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Red Planaria. I have written extensively on treating them, but here is the short. Levamisole is a dry powder that treats worms in...

You want Wurdmanni (sp?). There are many different types. The Wurdemanni just destroy the aiptasia, most the others are hit or miss...

Peppermint shrimp from the Florida Keys crush them. You need to order direct since you have no idea where most shrimp come from, but...

I don't want to sound defeatist, but when most people change tank parameters, a different kind of dinos moves in right after they think...

If you are anywhere near longmont, you can come by for a few scoops of live sand and I probably have some rubble with tons of pods...

For the co2, the only thing that you need to do is to air out your house. pH always falls in line unless you are adding a strong acid...

Those look like diatoms or dinos to me... but photos are not super clear. Compare with some photos. I would guess dinos. The normal...

Ross knows what he is doing. As said above, he does not reef like many other people, so pay attention to how he does it - mostly he get...

Shutting down a big tank. Have tons of live sand if anybody wants some to seed. This stuff comes from ocean live rock days, is more...

I did not read it, but if they don't have you pair any cycles up with nature then it probably won't work too well. You don't even...

Ya, I have had acros randomly spawn in the tank before. But the latest article gives pretty detailed info on how to setup lights and...

I have had acropora spawn in my tank. I have talked to Ross about it a lot too. It just happened. I did not do anything. The key to...

What do you have for a power outage backup plan? I might have a large computer UPS laying around, which can run a low wattage tunze...