> I went to home depot lastnight and the sand they had wasnt white at all.
> I said playsand but was mostly brown in color. is this the same stuff you
> are talking about?

I didn't mention any sand in particular. CaribSea Aragamax is the kind
of stuff you want in the tank.


> and 4 vho 110w actinics. I recently moved the lights to 18 inches over the
> water from less than 10 inches. So i have to play the waiting game and see
> if that helps.

It won't. Most of the corraline that comes in on the live rock that we
import comes from deeper water. You want coralline? You gotta use less
light.

> Im sure mt po4 is off the chart, I upped my water changes to 20% a week and
> started po4 remover pads in sump.. I did take out the bioballs in the sump.
> they werent in the sump long maybe 3 weeks tops. I just didnt take them out
> when I got a new sump.

The bio-balls have no effect on phospahte. 

Make sure that your top-off water is good. Do you use RO/DI?

Marty
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