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  1. 3bavboys

    2 missing fish now - a 6 line 2 weeks ago and now a diamond goby !!

    haven't seen him in 3 days - what HAPPENS to these guys ?! 90G FOWLR up 13 months - 125#LR and 80#LS proclear wet dry and skimmer 4 units of chemi-pure in the sump all readings perfect, except trates = 50 pmm was 11 small fish - all between 2" and 5" racoon butterfly yellow tang blue/green...
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    how best to get a purplehead wrasse out of the sand ? -

    he took a dive into my sand bed seconds after being introduced thursday night - haven't seen him since - 13 month old 90g fowlr
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    white protrusion/bump right in between the eyes of my 6 line ?

    about a year - can't really describe it better - looks like a perfect zit - right in the middle of his eyes - white and bumpy shaped - none of the other fish in my 90g fo have it -
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    white protrusion/bump right in between the eyes of my 6 line ?

    noticed it over the weekend - no pics :notsure:
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    good points - but i have to admit - concerning my trates - i NEVER did water changes - only top-offs - just started water changes 3 weeks ago - in fact i did another 30% last night - tested 30 minutes ago -my trates are no more than 50 ppm now -
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    great analogy - thx - but , all 11 fish been introduced slowly over the last 13 months , the last one around xmas time - doncha think if i'm going to have trouble it would have happened already ? - my bio filters have sustained my load , no ?
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    even they are all small ? - total inches for those fish are 40 - tons of LR and LS -
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    jon - i was pretty using 2" gallons per fish inch as my rule - i have 40 now - i max out at 45 in my 90G - allowing room for all to grow i am all done - just wanted to try a squeeze 1 more , if i could- reefer545 - i agree sfe is a bad idea - get large , sloppy eaters , may eat my smallest ,etc...
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    the fish i have now come to a total of 40" - granted the tank is only 13 months old , so all fish WILL grow - i kinda knew i was maxxed out anyway - ok forget it - i'll just have to wait until i can pull off a new 90g or a 180g and get whatever i want then - thx guys
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    allright then - but , what about , if , after trates get down to 25 or less ? - any chance of adding 1 of them ?
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    those trates are down from 100 or more - i am on my 4th week of 30% water changes !
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    add just one more ? i think i know what everyone will say ...

    90G FOWLR up 13 months - 125#LR and 80#LS proclear wet dry and skimmer 4 units of chemi-pure in the sump all readings perfect, except trates = 75 pmm ish 11 small fish - all between 2" and 5" racoon butterfly yellow tang blue/green chromis 6 line wrasse coral beauty royal gramma pj cardinal...
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    i am staring to notice some "whitening" on my rocks and on shells of hermits/snails

    coraline fading - is thatgood or bad ? i've been fighting hair algea and high trates - i am on my 3rd week of 30% water changes - 90g fowlr
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    i am staring to notice some "whitening" on my rocks and on shells of hermits/snails

    good ? bad ? my imagination ?
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    Anthias and Cleaner Shrimp

    make it 3 for 3 - they work well together - for me.............
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    Attaching Power Strip to Back: What to use?

    i used 2 sided heavy duty tape from home depot - i've got 2 power strips under my tank - i havent had a reason to move the strips yet - and they stayed strong whenver i needed to unplug something - if i remember correctly - a fat roll of it was $8 -
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    does LR that replaces bio balls need light to be effective ?

    here's another , realated question - will the addt'l LR in the sump , instead of bio-balls, allow me to increase livestock and bio-load in the DT ?
  18. 3bavboys

    bristleworms secrete a puff of smoke in my tank !

    ok - thank you -
  19. 3bavboys

    something pinky/red otco looking slithered out of a crevice on of my live rocks -

    thank you - more about gametes , please
  20. 3bavboys

    bristleworms secrete a puff of smoke in my tank !

    safe and harmless or toxic ? maybe not a bristleworm ?
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