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  1. florida joe

    Worst luck ever?!?...

    is this a drilled tank
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    I need help with algae

    Quote: Originally Posted by spanko http://www.contactmusic.com/video/tom-petty-room-at-the-top
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    I need help with algae

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfEeVmHNrc&feature=related
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    I need help with algae

    Quote: .It is very hard to get pics of because there is not too much to it. most you always bring me into it
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    I need help with algae

    Quote: main thing for me is the fuzz its one of the things i love about you most
  6. florida joe

    Sanitize a water change bucket

    just make sure to rinse well after Sterilization
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    I need help with algae

    Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer So you used 3 pads? I just put one pad in the top basket is that one pad a Maxi
  8. florida joe

    Power Head Accident

    Quote: Originally Posted by florida joe plus 1 Bang your quick plus 2
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    Power Head Accident

    Quote: Originally Posted by Eric B 125 My personal experience with finding fish sucked into powerheads or into the teeth of an overflow is that they weren't doing well before they got sucked in. Usually, and this is just my experience, a fish is sickly and isn't strong enough to swim away from...
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    Sanitize a water change bucket

    Bleach
  11. florida joe

    Snake's Method of Lighting!

    HID =High-intensity discharge lamp Cons for Metal Halide. They are actually not meant to be turned on and off frequently. Possible exposure to ultraviolet rays Possible “snow blindness”
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    Duncans

    FYI while Duncan feed on zooxanthellae they definitely like fleshy marine food and they will grow rapidly with supplemental feeding
  13. florida joe

    Question on building a sump.

    Both Home Depot and Lowes carry an "Aquarium Safe" silicone. It's made by DAP. It comes in a gray and black tube, and is called "DAP Aquariums, Aquarium Sealant 100% Silicone" NO NOT use any silicone that is mildew resistant
  14. florida joe

    Chance of Recovery

    This may be out of left field BUT did any of the food get on your elegance. I have a theory and this is only mine. Fish may peck at elegance either out of curiosity or if food gets caught in its tentacles. I believe this interaction between fish and the coral may trigger a situation that...
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    Going back to the State's.... Time to start my 60 Gallon Diary

    Quote: I can't comment too much on the equipment, that would be a first Lois i would get a RODI unit
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    Clam feeding yes or no

    Fitt & Trench (1981) produced several larval specimens of Tridacna squamosa from sperm and egg, and then reared them for 10 months. These juvenile clams were kept in a flow-through system and provided with filtered seawater for the entire time, having no access to planktonic/particulate matter...
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    Clam feeding yes or no

    However, you need to keep in mind that some tridacnids grow very slowly, even under optimal conditions. For example, Tridacna crocea may grow less than 1mm per month, even in their natural habitat, and some individuals of other species may not grow much faster than that, either. Especially large...
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    Clam feeding yes or no

    This is why this article's title has (Usually) in it, as there may be cases when an aquarium has a very low fish load (or none) and/or a very high tridacnid load. If there are few/no fishes in an aquarium, then there's little/no fish food going into the tank, which means there is little/no...
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    Clam feeding yes or no

    Small quantities of amino acids can also be absorbed, as can various trace elements and other such things that naturally occur in seawater, albeit in low concentrations. Lastly, under optimal conditions, the zooxanthellae living within a tridacnid are constantly multiplying, and some are...
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    Clam feeding yes or no

    tridacnid stomachs and feces can contain zooxanthellae and various other types of phytoplankton, various types of small zooplankton, fine filamentous algae, detritus, very fine sand, and sponge spicules (Yonge 1936, Mansour 1946, Ricard & Salvat 1977, Trench et al. 1981, Reid et al. 1984, Klumpp...
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