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  1. jbillens

    Will I Ever find this fish?

    Wow that is a beautiful and amazing fish. That is cool that they are breeding those fish. I would love to have one of those but there is no way i could afford it right now. Possibly years down the road i would love to keep one or two of this fish. It would be interesting to see you successes...
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    Ph will not raise

    ok i have the test in the booklet as follows 1/2 gallon tank water in a pitcher that is sitting in the shallow part of my sump so that temp remains the same as the tank. i have an air pump pumping into it. should i be using an air stone or are the bubbles off a straight hose sufficient enough...
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    Ph will not raise

    i will do that test and the one stated in their booklet. i use oceanic salt
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    Ph will not raise

    ok i got a seatest kit (only alk test i could find in toledo). i did the titration and the alk was 5 meq/L. this is high compared to what lion crazz suggested to be a good range. could this be the cause of the ph problem. also in the booklet that came with the test it said to aerate about...
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    Ph will not raise

    lion craze it looks like you have delt with this before on the boards. you look like you really know something bout the subject. i will get a alk test kit tomarrow morning, and while i am at the lfs i will have then test my ph. is this alk test the same thing as a kh or dkh kit. sorry about...
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    Ph will not raise

    i have a live sand bed that is about 3-4 in deep. i have had the test about 9 months. just checked specific gravity and it was 1.024. i use a simple marineland hydrometer(i know it is not the best thing out there for measuring sg but both fish and inverts are thriving in the tank so it can...
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    What additives do you put in your tank?

    aragamilk marine snow
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    Ph will not raise

    my test kit is a aquarium pharmaceuticals test. Actually all of them are of this brand. I have not taken it to the lfs.....they use the same test as myself. I can not check alk as i do not have a test for this. any other ideas??? Josh
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    Ph will not raise

    For about a month now my ph has not rissen above 7.8. I have tried to raise it with seachems reef buffer...raises ph to 8.3. None the less it has done absolutely nothing to my readings. Could this be the reason why i have had no luck with cleaner shrimp, as i have heard they are very...
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    grrn bubble algae

    any time i find bubble algae in my tank i get a hose and start a siphon with it. use it to siphon all the algae out of the tank. try not to burse the bubbles if at all possible to avoid spreading the algae. i just use the end to sort of scrape them off the surface and the siphon sucks them...
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    Hitchhiker ID Please

    ok i searched what they do on google and it looks like it is the culprit to my dying zoos. is there anything that i can do to nurse these poor things back to life??? Thanks for your help and the id. Josh
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    Hitchhiker ID Please

    is it ok in my tank. if i take if off the zoos and put it on the sand it finds its way back up to them. Should i trash it or put him back in. Josh
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    Hitchhiker ID Please

    here is one of the other side but it is not as good
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    Hitchhiker ID Please

    pic not there????? Let me try this again
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    Hitchhiker or what?

    i have tons of those little things in my tank....usually i see them when the moonlights are on at night. Also they are in my fuge with in the macro.
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    Hitchhiker ID Please

    wow those came out a bit large
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    Hitchhiker ID Please

    This came in with some zoos i just got. What is it and is it benefitial to the tank. Thanks for your help. Josh Sorry for the bad pics.....Camera Sucks.
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    Nassarious Snails For Sale

    they gone
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    New lighting questions

    I want to upgrade my lighting so that i can start to get into some corals. I love the zoos so they are a must. Other than that i dont really care what i can keep under the lights. What lights do you think would be best for my 75gal. I dont have a huge budget so i am looking for the most...
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    Nassarious Snails For Sale

    I have about 300 nassarious snails that i need to get rid of. I have seen these in many lfs for no less than .99 a peice. These snails will burry themselves in the sand and are great at keeping the sand nice and clean. I love these little guys i just have way to many of them and would rather...
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