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  1. gregarlington

    ID help please

    the thing is, it is so easy to get off the rock. dont really have to tear it at all, it just kinda comes off it seams
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    ID help please

    one more try
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    ID help please

    hard to get a good pic because this site will only accept poor quality photos
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    ID help please

    Is there any other way to get rid of them. I was just reading that the Copperbanded butterfly eats them. An i was considering getting a new fish. I used to have a copperband and he was cool and dorky, but it was one of my first fish, bad choice and it died. I would be worried that it would...
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    ID help please

    my problem is that there are 3 of them and they appear to move around(this one used to be on a different rock). The guy at the lfs store told me they were ricordia but i thought it was a pretty ugly ricordia if that is what it is. do you know if they spread like aptasia or if I get rid of...
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    ID help please

    Please help id this guy. I am hoping it is not apstasia. I have seen apstasia befor and thought that the tentacles were longer and stringy but now I dont know:confused:
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    sick anemone

    I have had this bubble tip anemone for about two months. It seemed to be doing great until about a week ago. The tentacle shrunk up so bad they are like these skinny little things that look all shriveled. I tried to feed it some brine shrimp and it ate them but still just looks so gross...
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    Nitrate problem

    I do have DSB then i guess. And i thought that Nitrate was the final stage of the nitrogen cycle??????
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    Nitrate problem

    About 4 months. What is DSB?
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    Nitrate problem

    I was wondering of effective ways that you all have found to reduce the nitrate level. I am doing large water changes, in excess of 25% biweekly and it seems like the nitrate levels just will not drop. I just tested today, one week after a water change, and the nitrate level is at 40 ppm. My...
  11. gregarlington

    garlic

    I hear everyone talking about garlic and its benefits for the fish as an immune system builder. I am confused, I have seen some foods on the market that have low levels of garlic but they are not typically the types of foods that my fish like. Question is, when soaking food in garlic, how is...
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    predator star????

    I have a couple of small red stars and a larger brittle star(kind of brown and hairy looking). Ever since I got this brittle star, it seems that some of my crabs have dissapeared and now this morning two of my firefish have seem to vanished into thin air. Is it possible that this starfish is...
  13. gregarlington

    pink spots

    i have noticed that there are various sizes of rose colored pink spots growing on the filter intake, power heads and now on the glass. I have seen them in aquariums in the lfs so I am not concerened as to them being a detriment, but they are hard to get off and dont want my glass to become...
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    PH basics

    What do you all find the best method for maintaining the proper PH???? PH seemed to be stable but now seems to be dropping. trates seems to be climbing so i wanted to do a water change but cant seem to get ph right in the fresh water either. I am using RO/DI water with salt mix and a powder...
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    little white things

    hey i have noticed a few of these on my glass over the last couple of days too. very small white spiral things, and I tried to scrape them as well but they are hard to get off, what are they????
  16. gregarlington

    Bi-color Angel

    Ok so i am a newbie but i thought i would chime in. I have a pygmy angel, he didnt feed for a bit either. I was reading that most of the dwarf angels are more inclined to a herbivore diet. I feed my guys frozen food (Formula Foods by Ocean Nutrition). I originally had the more meaty one but...
  17. gregarlington

    to carbon or not to carbon

    Oh yeah, i am always so bad with details, it is a 50 gallon tank and there is a little more that 40 lbs LR right now with about a three inch LS base. The protein skimmer is a Seaclone 100 venturi.
  18. gregarlington

    couple o sick kids

    Thank you for all the great suggestion, i did a partial water change and added selcon to the food. The white spots began to go away, but then my BF suddenly died today. Dont know what happened, he just turned dark overnight and died real quick. Guess this was just too aggresive a purchase at...
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    to carbon or not to carbon

    I am hoping one day to add inverts to my tank. I have LR and LS right now along with a clown and a couple of firefish. In planning the addition of corals and anemones i have been looking at the suggested supplements and find that they say that they should be added immediately after carbon...
  20. gregarlington

    couple o sick kids

    ok, so i got this copperbanded butterfly a few weeks ago from a large chain store. I made an uneducated purchase, i figured if he was alive there, i could definitely keep him:rolleyes: . Well in my haste to get him, i didnt notice until I got home and added him to the tank (no I didnt QT him, I...
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