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  1. dutchschoon

    NEED ANOTHER SKIMMER :(

    I'd like to here how it does for you... what size pump are you running to it? I've had one for about 3 years & IMO it skimmed great lots of nastiness every couple days (55 gallon), however just about as noisey as a bathtub running (with a mag 5)....
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    What can I keep?

    So back to the topic, what about the household bulbs?! lmao! This has to be one of the most interesting thread's i've ever read
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    General Hitchhiker Crab question- just to clarify

    So I've read on here in a thread every once in while... IF a hitch hiker crab has Pointed sharp claws it's bad...-but How is it bad? Rounded tip claws like an Emerald crab means its good (or at least none threating?) And would a possible hitchhiker crab eat entire 1" XENIA in one night?(or what...
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    new piercing... what should i get?

    Nose, even a business women in a suit would look good with a nose piercing. i think there cute
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    Moving Cross Country with Fish....

    If it was me..... Option 2- even if you have to set up another tank at your friends to help out with stocking everything, I think that you'll have enough things to worry about with a cross country move!
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    getting rid of xenia

    Haha, give it too me, I bought one, it was completely gone the next day!
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    Question for SWF? Why Wild Caught Bangais?

    I would pay more for captive breed! just knowing that those fish had never seen the ocean and knew that my tank was the best they've ever seen! but for the average buyer, no one that doesn't know any better would not pay more than they have too for the "same thing"... Unfortunetly I can't say...
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    BONUS crab

    i'd hafta say i'm pretty lucky with the extra's! 1 cowrie, 2 rock crabs, 2 red polyps, several mushrooms(which multiple'd like crazy!)- all with about 80 lbs of live rock purchased at different times
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    Frag tank & stand build

    any further status updates?
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    New Fish Discovered

    Pretty amazing!!
  11. dutchschoon

    Lighiting 20 Gal Long

    go with t-5's... you may be dissapointed down the road if you go CF, with t-5's you will be able to mix and match different bulbs, and the amount of light output is so much greater
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    what is this spongey looking thing next to my shrooms??

    It's very hard though.. I was under the impression sponges where soft?
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    id on urchin?

    Attachment 220099 It was a hitchhiker on live rock... I've never seen one like it before in any picture, by far my favorite looking urchin ever... (despite the fact he knocks stuff over all the time). It doesnt look like any pic's of pencil urchin i've ever seen either- doesnt have the roughness...
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    what is this spongey looking thing next to my shrooms??

    Attachment 220097 It has double it's size since about 3 months ago. It looks like sponge type thing with semi transparent tunnel type things in it, however it's not soft. Any ideas?
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    Coral banded shrimp Claws gone?!

    Is there a test kit for testing proper level's iodine?
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    Coral banded shrimp Claws gone?!

    My beloved CB, that i've had for a almost a year, lost one of his big main claws(the entire arm) two days ago... I thought it was a strange, but a freak accident, until yesterday when I noticed the other one was gone two(just laying in the sand!) The only other inverts in there are clean up...
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    Nova Extreme Pro --- Good Buy?

    I recently purchased the Nova Extreme Pro, nice light (the fans didn't seem abnormally loud)- however I can't hear anything over my skimmer any way. Two of the bulbs don't seem to be working though(I believe it is the connector's but they have been not working and then they'll work). (the only...
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    Time to replace my T5s

    I'm curious is that a Nova Pro you have? I am new to the T-5's and just purchased the Nova pro(haven't finished setting up my 55 yet).. Not to sound like a total newby-but do any brand t-5 bulbs work with that fixture?
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    Since when does ***** sell Brain corals?

    It's sad thing that they keep ordering em' I dont' even like looking at there selection because of it. you would think they would wise up, even from a business stand point if they don't have the proper care taker, they shouldn't sell anything saltwater..
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    wanting new lights, suggestions

    I would go with the any of the current USA t5 system's.. I've been happy with the sattilite cf 30" in the past, and just currently ordered 48" Nova extreme pro for my 55..(6x54)-$357(including shipping) From everything I heard about Odyssey lights i'd keep my distance...
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