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  1. mopar9012

    good skimmer?

    Im having to downgrade :( anyways im downgrading to a 25 gallon long tank. its pretty cool. reef ready and everything. I like it. anyways it will have a 20 gallon sump. will the red sea prizm skimmer be a good skimmer for this? Im looking for this best bang for my buck. remember im downgrading...
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    Hairspray in the fish tank

    run carbon. do multiple water changes. Run carbon for im thinking two days then replace it with new carbon. Water changes will be very important. Im not expert just trying to help. good luck.
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    Acrylic tank owners!!!

    I just bought a 25 gallon acrylic tank, Im having to downgrade due to some unfortunate finacial events. Its a pretty cool tank, it has a built in overflow on the left and all sides are black except the front. the dims are pretty cool too. its actually 36inches long. anyways this is my first...
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    downgrading...will I cycle?

    hmmm just saw some tanks that were bare bottom. I think i might do that
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    downgrading...will I cycle?

    if i buy new dry sand. would that cause a cycle?
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    downgrading...will I cycle?

    will he still come out? ive never seen him. just heard cracking noises at night.
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    downgrading...will I cycle?

    i have a 65 gallon full reef tank right now and I am downgrading to a 20 gal Long. My 65 is full of rock and of course water and sand. If i use all of the rock from the tank and the sand and water, will I cycle in the 20 gal tank? also I have a problem. I think i might have a pistol shrimp. If...
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    Easy heather question

    I live in an apartment and the windows and such arent the best and we also live on the top floor and heat doesnt seem to travel very well up here. MY tank normally stays at a good temperature... around 72ish but we had a cold front hit and this morning it was like 16 degrees or something and my...
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    bad ballast or bad connection? or...

    okay....i guess time will tell
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    bad ballast or bad connection? or...

    i have a 36 inch sun pod. It has two 150W MH bulbs and the right bulb kept cutting of multiple times during the day and would come back on. Guys were telling it was the ballast. I switch the bulbs around, the right bulb is now in the left socket and the left bulb is now in the right socket. I...
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    HELP!!! copperband

    he passed on the 26. I was shocked that he made it through the night. He came out from the rocks for a second so I snagged him and put him in my sump for easy removal when he did die and so it would not harm my tank. I assumed it was some kind of skin related disease like ick so I did a FW dip...
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    HELP!!! copperband

    oh and the day before he took the turn for the worst he WAS eating
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    HELP!!! copperband

    after probably a week my copperband has took a turn for the worst. He has brown spots kind of on him. like a brown form of ick. I have him in my sump for easy removal if he passes. is there anything i could do? if it helps it is a reef tank. I have seen my clown pick on him a little when i...
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    lion fish....im scared..ha

    Originally Posted by pete159 ouch wow....
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    lion fish....im scared..ha

    i think im going to get a dwarf. I will get one that I see is eating frozen, Im also going to try to find a smaller dwarf and go from there. as far as the insurance thing goes...its a lot easier said than done. Im 18 and work part time at a grocery store while going to college. Ive bought about...
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    lion fish....im scared..ha

    have you been stung? do you have to go to the ER?
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    will clowns host this?

    Originally Posted by meowzer Who knows....LOL...I have a beautiful BTA....my clowns live in the filter intake/outtake tubes that just made me crack up laughing...
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    lion fish....im scared..ha

    before I add anything else. are you saying my 65gal is big enough for a DWARF?
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    lion fish....im scared..ha

    Ive talked about this topic before and rulled out the lion fish. I am now thinking of one again. i have a 65 gal reef tank. my two smallest fish are a chromis and a royal gramma....should I be nervous about their well being? also i would like some comments on some people who have kept them...
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    Tang success in a 55 gallon???

    this is what i dont get. people say that it is about the length of the tank so the tangs have swimming room well for 90s people say yes............90=48inches for 75s people say that you can.....75=48inches 55s are a big no..........................55=48inches i thought it was about how long the...
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