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  1. althemean

    Linkia Star Deteriorating!

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    Hydor Koralia 3

    i have two #3 in my 50 gal. Plus the return pump from the sump.
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    powerheads

    I have two #3's in my 50 gal. on opposite sides of each other. I replaced two maxijet 1200's with the hydor koralia's.
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    What is aussie acan?

    I tried to keep a frag and after a few days the flesh just started to blow/peel away. What caused this?
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    Disappearing Chromis

    on an interesting note...I do have a blue damsel who was a big bully. I put him in my QT when I broke down the DT to get out the damsels. I put two peices of LR in the QT. The blue damsel who is by himself in there has found a hole in the LR and frequently hides in it. He is not sick or...
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    green coraline algae

    normal. It will give way to purple after a while. Sometimes the green can be really bright...neon green almost.
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    how do chillers work?

    I just rigged up four 28cfm 12vdc computer fans in parallel to a 1200ma 12vdc converter. They dropped my tank temp from 85 to 76 in four hours. Rather fast. I didnt think it would work so fast. The tank is a 50gal seaclear with 150wMH.
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    Score - Thank you *****

    Originally Posted by maxalmon I was just at Trop and wow, I can't believe what they tell people.....Bad...bad...bad....But they do have great prices on tanks, right now they have an 80g thats 62" long, awesome frag tank for $89, they have 6 of them.... What part of Vegas are you in, second...
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    Score - Thank you *****

    I second the vote for GV Aquariums. They are a nice store but are not always accurate with their advice. Atlantis tropical fish isnt too bad either. Good prices on LR...around $5 lb for fiji. Stay away from Trop Aquarium..rip off artists and completely wrong advice. They are all about the...
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    bubble on shrimp

    One of my peppermints has that on its side too. It has molted at least once if not twice and has been in the tank for about 2 months. Not only that, the pair have actually laid eggs twice. The eggs hatched both times and the babies were sucked into the filter as well as eaten by the other...
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    Hitchhiker Identifications

    gmax11...I was refering to your post....I think it is a shrimp. Do a search on this site for stick bugs...or something along those lines. I know I have seen that identified before.
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    Hitchhiker Identifications

    I think it is a shrimp. I saw a pic of one of these but I cant remember which board (-- or this one) sorry.
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    Gorgonian ?s

    FL aquacultured LR? If so , how much does it sell for down there?
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    do cleaner shrimp shed their skin...

    I had one of my corals eat the molt. I guess the current carried it into its sweeper tentacles and it wrapped itself around it and ate it.
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    NNR and Jaubert/Plenums?

    I honestly fail to see much of a difference between a plenum and undergravel filter. The only real distinction is the larger space in the plenum vs undergravel filter. Plenums also do not use the riser tube (GARF does for a few weeks then caps it off) There are so many ways to achieve the...
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    NNR and Jaubert/Plenums?

    I picked it up at Petsmart....while I was buying some toys for our cats. They get a little jealous of the fish tank.
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    NNR and Jaubert/Plenums?

    there is a big article on plenums in marine fish and reef magazine (I think its that one) in this months issue. They discuss a long term experiment done with a plenum in the Waikiki aquarium. All parameters were monitered for 3 years by the university of Hawaii. They claim a fairly stable...
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    Fish trap

    I used the bottle trick to get seven damsels out of my tank. No harm from the glue. It didnt even peel off. I didnt want to use any chemicals on the bottle to try removing it. The bottle was only in there for a few hours anyways. The water/soda bottle trick works great. Can take some time...
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    aquaC skimmer

    I have the same skimmer. At first it produced the wet foam. But the last few days, the foam no longer rises. Nothing goes into the collection cup. Any thoughts on this? Sorry to highjack your thread...but it all relates to the aquac...
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    HOB skimmer recommendation

    I just installed the Remora (not pro) on my 50gal FOWLR. It has been running for 4 days now. Initially the break-in period is taking a while. But the skim mate is yellow-brown and is pretty watery still. But they say this skimmer can take up to two weeks to fully break in. I also opted to...
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