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  1. florida joe

    Putting together a plan for livestock in my 40

    Hippos and yellows get along as far as your tank size i will not comment
  2. florida joe

    Cycling my nano

    Originally Posted by spanko Well looky there, I was wondering where that went! The King of visuals is in the building And Ive been thinking about that as well Joe. Is there any way to determine if my bacteria can handle my Bioload when its in my nano? And how much LR should I have in a 12...
  3. florida joe

    Cycling my nano

    Just a few thoughts, nitrifying bacteria live on exposed surfaces of your LR. There is not guarantee that your live rock houses nitrifying bacteria in the amounts to handle your bio load when transferred. Henry has been know to do this also but there also is a magnifying glass involved
  4. florida joe

    Where is the best placement for this coral?

    Originally Posted by Clown-Lover Wow! Crazy! How does it even know to do that!? I believe they can sense a chemical being given off by the pray coral
  5. florida joe

    Salt water issue

    only 4 gallons in a 77gallon tank IMO it was not your salt, as far as the caustic aspect I believe that comes in to play when people just dump salt into their tank with out it being premixed and the raw salt lands on their fish
  6. florida joe

    Salt water issue

    I do not think it was the salt proper
  7. florida joe

    Where is the best placement for this coral?

    A picture is worth 1000 words
  8. florida joe

    Keeping Cool

    Originally Posted by saxman first of all, i was giving Joe a hard time about his "7-letter words". did you leave your sense of humor at the door? personally, if i didn't think it necessary, i wouldn't run them, but we all owe it to our charges to do what's best for them. once i quit trying to...
  9. florida joe

    Keeping Cool

    Originally Posted by saxman
  10. florida joe

    thinking of buying new lights...

    Originally Posted by Speg it's a bowfront... not sure of all the exact dimensions of a 46 gallon bowfront.. just know I need a 36" light. check out the Nova Extreme Pro you should be able to find it on line for around $300
  11. florida joe

    thinking of buying new lights...

    what are the dimensions of your tank and can you go $300
  12. florida joe

    Keeping Cool

    Originally Posted by Flower Joe likes big words: Ambient temperature simply means "the temperature of the surroundings" 80 to 84 is not harmful for your tank. Most hobbyists keep the tank at 78 to slow things down, algae grows much slower at this temp for example…but so does coral. Raising...
  13. florida joe

    Too much flow?

    Originally Posted by spanko Absolutely not. 1200+1200 / 90 = 27 times turnover. Good amount for fish and most soft coral. as my good friend Henry knows flow (movement) and turnover rate are not the same thing. you are just going to have to set up and observe the movement with in your tank
  14. florida joe

    Keeping Cool

    what is your ambient temperature, how many heat producing equipment do you have connected to your system
  15. florida joe

    Keeping a Mantis shrimp

    Originally Posted by Handbanana Hi Joe, So Im purchasing my pipes tonight. I was wondering If you would reccomend a diameter? I was thinking perhaps two burrows, one on each side of the tank. perhaps I could use 2" on one and 3" on the other? Apperciate any imput. Thanks I would stick with 2"...
  16. florida joe

    Lady Ga Ga

    Originally Posted by Cranberry Say wha? No I hadn't heard that one. I love Lady Ga Ga. I sing it all the time at work. Poker face came on during a C-section so I started dancing like her videos. Ya, I'm generally the idiot who is the comic relief. I can only imagin what you would do if you...
  17. florida joe

    thinking of buying new lights...

    how much are you willing to spend
  18. florida joe

    boiling live rock

    Originally Posted by imclownfish sorry for such a late reply.i was caught up in some stuff. Thanks for the info. Ill try and find out some ways of extracting the copper from the lr. as i stated above What I would do is put the rock in a container with water run a powerhead to get circulation...
  19. florida joe

    Coraline Algae Bloom

    Coraline is a SLOW encrusting algae are you sure its to cyano
  20. florida joe

    Qwick question on ich!!! any feedback would be appriciated

    A parasite that mimics ick your time frame IMO is just not right for ick (coming and going in 24 hrs)
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