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  1. paulcoates

    High Def Reef Show Discovery HD

    actually, there is another one on there this month about the Great Barrier Reef and the havoc that the Crown of Thorns starfish is wreaking on it. The spend more time on Coral there, but it is monstly based around the COT Star
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    High Def Reef Show Discovery HD

    It was on the Okinawa Reef. It was on from 8:00pm to 8:45pm EST
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    High Def Reef Show Discovery HD

    For those who get high def tv....
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    Coral Beauty Questions

    I have talked to a few people and read on a few websites that say they are largely consider reef safe, but to "monitor" them anyway
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    Coral Beauty Questions

    The research I have done says they are reef safe...There is always a chance, but they are generally considered reef safe
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    Id Coral

    https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...2e540601048a1a
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    Id Coral

    Agreed
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    clear green brain with tubes inside

    that not a great pic, but I still think they are probably young polyps
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    clear green brain with tubes inside

    might be polyps. I have similar. they are just young and should develop Do they look like the bottom right hand side?
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    when is it ok to add cleanup crew?

    whenever the cycle is complete, algae should begin to grow. Add them then
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    Excessive waterflow?

    I use two Aquaclear 802 (450 GPH) an Emperor 400 (400GPH) and a Sea Clone 100 (100 GPH) I turn over approximately 1400GPH but my flow is around 900GPH on a 55 gallon
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    Coral Beauty Questions

    I spoke to the guy I got it from and he credited my acct. He said it does happen from time to time with Fedex depending on how they handled the box. If the box is flipped over, etc. it can cause major stress where the fish is doomed before you even get him. I want to get another one. Plus, I...
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    Excessive waterflow?

    Originally Posted by ReefNut With a total of 820gph you have barely went over the minimum required flow so if anything you could add more flow. You will be fine for moderate to low flow corals. If you wanted sps corals or other high flow corals more would need to be added. I think he has two...
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    Excessive waterflow?

    I dont think it is too much
  15. paulcoates

    Coral Beauty Questions

    Could a slower than normal acclimation kill one?
  16. paulcoates

    Coral Beauty Questions

    that was my first "online" purchase. the supplier foprgot my copperband butterfly, gave me a dying coral beauty, and the yellow polyps are basically falling off of the rock he gave me. Started out with maybe 15 polyps. Now I am down to about 5 Not a good first experience
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    Coral Beauty Questions

    I wold kind of consider the back of my tank a cave also. The rock is about 2 inches from the back glass until I get to the top of my tank where my rock, for the most is touchng the glass. So, sort of like one big long tall cave with a lot of access to to nook and caverns leading to the front...
  18. paulcoates

    Coral Beauty Questions

    no, he was dead, upside dow, lodged underneath of my Yellow Fiji Leather
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    Coral Beauty Questions

    He actually had a nice size cave right underneath my favia. Pretty big space for him to chill in. Plus, when I first got him, he wa also hanging out between the rock in the back and the tank wall. There are a decent amount of hiding spots in there believe it or not
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    Coral Beauty Questions

    When I came home tonight he was hiding in his same place as usual. then an hour or so later I looked over and I thought he was swimming out in the front of the tank. Turns out the current just pushed him across the tank where he was lodged underneath my Yellow Fiji Leather
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