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  1. swishy

    Host for Occi. clowns in a 10g

    I am fine with getting them a coral host, i am just not sure what kind to get! Only my tank riased clown will accpet the xenia, the wild caught one wont go into them...she digs a shallow hole instead I was hoping to find something they both like, so they may breed...they both have picked nest...
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    Host for Occi. clowns in a 10g

    What coral/anemones would be a good hardy host for a pair of Occilaris clowns? One is wild caught so that may make her more likly to accept a host, my tank raised one has started to host a rock with blue srooms and xenia on it, but the wild caught female wont join her mate. The tank is a 10g...
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    Catching a Blennie!

    Thanks for the tips...It does have a favorite cave I'll have to move a lot to use that rock to get it out, but maybe that will work. I was thinking of trying to make some sort of trap, maybe a peice of plastic pipe with a closed end, it i could get it to use that as a hiding place it would be...
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    Catching a Blennie!

    I am thinking of trading my bi-color blennie for a Jawfish...that means catching the blennie! Any hints on doing this? It is a ten gallon so I can move the rockwork but I would rather not do that unless I have to. any ideas would be great :happyfish
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    Post your 10 gallons

    Here is mine....it is still a work in progress, and progress is very slow!(Due ot limited funds) This is after three years, the most progress over the last year (coral and fish that didnt die) The first is from september 05 the other is from about a month ago :happyfish
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    My Clowns are "Twitching"

    It's a courtship thing...mine have been together for almsot a year and both still do it often, sometimes they do it to thier refelctions! :happyfish
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    Would this work?

    I have a 10gal reef, I have a bio wheel filter rated for a 20gal tank and a powerhead with a hydro wheel sponge filter on it. I want to upgrade the filtration on this tank... so... What if i got a Phosphate reactor, but filled it with layers of bioballs, carbon, phos sponge, and variouse other...
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    What will make a good 10gal clean up crew?

    I just moved my 10gal reef, and i relized that i only have 4 hermits, one giant turbo snail, a bunch of narsisus snails and a skunk cleaner shrimp....not enough of a clean up crew! So anyone have some good ideas for invert cleaners? I would really like something to clean the sand, it gets...
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    Jawfish help??

    It is pretty normal for them to disapear, I have had two, one dissapeared and i found him later being eaten by a small anenome adn the other dissapeared for a long time but then just showed back up happy and healthy...so I guess you just gotta hope, you could move some things and see if you can...
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    The coolest and most awesome story ever! READ

    That is sweet!! I know how ya feel wanting/needing new and bigger tanks...but being 18 and in college it isnt practical I sugest an Oscar for the new tank... had one in my 30 gal, he was an awsome fish, really hardy and they have a big personality...i had to trade him becuse he grew to large...
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    10 gallon questions

    What is purple up? I am guessing something that will boost coraline alge growth? That could be useful, a hair alge outbreak killed years worth of coraline alge in my tank, once I fully get rid of it this purple up could help renew my tanks color. :happyfish
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    My percula went carpet surfing

    I had one clown for over a year before i got it a mate.... Pick a small one, and watch the fish in the tank for a while, pick one that seems really submissive to the others in the tank and hopefully they will get along...Talk to your LFS, when i got the second the manager agreed to take the new...
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    Advice for a tank upgrade

    I dont have the space for anything larger than a 16gal and that is pushing it....I travle, to and from college four times a year and the tank comes with me into the dorms. hte rule is a 10gal, but My RA wouldnt notice if it was a 12gal. I was mostly looking at the eclips systems because they...
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    Advice for a tank upgrade

    I have a ten gal nano, i would like to upgrade to something between 12-16, i like the idea of the eclipse systems but i want to keep my corallife light. I am unfamiliar with the systems can you remove the hood and put a different light on it? or is the filtation all part of hte hood as well...
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    12gal nano reef

    Thanks for hte link to the make your own fuge thing....really helpful, I am def. going to make one! :happyfish
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    Hair alge!!!

    Awsome...I'll pci one up after the tank settles from the move :happyfish
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    12gal nano reef

    Arsen 36....so how do you go about makeing a filter into a refug? I have a ten as well and i think it could use more filtration, i am tired of doing one to two water changes a week. I think I should get more rock, because i only have 10lbs...I am just nervose to do that because my last tank the...
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    jawfish are sweet

    I had one, he was awsome...I had a shallow sand bed but I put in a bunch of broken bits of shelll and he pilled them all up to make a fortess! It was so funny when he used the hermits shells there where still occupied, he would get so mad when they crawled away!! But sadly hte bottom of my 10gal...
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    Hair alge!!!

    How big do these things get? I have a 10gal tank I do a water change once a week, of about 1-2 gallons I have got a bi-color blennie, but he doesnt touch it, and I had a orange eye urchin but he didnt help either...i am willing to trade him if a lawnmower would be a better choice...there are two...
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