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  1. bdhough

    18 gallon mini reef up and running

    Depends on how well cured the rock is. If it was fairly well cured id give it 2 weeks just to be safe. Just test your levels...
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    Ripoff???

    Man... I have it good here....
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    Please Help--tank Crashing

    Wow... Somebody dropped a bomb in there. My guess is something died right after you left and has been throwing your water off all day and thus everything freeked. BUT it had to have been drastic. Was your equipment off? Maybe there was an electrical spike in the tank caused by a powerhead or...
  4. bdhough

    My New Tank... Finally.

    Make sure your starfish are reef safe... I'm not familiar with the ones you want but they may ruin things. All those scarlets may kill eachother as well. Maybe 5 blue legs in the mix somewhere, or a cleaner shrimp
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    Ripoff???

    14? That sucks... I can get mine for 6......
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    Genus of Damsels and Cichlids

    I was just thinking that some Damsels look alot like Cichlids. Are they direct descendents in some way. I know in particular that green chromis are the splitting image of some cichlids. Similar fins, behavior, mouth structure, and shape. Anyone know much about this? I'm just curious....
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    looking for something red...

    Yellow button polpys have yellow buttons :). Any kind of clam would be a good addition. Some nice blue/purple ones. Red brain. Certain star polyps from what i can remember are pretty vivrant in color. There are also white stripped mushrooms... I've seen various feather dusters that have a...
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    Setup OK??

    If you want to do anything light intensive ie corals you need another 130 watts....
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    What kind of fish is this?

    Probably is a unicorn tang. If it's all green and has two blue dots on the back fin/tail then its that..... I hope your tank is 200 plus gallons.... They get huge... Longer than 2 feet
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    good wattage for a 38 gallon

    I have a feeling you might a few prolems with it. It doesn't seem like enough. You want intensity as much as wattage in your tank. I think if you could add another 40 watts in there it would be good then.... From what i remember 38's tend to be tall rather than long so your light has to go...
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    Dieing Angelfish... help please

    Uh bottled water is more expensive than RO water...... Nuff said :) Bubbles either are coming from your skimmer of main filter. The return flow on one or the other is causeing it. If one or the other is causeing a water fall that could do it. Im not to sure since i can't see your tank but...
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    Dieing Angelfish... help please

    Unless you have that extra tub filtering through your main tank its kind of pointless. Theres no getting around preparing good water. Doing your method as you described would be like combining two different tanks. Thats a bad idea unless you can get them to match perfectly. If you want to do...
  13. bdhough

    ocean water

    You suck dan..... Julius keep in mind the ocean is what 3/4 of the planet? Or is that the human body. Either way the ocean is billions of times larger than our home aquariums. A problem in the ocean can be handled in a much quicker fashion than we can provide at home. Also if a fish's home is...
  14. bdhough

    Help Me Plez!!!!!

    NTV more than likely they tried to sell you a prefilter attachment. Which if you are having filtering problems may help. It couldn't hurt to have another filter anyways....
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    Dieing Angelfish... help please

    Well.... Loads good now. I wouldn't put more than three fish in your tank. You might manage four small ones but then you would be doing water changes weekly. Try using RO water from now on. You are safe to use it if you buffer it like i said.
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    Dieing Angelfish... help please

    From your original post you are missing an element somewhere that your conditoner doesn't seem to be getting. You may have also overloading things. I saw your signature you have a maroon, blenny, and flame angel? On top of the other fish you added? I would stick to the first three. The...
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    Dieing Angelfish... help please

    Well.... You only have a 15 gallon tank. At most you should be changing around 4 gallons of water per water change or however often you do water changes. Go buy a 5 gallon bucket from a home depot, or a 5 gallon gas can or whatever. Your local LF store should sell RO water and may also sell...
  18. bdhough

    Sweet My Chromis Are Kissing!!

    Do you know what it is? Mating or A male thing? Thats what im trying to figure out.
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    Looking to start

    80 gallon fully stocked reef tank will cost you around 2000 dollars and maybe more if you do it right which you should anyways. Larger tanks are easier to maintain due to the amount of life contained in them. Once your bacteria levels build up they will decompose whatever gets put into the tank...
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    Sweet My Chromis Are Kissing!!

    HAHAHA i thought about saying something but i just ignored him... Thanks guys :) And my chromis were kissing. They did the ritual twice then swam really weird like they were showing off, the bigger one did, and haven't done it since. :)
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