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    Need some serious help

    Yea I kind of thought that too about the bacteria but isn't there enough rock in freshwater to have a huge surface area for it? I have a canister he can use but then won't we eventually enter a nitrate issue?
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    Need some serious help

    Yep new wheels and no corline all this stuff set outside for a like a week before cleaning to left all die off and dry out to make it easier to get it off.
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    Need some serious help

    I know this is saltwater only forums, But I can get better and quicker answers here than anywhere else. Let me give ya some background. I gave my brother my 55 gal saltwater and he changed it to freshwater. Everything was cleaned he is using my penguin 400 biowheel on it. This tank is now going...
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    Can you keep your nitrates below 5 PPM?

    Don't Feel too bad I have a 90 gal mixed reef really loaded , fuge with cheato, skimmer , carbon blahblah and am still reading 10ppm on mine. Everything Lives grows so I gave up on the 0 mark way too much hassle for what little problems it will cause.
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    Any coral that can fight Xenia?

    frogspawn will kill it when it touches it that is what i am doing right now keeping at bay.. Got tired of the stink on my hands after fraging it .. that stuff stinks BAD!!
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    Which salt to keep cal/mag up?

    Yep Oceanic , went from I/O reef crystals and I have yet to have to dose anything.. with I/O I was having to dose everyday.
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    Oceanic vs. Instant Ocean Reef Crystals

    I swapped from Reef Crystals to Oceanic , I got tired of trying to get my Cal up with reef crystals.. So far 3 months in everything is looking better color wise and growing much better with Oceanic than with -- and my Cal has hung steady around 450 :)
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    Sump Evaporation

    I have that same sump on my 90 the only evap is the last chamber where the pump is. On my 90 i evap 1 gal to 2 gal every 3 or 4 days. I love the design of this sump due to the constant water level in the first chamber for the skimmer. I have another sump made by another well known maker and the...
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    moving

    Need some help and Ideas on moving my 90 gal. I know there are some posts here on the subject but would like to ask people that have moved tanks before some questions and ideas on the moving part. Basicly I am going to move it here at work till we build another house. So it is only going to move...
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    Aquarist's stimulus package pending

    I have a ETS on my 55 and I do not like it at all. I have ADHI on my 90 that I love.. IMO I would get a ADHI sump and then get a skimmer. ETS does not have a good design to keep the water level at a constant in the first chamber. And you will be constantly adjusting the skimmer as you add top...
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    less than a year old

    yea that is what i have been doing.. it is awesome that it grows well... but it grows too well.
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    less than a year old

    Some befores and afters. full tank shot before around 4months ago. after First zoo frag. around 5 months old now. Before after Xenia growth I am guess maybe 3 months worth.. It was only 2 stalks when I bought it. Frogspawn, it dropped a head when i got sort of bummed me out, but around x...
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    Naso Tang Not eating much

    yea mine defiantly loves seaweed, the foxface does too also he love the harki algea pellets the bigger ones that sink fast.
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    colt coral question

    Is there a way to make a colt coral release from it's rock ? I need to move it lower some cause of the lights but it is on a large rock.
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    T5 bulb replacement recommendations

    Or ATI Aquablue ATI Blue Plus ATI Aquablue Special ATI BLue Plus I just don't like the pink color of the aquasun at all..
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