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    question about dust cloud from adding sand

    Why not just fresh water? Let it drain a little so it doesn't affect your SG too much.
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    Flame Angel in distress

    Whoa--ok! Didn't realize the water sitting for a few hours would cause a problem so I never thought to ask the question, I only wondered about the temp. Thanks Beth!
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    Minimum tank size for a Lawnmower Blenny

    I would take the hair algae comments with a grain of salt though...I have read many many posts stating that their LMBs wouldn't touch long hair algae, and it turned out to be true in my case as well. I wasn't feeding supplemental algae, I thought he would be fine on what was growing naturally...
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    Flame Angel in distress

    I'm not sure if my Flame Angel is starving or is sick with something. Nitrates are a little high but not too bad, maybe 40. SG is 1.025. He isn't swimming very fast and doesn't seem as flexible as usual. Also he looks thin especially above and right behind his face. His face looks a little...
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    QT'ing new stock...worried for them

    I'm moving this out of the husbandry forum into this one since maybe there are a greater number of "polyp experts" here. That doesn't sound right. Anyway... Yesterday I bought a yellow clown goby, a fromia star and a sheet of green star polyps and brought them home and put them in my 10 gallon...
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    QT'ing new stock...worried for them

    Sorry to double-post, I decided to move this question to the corals and inverts forum. https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...23#post2676023
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    List of fish/inverts that hobbiests should avoid

    Originally Posted by sombra7740 i think christmas wrasse (ornate wrasse) needs to be researched or added. i found this wrasse to be great looking but poor survival...my lfs also liked it and ordered some, two died in the lfs, i bought one and it dissapeared into the rocks or sand for 48 hours...
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    Rio+ 3100 pump for sale

    I'm selling a Rio+ 3100 pump. It's more flow than I want through my refugium but it is in like-new condition and works perfectly, I only turned it on a few times for 1-2 minutes each time. I will ship it as it was when I bought it, with all the attachments, brackets, suction cups, warranty and...
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    Sumps: spillway instead of bubble trap

    So far it is working well for me at certain water levels and flow rates. If too little water is flowing and it goes down the spillway in rivulets instead of one solid sheet it creates bubbles. I don't have a big pump on it right now, so I'm not sure if more volume would be a problem. I would...
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    being environmentally friendly in Hawaii :)

    The storm drains in Seattle have a similar message stamped in them. But they have something that looks like an actual Salmon rather than the Blenny in "Finding Nemo".
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    Sumps: spillway instead of bubble trap

    Anybody try using a spillway instead of a bubble trap? I'm using a 20tall for my sump and I had two problems with the bubble trap I built between the refugium area and the return area. 1. Instead of using eggcrate at the top to keep the plants in, I drilled a bunch of holes an inch below the...
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    Worried about noise if I make a sump

    I'm trying to get the sump running today. The 3100 is more than my overflow can handle. The tank would have overflowed if I handn't turned off the pump, and that is using a ball valve cocked at 45 degrees so most of the water is cycling in the return area of the sump. I think I need a smaller...
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    Worried about noise if I make a sump

    Anybody that can say if the Rio 3100 will last a while? It was about $20 cheaper than a Mag 7, which I finally found a copy of today at an LFS I don't usually frequent.
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    Worried about noise if I make a sump

    Thanks for the link Doc. Sounds like about 4 inches would be a good way to go then. I would think even non-live sand becomes live eventually...would it take a really long time? By the way I've been looking for mag pumps this weekend locally, only found mag 3s in a couple of stores, but I got...
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    Worried about noise if I make a sump

    Cool, thanks! Actually I did just what you're saying about having the flow go into the refugium near the bottom. After I drew that picture, I had the idea to drill a bunch of holes near the bottom of the baffle because I had read the same thing you are saying somewhere else. I'll go ahead and...
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