off but most people have enough fish that it's not a problem. I had nitrate problem when I first bought tank. I can def tell a difference in growth and corals look more plump now. My tank went from 80ppm to undetectable very quickly. I added large CHEATo growing refugium with strong 3watt LEDs, upped skimmer size, stopped over feeding, added more lighting to increase photosynthetic nitrate eating bacteria, and upped water change.

Keep up the good work. Yea I would agree that water quality can fuel the fire especially since your tank is newer. However somehow I think BA finds a way to suck up the nutrients before they can get to the skimmer or chaeto. I have had undetectable nitrates and low bio load and still find one here and there. It also requires very little light and they seem to grow in the most hard to reach locations. My tang eats it but it's not on his fav list so he doesn't go out of his way to get it. When I find one I clean it off and I see the tangs swallow it. I would think adding a fish would help worsen water quality and bio load. I would recommend it if a fish of similar size removed. Manual removal no doubt the best. Check overflows also!

My fav moment was human sandpaper related.

Darn was hoping to see this little one grow. I think they sometimes think the grass is greener on the other side of the tank. Unless you have a nem it appears its as addictive as crack.

Does aptasia ever go away? I take care of mine the second I see one and I still get one pop up once every week or two. I like all the suggestions. I have never owned a filefish have read that some people have had great luck, some have had corals eaten and some just plain didn't eat aptasia. Im a kalk paste guy. If it's a hard angle for a syringe to get to, I make a tiny amount of playdoh for my index finger and smear it over the tiny crevice the aptasia is in. I only typically get one aptasia at a time and have a lot of water volume so the kalk won't affect parameters too bad.

Nice! If you don't mind me asking, what is the difference between mysis and PE mysis? Just factory names?

I keep hammer coral and Duncan along with my sps. To me they seem harder to keep happy than any of my sps species. I moved my hammer the other day and it recessed also. I'm trying to figure out if it was because of less flow or less light. Good luck with cyano I hear more flow, more water changes and better skimming helps. I think cutting the lights work as long as you siphon off a lot of the dead algae/nutrients. Let us know what helped the most.

Your majano was super healthy loved the color. But I dunno if it would take the ultimate pest title I grew out a large aptasia by accident and it looked amazing lol