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    Will Indoor Growing T5s work for reef tank?

    Can you use indoor grow plant lights for a reef tank and be able to support LPS and possibly any SPS corals and anemone? I have a friend that owns a hydroponic store and can get me this 4 bulb T5 light fixture for $60 no tax which is normally marked at $125.99 and up to $164.99 depending where...
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    Algae?

    is it slimy with bubbles or is it just a matte of algae?
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    Need Green Birds Nest Advice

    what size is the tank? how many powerheads do you have and what are they rated at? do you know your flow-rate in the tank?
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    Creating Live Rock??? How to.....

    Originally Posted by King_Neptune Id like to see how he did the filtration in that rimless tank, I cant see any evidence of drilling. Can you dig it up for me? i could be wrong but it looks like one of those black backgrounds with a built in overflow. to me it looks like in the middle of the...
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    Tips for sticking a candy cane?

    wow that is a great piece for $30! i spent 15 on just two small heads that are white with a neon green in the middle. You got a really good deal!
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    My 120 reef pictures...

    your tank looks great! looks like everything is thriving! keep it up.
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    Maroon Clown MURDERED!!

    maybe he hit that point in his little fish life that he is gonna be the lone clown. or maybe he got comfortable in his new home and had some crazy fish hormone change and decided that he did need the other one gone and wanted his own territory. its just weird that they would go from being best...
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    Ordering from saltwater fish.com

    Maybe he wants to order a special but is afraid it will be over by the time he is back? and if he paid for the product i dont see why they wouldnt delay the shipping. its not like they are losing out on merchandise they may sell during that week because he is already paying for it. i would email...
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    Maroon Clown MURDERED!!

    the tank is a 60 gallon. the clowns were together in THIS tank for over a month with no conflicts but were in the same tank together with about 6 or 7 other maroon clowns at the LFS for a couple weeks. it was so weird because they would NOT leave each others side until this awkward behavior of...
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    I spent 9 hours on my Tank

    i too have a few damsels in my 60 that are terrorizing my other fish and i am looking to get them out of there. what do you think would be the best technique to get them? and what is the bottle method? do you just put flakes in a bottle then wait for the fish to swim into it and remove the bottle?
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    Maroon Clown MURDERED!!

    well i came home from work today and i noticed one of my maroon clowns (who was healthy as an ox last night) was swimming very weird. he seemed to have lost his sense of up and down and was swimming upside down, on his side, and then would bob up and down with his head toward the sand, swimming...
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    How to determine turnover rate ???

    Vince-1961: i think some of the people here are getting confused between FLOW RATE and TURNOVER RATE. Both of which are important and both of which vary. If I understand correctly, the flow rate (which should be 4x or more) is the amount of water flowing through your sump/filter(s). Turnover is...
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    Swf Needs Mobile App!!!!

    Originally Posted by CasperVTX when I use iphone apps that "replace" the web (such as the bay, or USA Today, etc) I find that the experience is much easier on my eyes and I can see MORE of something without haveing to scroll all around. Besides its just down right cool I couldnt agree more...
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    Swf Needs Mobile App!!!!

    Originally Posted by CasperVTX True you can use the built in browser and access SWF (and other sites) - but imagine the screen you are now looking at shrunk down to a 3" - 4" screen and imagine trying to get a warm experience from that. The iPhone (and others) are not substitutes for your...
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    What is your worst experience at your LFS?

    Buying R/O SALTWATER from my LFS and getting home and filling up my tank then aquascaping and realizing the next day that they gave me R/O Freshwater!! I gave the water jugs to the owner who gave it to his 16 yr old son who filled em up with freshwater! Not to mention i spilled probably 4...
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    Swf Needs Mobile App!!!!

    I think that would be awesome! Originally Posted by nissan577 it sure is. but many people are able to get on it by there ipod touch, iphone, and blackberry. so i guess thats why they dont do it True, but there are tons of other apps for websites out there that work perfectly fine on these...
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    Coral ID please

    looks like a xenia
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    how to get maroons to notice anemone?

    hmm interesting method. never heard of that. i will give them another 2 weeks or so and if they dont do anything more after that maybe i will try this technique. thanks for the info.
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    how to get maroons to notice anemone?

    well today i decided to move a little rock around to make it a continuous formation of rock hoping that the clownfish would use this as "cover" and venture to the other side. well it worked! they have been swimming all across the tank on the front side and the back side. when i turned the lights...
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    can i grow coral?

    sorry. its a 60 gallon
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