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  1. divertrain

    SWF or LFS?

    SWF is my vote because the livestock at my lfs is crappy most of the time and tanks aren't always kept in the best condition IMO or at least I am not that impressed with them anyway. I have ordered most of my livestock from SWF and everything is better than I could have hoped for when it...
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    Chili

    Thanks Niger....i appreciate your reply....i have mine placed similiarly to yours so i feel better.....didn't realize it was just going to "lay around" or I might have picked a different coral for some color in the tank..... Thanks again for getting back to me! DiverTrain :happyfish
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    Chili

    bump ^
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    2 Skimmers?

    Thanks...went ahead and started the other skimmer last night.....we will quit using the stress coat now that we have the remora but the lfs is who told us to add it to the water to keep it clear, but obviously it takes more than that! :) anyway, my old skimmer has a charcoal filter so I will run...
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    2 Skimmers?

    oh yes, I had my water tested by lfs yesterday too and they advised all levels were in line and water should be clear too but it's not yet so anyway, just thought that might help. :notsure:
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    2 Skimmers?

    Can I run 2 skimmers for a while? At least until my water clears back up? I've had alot of issues this week but to make a long story shorter, I purchased an Aqua C Ramora Pro Skimmer yesterday and 2-110 (1 Actinic/1VHO) lights...put them on the tank.....did a 30% water change today ....didn't...
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    Skimmer adjustment?

    I just read the post on the Ramora collection cup filling with water....I bought one yesterday and am having the same problem......I read a thread that said adjust the skimmer.....there are not any instructions that indicate how to adjust the Ramora Pro....and I have been on the website with...
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    Chili

    I did do the search that is how I know who posted the thread....what I was hoping for was a pic a little farther back than the one he/she posted so that I could see placement in the tank....:) :notsure:
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    Chili

    :hilarious
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    Chili

    Does anyone know how to find Niger12? He did a thread with a pic of his Chili and i was wondering if he could post more information and/or pic showing placement?? Any reply would be helpful at thist point... Thanks DiverTrain Oh yes, we got the 110v VHO's in today! What a difference lighting...
  11. divertrain

    Lost Mushrooms??

    1 Clown small 2 small chromis 1 green brittle star 1 sand star 1 margarita snail 2 florida condi's w/anemone shrimp 1 community coral rock 3 very small emerald crabs 2 sally lightfoot crabs 1 2" blood shrimp 3 small peppermint shrimp 1 almost micro hermit crab 1 bubble coral 1 engineer goby and...
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    Lost Mushrooms??

    I put my small rock with about 5 small polyps on it in the tank Saturday and slowing one by one they have disappeared. Does something eat them or could they just be relocating? I had them on the bottom is slow to medium current...The only thing I saw go near them was the engineer goby but of...
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    System overload

    I have only found 2. Can talk about other lfs in here?? e-mail me at dandjvogler@amaonline.com and I will put their names out to you there just in case. And yes, it is nice stock but I just wasn't ready to get them all at once!! I have been so stressed out just trying to learn about my rocks...
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    System overload

    Thanks for the moral support ....think I am off to bed to dream about ich and stuff and see if I wake up ready to keep reading about my "new life"! LOL my new hobby while enjoyable is almost worse than having a new baby in the house....!! lol I wonder at this point if I will ever really sleep...
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    System overload

    I am west of amarillo on I-40 and in reply to the popeye eyedrops...if the water change tomorrow doesn't help i will probably have to see if friend can QT him for me since he has a little more experience than I do at this but thanks and i will keep in mind and pass along in case we need the name
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    System overload

    and I was just upset about getting corals when I am just now trying to decide what type of lighting I need for the corals I would like to add down the road...I really didn't need this right now.....but hey....if there is a will there is a way and then there's the other way....:) Maybe they will...
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    System overload

    Yeah i know the damsel doesn't count for much but he's the first and we've had a rough start together...sure hate to lose him like this anyway....:) His tank mate had a tragic rock accident the night we brought them home....that's how I learned that those rocks really need to be stable! lol...
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    System overload

    Thanks for reply....didn't think anyone was going to give me their 2 cents worth in here....seems like my tank is going to hell in a hand basket and all the reading in the world can't undo gramma's good intentions but man it's stressful! I hate to lose all that livestock while I am still...
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    "Sitting" Chromis

    I should have also told you about my system overload when I asked about the sitting chromis.....I am fighting so many battles here I don't know which ones i can win at this point.....your topics on bubbleye help a ton....hope I can save "our first fish" !! Wasn't planning on just "jumping in...
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    System overload

    We need help or suggestions......we are having "just ask gramma" syndrome....our tank has been set up and running and testing like a charm (6 weeks) and just begginng to add livestock until yesterday when the kids gramma had a "large load" of items delivered to our doorstep for the new...
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