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    rose millepora. not enough light?

    Ok so I bought a rose millepora today and I had no room towards the top of my tank so I put the big awkward plug with the mille on the sand. Now it is 2 and a half feel far from my 60 watt led ecoray fixture (6 inches above water). and it is towards the side a little too.. I am fairly new to...
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    how much par?

    Hi everyone... so I have an ecoray 60 watt fixture on my tank and have recently been worrying if my tank is getting too much light (44 g). My sps corals that are the highest in my tank are about 24 inches from my fixture.. and on their website they say it is 500+ par at 24 inches. I dont know...
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    Snails that dont turn over?

    Hello everyone I havent been on the forum for a really long time.. I just recovered after a year of health complications and have been starting to pay more attention to my reef tank. Basically I just started a new CUC and I am using margarita snails this time around.. my problem is all my snails...
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    New refugium!!!

    Ok... so i am really exited i just started a refugium... I was wondering what are some beneficial things to put in there. I just put a DSB and have cheato and tisbe pods on the way. I restarted my tank because of a bad anemone outbreak and i dont really have alot of sand critters (worms,etc). I...
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    Anemone in reef?

    Hi everyone, its been a while since ive been on the boards. I currently restarted my whole tank to wipe out there terrible pest anemones that took over. Now I am caught in a dilemma. I have quarantined 2 bangaii cardinals and a true perc and put them in my DT. So far i only have a colony of zoas...
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    Eradicating whole tank , where to put corals?

    Hi everyone, okay so my whole tank has a huge outbreak of strawberry anemones and they are killing all my corals, i am going to lower salinity in display tank to kill them. my one fish (clown) has ick and i am cycling my 10 gallon qt right now for him. my question is, where should i put all my...
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    Should i get a reef ready 90 gallon tank?

    so i have been looking to get a new bigger tank for a while now. i have been looking at the reef ready ones that are already drilled and i always wanted one of them... i finally feel like i can do it but i don't know how hard it is. i have always been a HOB reefer and now want to try a refugium...
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    'strawberry anemones' taking over my tank

    hi everyone, i have been away for a month and i had a friend of mine feed, waterchange, and top off my 44g tank (sold all fish, kept corals). Now that im back everything looks fine in the tank exept that some corals are closing because there are small 'strawberry anemones' all over the tank...
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    Allardi Clownfish

    Hi everyone,, i havent been on the boards in a while because i havent had any problems in a while!! recently my true percula clownfish dissapeared!! All my paramaters are good and i have a firefish, rainfords goby, and a midas blenny... I have no idea why he died/dissapeared, i am assuming he...
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    aiptasia

    hi everyone... I just bought a small frag of zoos and i noticed a tiny , i mean tiny , aiptasia in the middle of them... is there any way i can kill it without harming my zoas? i dont think i can use joes juice, aiptasia x, and all that stuff because its too small for a syringe... any ideas? i...
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    gfci vs surge protector?

    hi everyone... i was at home depot yesterday looking for some gfci plug in outlets... i came upon some surge protectors that have a light for grounding and a light for protecting.... does anyone know if a surge protector has the same purpose as a GFCI outlet? on the back i thing it said response...
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    firefish???

    hi everyone... i have a firefish and every morning he comes out of his cave with either a scratch on his fin, or some sort of white blodge on his skin... I keep thinking it might be ick but i swear its not cause theres no bumpy salt like things... does anyone have any experience with their fish...
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    Popeye maracyn 2

    hi everyone... i recently saw that my clownfish had popeye and i put him in the qt... i went out and bought some maracyn two.. but this is little packets with powder form... it says for all freshwater fish... it doesent say anything about saltwater fish... does anyone know if it is ok to use?
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    radiant vs mystery wrasse

    hi everyone... i was just wondering what fish would you guys think would be a better choice for a peaceful reef tank.. a radiant wrasse or a mystery wrasse?? i have a cleaner shrimp and a sexy shrimp im worried about
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    Brooklynella?

    hi everyone... i am sad to say that this morning i woke up to see my cardinal bangaii dead!!! he looked perfectly healthy yesterday. He has been a picky eater, but he was eating a little. This is all in my qt along with 2 tiny nano clowns. the one clown looks like it is going to die any minute...
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    Bangaii cardinal doesn't eat?

    Hi everyone, i recently bought a bangaii cardinal and have had him for about a week.he is in a qt along with 2 nano clowns. he doesnt eat the formula 2 that the 2 small clowns eat in the qt tank.I have only seen him take one small bite of brine shrimp, and only one bite every day. he looks at...
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    Duncan not opening

    hi everyone... I recently bought a giant green polyp duncan coral... he has not fully opened yet and it has been about a week (4 days of not bothering him). Sometimes he looks great, and other times he is closed up... He looks pretty open most of the nights... All my parameters are great exept...
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    Using wood from the beach

    hi everyone... i have recently found some nice smooth pieces of wood from the beach and it looks like it could be a great house for pods and other good stuff... has anyone ever used wood in a SW tank? this wood looks like it has been in the ocean for quite a while.. any help would be appreciated...
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    Caulerpa serrulata going sexual

    okay so i have had caulerpa in my main tank for a while now,, and today i realized small tentacle type things on it... I searched up and found out that it was going sexual... so i immediatly removed it but i am not sure if it released 'eggs' or if my sand went all over the tank... Is it possible...
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    Blasto??

    Hi everyone... I have a red blasto that i bought about a week ago... He is still not happy and closing up (he is positioned on sand bed)... I have 60 watts LED in my 44 gallon tank... Is this too much light??? i have tried putting him in low and high flow,, but nothing helps... I am starting to...
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