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  1. dreeves

    live rock question

    Curing the rock is the simple process of allowing the natural die off which will occur to happen outside your tank or in a tank where it will not do any harm (uncycled tank) The die off is organisms which will decay, turn into a nasty case of amonia, etc. As far as unwanted catch a rides...put...
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    Tap, or Distilled H2O????

    Now that is an excellent way to give that advice Jeo...not that it matters coming from myself...but good job.
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    Aquascaping?

    Ever hear of Tetrocholoralethylene (sp?)? Up until recent year (I think past 10)...this chemical was discharged in every city, town etc in our country...vapor of it blown out into the open air... USDOT classifies it a Marine Pollutant and Stow Away From Food Stuffs...A marine pollutant kills...
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    Aquascaping?

    Tucson, AZ lost 7 major city wells due to chemicals leeching... Little township outside of McChord AFB has their water supplied to them from the base drinking system due to severe chemical and bio leeching the water supply... Tierra Grande...water supply is toast due to many many years of...
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    white stuff on LR

    How does coralline algea bleach? What is the process?
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    Tap, or Distilled H2O????

    It was...
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    newbie

    Deionization is the process of the removal of both negative and positive ions...i.e..nitrate, magneseum, and so on.. Very similar in method to a water softnet.
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    Spotted hawk

    So Bullshark...you saying Arceye Hawks are good at hermit population control?
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    Aquascaping?

    That guy continuously advocates the usage of tap water...no water changes, etc. An appropriate disclaimer for him would be..."I do not use conventional methods, so therefore follow my advice at your own risk..." Beaslebob...why are you telling this person to not used filtered water? What if they...
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    DIY Skimmer design

    Ghetto at its best... The only way to fly!
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    Aquascaping?

    The Britta is junk for what you need...you can run carbon through your filter and get the same results... There is no substitute for RO/DI water. The DI being a very important stage in the removal of negative and positive ions with resins...
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    Spotted hawk

    I dont have shrimp in the tank with the redspotted hawkfish... As for the crabs...doesn;t pay mine any attention that I am aware of. One thing he does do which is annoying...he swipes the food out of the polyps before they have a chance to injest all of it..swipes it out of the pipette in which...
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    Can someone explain a UV sterilizer please?

    Thomas...he said 3rd grade... :)
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    Can someone explain a UV sterilizer please?

    They mean the output from your last filter item back to the tank should be made into the input for the UV and then back to the tank... But as mentioned...run it by itself, not through the other filters...leave them on, but run them independent of one another...
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    Is my sally a murderer??

    Wonder what steamed sally light foot legs taste like...
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    Horrible News

    Go to a shrink...have him/her write you a note stating that to maintain your calm demeanor and curb your alcoholism...the tranquility of a marine tank is the prescription of choice...or something like this... Who knows...it could work!
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    Can someone explain a UV sterilizer please?

    UV sterilization is simple...the ultraviolet wave lengths disrupt and break the cell structure within an organism thus either killing it, or rendering it useless to the point of death... The UV requires a certain amount of dwell time for it to be effective against various things...example..dwell...
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    peppermint shrimp

    I am going to try that feeding with the sway thing that Guy mentioned, sounds cool.
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    peppermint shrimp

    Mine are always out in view.
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    WooHoo I have a LFS!

    Good luck...good LFS's are hard to come by... RM250 all the way...
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