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  1. swishy

    Unhappy giant fuzzy mushroom

    I have a 10 gal nano reef and my giant mushroom has been all shriveled and has a lot of white fleshy stuff showing in it's center. all my leves are good and i did a water change a day ago to see if it would respond but it has not. anybody have aclue to why it may be acting wired? Also anybod...
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    Possible to move 10g reef into dorm?

    Thanks, Thats about what i was figuring, i am just nervouse i may loose everything. But leaving it homewith my clueless parents is almost as risky as bringing it! i may wait untill secon semester so i wont have to move it again on x-mas break. i know this is a salt water sight but anyone have...
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    Possible to move 10g reef into dorm?

    hi, Well dorm rooms only allow up to a ten gallon tank, i just so happen to have devoted myself to one for the past two years. the tank is well established with some soft corals, assorted invets and a perc clown. i would love to have it in my dorm but i am not sure if it would be possible or...
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    Pics of my 10 G

    I just installed my new light I am planning to go get some more stock next week.... possibly a bubble tip anemone for the clown a new shrimp since my peppermint shrimp ripped the head (the feathery part I am assuming is its head) off my feather duster! I have a new Hawaiian duster i am open...
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    Pics of my 10 G

    i have only one atinc strip florecent right now....but i am waiting on a coral life aqualight 96 watt with four compact bulbs and a 3/4 watt moon light...it should be delivered tomarrow. :happyfish
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    Pics of my 10 G

    Here are some pics of my tank... hope you like them....if anyone has any suggestions on things to add that would be great....thanks
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    stock for a 10g

    I am going to get the lighting...I busted out the old change jar and I ended up having exactly enough! lol :joy: I have a pair of peppermint shrimp and I had this nice rock with half a dozen little feather dusters on it, well the shrimps ripped them all off! :mad: They haven't bothered the...
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    stock for a 10g

    I've gotta stop trusting all the pet store owners! I asked the pet store owner if there where any low light corals i could get, I told him what I had for light...he showed me mushrooms, zoos, and the xenia I got...the yellow and purple ones look great open and evrything..but my green xenia is...
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    stock for a 10g

    well i have decided to wait on fish for a few weeks. in the mean time i am going to give hte tank some color, i just got some yellow and green xenia and an awsome chunck of live rock with some small mushrooms, featherdusters and some other purple soft coral, i think it is an an anthellia. my...
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    stock for a 10g

    If i where to get a perc clown is there any anenomies that it would host with that have low light needs? i dont have the $$$$$ for a fancy lighting system, i have a single bulb light strip with a zoo med coral sun bulb. could a pair of clown work? i tried but failed at getting a pic of the...
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    stock for a 10g

    hello I have had a ten gallon tank for over a year and a half, but didnt know what i was doing for half the time so it has really only been a healthy system for about nine months. I want to take the tank to college with me this fall. I need some ideas for good hearty, interesting fish to stock...
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    Not enough shrimp are hatching! My mandarin is getting hungry!

    hi everyone, I recently got a mandarin fish, he is a little skinny and is eating some frozen brine but not enough to make me feel comfortable he isn't starving. I am trying to hatch decapsulated brine shrimp eggs but I can't seem to find anything to hold them in...the package said to keep them...
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    Some variety for my mandarin?

    I just put in an order for some living copepods and brine shrimp! they should be here in a few days. My marine bio teacher gave me a great site...www.carolina.com they have a lot of supplies and even livestock at request and it is amazingly cheap, only $6.50 for one culture of copepods...
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    Some variety for my mandarin?

    I have gotten him to eat some of my frozen brine! :cheer: Not enough to make me feel confident he will do well, but it's a start. Luckily I am going to be able to order copepods through my marine bio teacher! Hopefully I can fatten him up on that and then wean him onto more convenient foods...
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    Some variety for my mandarin?

    No I have tried live brine yet, they were expensive at the pet store and I didn't want to get them and have my fish not eat them...but I should probably suck it up and get them, they would be better than the frozen. Although I just fed it with an eye dropper and he ate a few! I really hope he...
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    Some variety for my mandarin?

    Hey everyone I just got a wonderful little mandarin dragonet, he is beautiful, very blue and orange. Only problem is I have a small tank and although I have pounds of live rock swarming with copepods I am still worried that in a while he may eat all of them. Is this likely, will the copepods...
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