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  1. rankin

    Feeding

    no...your hand is just fine, but it is somewhat easier if you use a syringe with a large enough hole for brine, that is how i feed my polyps and my fish just squirt a few in their faces and they'll readily accept it.......also a good way to get yellow polyps to grow......
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    i want some color......help

    Powder Blue Tang.......
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    Home Depot or LFS MH bulb

    thats it, i have decided to do an experiment, i will go buy the 25$ home depot mh light and use my 180$ MH light and set them up in two different 20 gallon tanks, stocked with the same amount of LR same 1 of the same polyp and 1 of the same coral coral everything will be the exactly the same in...
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    Home Depot or LFS MH bulb

    hey i was at home depot the other day and they had a 250 watt metal halide bulb for about 25 bucks, i was just wondering if there was a difference of spectrum from the home depot bulb or one of those 180$ LFS MH bulbs? will either work for a reef tank? ~Rankin
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    Off topic: Fish stores in/around MS

    all fish water has ick in it but the fish usually have a strong enough immune system to fight it but when temperature fluctuates or the fish are week or stressed, then that is when they have tendencies to become ill, so u might want to ask how they ship their fish and ask if their temperature is...
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    CARS

    yeah well......we cant all be rich :-)
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    how many teens are into this hobby?

    18 here, have had freshwater aquariums since i can remember but i've only been on the saltwater scene for a little over a year ~Rankin
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    JOBS!!!

    i am currently studying computer sciences and plan on going into website design and visual C but right now i work at "jack aquarium and pets" (where BTW i get 50% off all tanks, equiptment, fish and LR) hehe, not to make you all jealous or anything :-) ~Rankin
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    Whats ure fav fish?

    The powder blue and the long nosed hawk ~Rankin "Men at their best, are at best, men"
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    guppys?????

    accually that was one of the reasons i wanted them, cuz then i wouldnt hafta buy so many fish for my pirhanas :-) and they look kinda cool ~rankin
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    The DIY wet/dry filter

    wait a second do u mean local fish shop or local fish show???? ~rankin
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    The DIY wet/dry filter

    well i am somewhat new to the area so i havent really found one yet but if u could let me know if there are any good ones around, i'm sure i'll find one soon, i work at jacks aquarium and pets so i'm sure somone there will help me out with finding one ~Rankin
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    Marine Tank Clarifier for hair algea removal?

    i had a problem with hair algae but i put in a dozen or so algae eating shrimp and they took care of it within a week or so ~Rankin
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    guppys?????

    i have heard some of talk about guppys being brackish water fish but i have been unable to find any info on this topic, i just thought it would be interesting to have a 29 gallon mini-reef with fancy guppys in it :-)so if anyone know for sure if they can be in a mini-reef or a salt tank, or even...
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    turbo cycle

    i have done this before, it took about a week to go through the cycle, i had a few pounds of live rock and a wet/dry system, it does work, i wasnt saying to fill up your tank with water and stick a dead fish in it, ment that you need to have your system(filter,pump ect...) set up but this will...
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    lol

    i have done this before, it took about a week to go through the cycle, i had a few pounds of live rock and a wet/dry system, it does work, i wasnt saying to fill up your tank with water and stick a dead fish in it, ment that you need to have your system(filter,pump ect...) set up but this will...
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    The DIY wet/dry filter

    i have seen several wet/dry filters built from smaller tanks but i do not know what all i need to do this, i know what it does and how it does it but i do not know exacly how to build one, a little help would be very nice, ~rankin
  18. rankin

    Another Lighting Question

    if you're looking for a cheeper upgrade just get a standard twin tube and go with a full atintic magentic and a full sunlight spectrum ~rankin
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    turbo cycle

    for those of you who are having problems getting you tank to cycle, just take one of those little 19 cent feeder comet goldfish stick it in your salt tank and when the salt kills it bury it in the sand, then let it be, your tank will cycle in a few days...............or you could just use alot...
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