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  1. janscott23

    Have a 75 reef. what to switch to refugium

    I had a hang on the back style refuge on my 75gal reef and was not impressed with it really not big enothe to do any good on a 75 or larger tank but works great on my 20gal QT tank as a biofilter. have you thought about getting a 20gal long tank and a few sheets of glass and making a...
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    Cheap place to buy MH bulbs...

    Google hellolights
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    snow flake eels fighting

    Originally Posted by KingSmith When I first introduced my second eelthey fought like crazy at first but it eventually calmed down however there is still the occassional Battle Royal cool thing I just got home from work and went staight to the tank xpecting the worst only to find both eels...
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    snow flake eels fighting

    Lights have already turned off but I'll setup the video cam tomorrow when i get home from work. maby I'll set up cam tonight and set it up to record while I,m at work. I wonder how much record time I,ll get from a 2gig memory card?
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    snow flake eels fighting

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    snow flake eels fighting

    I decided to stop by my LFS yesterday on my way home from work, and as we all know this can be a dangerous thing to do since I nether leave without picking up "a few extra things" anyway I picked up another SFE about 12inch and a small 1inch niger trigger which brings my stock list to 2 sfe's...
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    eel selection

    go with the sfe since they make great "starter" eels then get a second eel once your confident with dealing with eels.
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    Fimbriated eel in a 75gal ?

    I got a small dogface puffer last week but couldn't get him to eat (tried clam,oyster, shrimp,and squid with no luck) so I returned him to my LFS today. I have a small sfe about 8-10inch and a grunt. I have decided to turn the tank into a eel tank (tank is a 75gal with a 55gal sump) I want to...
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    multi tank system

    I cant see why not , i have a 45 gal that I plan to connect to my 75gal reef since my 45gal stands taller than my 75gal so this makes it a lot easier, Here's what i plan on doing first I'm going to drill two 1inch holes for overflow (45gal tank) 45gal tank flows into the 75gal ,the 75gal then...
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    Cleaner Shrimp molts

    when my skunk cleaner molts I always see him at at his "cleaning station" hours after his malt but my blood red fire shrimp usually hides for a day or two after his molt but they always leave their molts in the front of the tank out in the open.
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    water evaporates fast

    I average about 5 to 10 gal in my 75 gal depending on the time of the year more water in the summer less during winter. I also have two 75gal tanks and one 12gal aquapod so a average of 15 to 20gal a week.
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    eels and other fish ??

    We are throwing around the idea of ditching the 75 and going with a 150 gal tank i know we would have a lot more options with the bigger tank And agian we would like to do the eel, lion, and puffer. But if its possible to do it with a 75 and have every one comfortable thats what we would like...
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    snowflake with a puffer

    cool I appreciate the replies. as far a growing space i got that covered thanks to the inspiration of the DIY genius BRONCO 300 I have decided to build a 300gal plywood tank i am putting together a material list and should start build in the next month or so just waiting for my new credit card...
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    snowflake with a puffer

    I have a small snowflake approx 8 inch in a 75gal fish only tank with a 55gal sump, his only tank mate is a 4inch grunt I want to add a puffer (not sure what puffer i want) My question is whether my snowflake is still to small for me to add a puffer ? also thinking about adding a frogfish. any...
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    AHHHH Its TOO Bright!!!!

    what about disconnecting 1 or 2 of the bulbs. or replace one of the 10,000k white with a actinic bulb giving you 2 10k and 4 actinics maby a little extra blue will reduce the brightness...
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    Question:Falco hawkfish in reef with inverts ?

    I'm in the process of breaking down my 12gal aquapod and have already moved my bicolor Pseudochromis into my 75gal reef tank but not sure what to do with my Falco hawkfish I was thinking putting him into the75gal but i'm worried about my shrimp has anyone tried this here is my stock list...
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    Battery backup/inverter?

    Originally Posted by JerryAtrick Which section of Walmart did you find the battery operated pump? Look in the sporting section where they keep fishing rods .
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    Battery backup/inverter?

    Originally Posted by drpaul84 its actually a 12v pump that is hooked up to a car type battery and also has a plug that plugs into your house current so it knows when you lose power and kicks on the 12v pump I think what your talking about is a bilge pump smaller pumps can be found a bait and...
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    need advice on sand cleaner!!

    Originally Posted by pembro2 i picked up a sleeper banded goby, and does an awsome , awsome job Sleeper Gobys are one of my favirout fish and do a excellent job of cleaning the sand, BUT if you have course sand in your tank I would say NO. I just had my second gold headed sleeper goby die...
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