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    do you live in Illinois

    well i guess that there is not a whole lot of people that live in illinois on here but hi to the other two that do
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    do you live in Illinois

    hey is anyone one here from illinois. I live in Mclean Illinois which is near bloomington
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    Glue question.

    there is a coral glue that you can get i don't know if it would work on the power head but it will be safe for the tank
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    BIGGEST mistake you've made in the hobby

    my biggest mistake was getting a lunare wrasse froma pet store where the owner knew the same information as i did he ate practially all of my fish.
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    Overflow Box Tubing question

    i have found that using teflon tape around the bulk head works great. Also you might want to clamp the tube to the bulk head they make them in plastic and metal.
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    starfish

    i have this star fish that is an orange color and has tiny bumps or spikes on him he is soft. i have notice that he turning white on top and have no clue as to why.he went from a tank that was a 29 gallon to a 90 gallon tank. i am looking in to getting a ro filter but before he moved to the new...
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    Best deals you've gotten

    i wish that my local fish store did that they charge 1.39 a gallon
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    Starting from Scratch ( Newbie )

    the biggest thing that i have found great to have when starting a system is teflon tape. use it on the treads to anything if you don't i have found that you will have a slow leak.
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    naming fish

    i like to name my fish, is that wierd? ii used to have a fresh water tank and those fish didn't have the same amount of personality, than my saltwater fish
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    Wet/dry Filter

    i have a wet dry filter from pro clean systems . this is how mine is setup. first the water is collected in the first tall compartment then it goes over a filter then over the bio balls then it collected on the bottom where it goes through a final filter then gets pumped back into the tank. if...
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    This green hair algae is out of control!!!!!

    i used to have a 29 gallon tank and when my hair algea got out of control i would use the uv sterilizer. i did a lot of research on them and found the best one to be the turbo twist. i have heard that is good to run it only for four hours with a reef tank though
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    Yuma Ricordeas, will ship...

    i am intersted in number 6 if it still available. my email is ND-Baker@wiu.edu
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    Cheap Cheap Cheap

    if you have anymore frags left i am interested i only have a green mushroom in my tank. send me an email at ND-Baker@wiu.edu
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    Water Top Off

    what did it cost to put the system in and to get it working?
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    algae

    is algae good or bad other than the way it looks in a tank? Also, are bristle worms bad because some say they are and some say that they are good?
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