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    LED vs. Hallide

    Its' been a while since I've posted... but this one caught my attention. I run a 180 gallon tank with a 95 gallon sump and a 20 gallon side car tank (all plumbed together) to host my mantis shrimp. I made the switch from PC/Halide lights to LED 3 years ago... I love the change. I have...
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    Fraud alert - WebAqu#####.com

    Is anyone else out there getting their credit card held or charge... and not receiving products from Webaqu#####.com? I have purchased lamps from Webaqu#####.com that i can't get from here... and they are talking over a month to "process" my order and i have had no dialog. They used to be...
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    Where to snorkel in Mexico, Bahama, or Hawaii

    thanks for all the replies. I have been checking out Atlantis on Bahamas as well. i think I am down to the Big Island in Hawaii or Atlantis. I know that Next year will be our 10th anniversary, so we want to go back to Jamaica (Ocho Rios most likely) where we Honeymooned, this will be a short 7...
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    Where to snorkel in Mexico, Bahama, or Hawaii

    I'm starting to think so. I've been to Italy once, was all geared out and ready to go in Sorrento and several of the islands there... but it rained for 8 days... the Med turned to a muky brown and all charters cancelled. Visibility was 0. My big chance to snorkel in the Mediteraniean Sea...
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    Where to snorkel in Mexico, Bahama, or Hawaii

    Thanks guys. I have snorkeled in 12 places in Cozumel. All of them require a boat or charter. I have searched a lot of books. most of them refer to diving, or to charters for snorkeling. I'll need surgery if I choose to start diving. Maui was awesome... we literally walked on the beach...
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    Where to snorkel in Mexico, Bahama, or Hawaii

    So, I am asking for help here. I cannot Dive, or go deeper than 10' without extreme pain. So... We are looking for either Mexico or hawaii. I want to be able to walk down to the beach, stick my face in the water and be amazed. 2 years ago we stayed at the fairmont Kihea. It was that way. 3...
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    Is a yellow clown goby reef safe?

    Id like to takeback what I've said about citron gobies being reef safe. Mine is a couple years old... and has started showing some real signs of aggression. It is quickly becoming the bully of thetank, even over my clown, coral beauty, and rabbits. It is also developing a tast for SPS. It is...
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    Chemi-Pure

    It's interesting. When I started this hobby... there was concern about over-skimming, over-cleaning (carbon), over this, or over that. But now, it seems that the key to SPS especially, is to make the water as clear as possible. Everything you see and read says that the water around the reef is...
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    Chemi-Pure

    it works great for fresh water... but they were told to remove "saltwater" from there labels (as I heard from my LFS). Think of it as a DI filter... since that's what it is. Can you imagine running salt water through a DI filter. It's be spent in the first minute. after that... it is just...
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    Anyone know of anything that eats Xenia?

    When xenia is happy, it is hard to get rid of. I had so much that all my LFS and friends had more than they wanted... Try a long spine urchin. I had one that would mow 4 square inches a night. I sold him. Peel it. Not 1 or 2 stalks. All of it... every stalk. If it doesn't peel off easy, or...
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    new fish suggestions....

    I like really small fish...mostly gobies or blennys in my 200 I the largest fish I have is the Coral beauty... then my clown. i like the barnacle blennys, shrimp gobie paired with pistol shrimp, sailfin blenny (not sure what else to call it... only 2 inches long), etc. etc. Lots of small fish...
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    new fish suggestions....

    I like really small fish...mostly gobies or blennys in my 200 I the largest fish I have is the Coral beauty... then my clown. i like the barnacle blennys, shrimp gobie paired with pistol shrimp, sailfin blenny (not sure what else to call it... only 2 inches long), etc. etc.
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    Perplexing Mystery?

    I did a quick skim of this but 1 thing caught my attention. ### this used to be an aggressive tank... did you use copper?### If so, did you remove everything (especially the water) when you converted from Fish tank to Reef. As you may know Copper is poison to inverts and many algeas. Copper can...
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    six line and sexy shrimp??

    give em time. Sooner or later, they all turn. :( Mine did fine for quite a while, then once it started eating them... there was no stopping. Even over feeding didn't seem to help.
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    Black cucumber split... now I have 2

    OK, so I know that many e-derms can split. But never expected that my black sand sifting cucumber would. About 3 months ago my black cuke was about 9" long. One morning I saw it curled up behind one of my rocks... looked about 3" long. I know it could contract so I didn't bother with it. That...
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