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Old 08-06-2009, 02:57 AM
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i'm questioning my sea clown now...It produces about 1/4 cup of dark (like really steeped tea) skimmate every 2 weeks (currently use RO water from the store but i just ordered a 4 stage RO/DI from J&L). My Ph test kit is only 6 months old, I change 5 gallons out of 38 gallons every two weeks, have a koralia 2 and a nano for flow, plus the ac 110 and the flow from the skimmer. Lots of water movement inside the tank and the surface of the water is always moving quite well.

I am starting to get some hair algae...and just this afternoon i noticed one of my xenias is starting to look sickly (shriveling up). My yellow watchman goby dies yesterday (looked like he was having a seizure on the bottom of the tank and his eyes were completely black). I have cut back my feeding as i was probably overfeeding.

I read your article on algae Myka and have started ripping out the HA and blasting it with boiling water, are 5 gallon water changes every other day safe to do until the get the HA under control? I am guessing i should probably get a better skimmer to? I was thinking of a Tunze nano as they seem to generally get good feedback?? HELP
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