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I am planning on putting together a seperate post on my experience thus far. In Oct 2002 after my tank was obliterated by Copper I found this site. I tore down in June 03 and started over. I have everything to thank this site for how my tank is starting out today. I have a 75gal that will...

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I heard that the atlantic cukes arent as toxic or at all if they die?? anyone else??

I havent had time to search the board here to see what a spiltting cuke might look like. I also can't get a good enough pic b/c its towards the back of my tank, but I see my atlantic cucumber looking really bad. i would beleive either he's dying (he's got some white film over some parts) or...

Wow. I go away for a weekend and look what's happened. I guess now surprise. Let's get back to the basics here and see if we can simplify this please: First, I dug up the report from my Water Company here in SE PA. The official number taken from "one" of my faucets (the one where I was doing...

Hey, I live up in Collegeville. Grew up in Somerton though! You should check out PARC - the Phial Are Reef Club. They have a forum on here. I only mention b/c I know they meet in Bensalem area, near Hulmville Rd.

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I had a feeling it would be a simple one or two answers why not. but, it actuallysounds like there's some debate. to clear up what I meant, I'll see if I can get some photos of what I'm talking about. i'm very sure these cant' be used b/c it sounds too good to be true. But either way I'll see...

Man, good stuff here.Bob, some answers to your questions below. However, I have to agree with jedininja in that, after all of these posts, I’m still not sure what you’re saying. Youre statements seem to jump back and forth and contradict each other. While you may be right in what you’re...

ah. i thought there was a reason. kip - even though they're outdoor lights??

thanks for the feedback. lets see if I can further answer your questions, and you can get back to me tomorrow.. - yep, no doubt the toxins from the hose were bad. i can't beleive i did that now looking back!! - also, no dobt nitrates weren't controlled that well. i did test for them and...

thats what I found. also, at one point I even thought i had a bad batch of Sea Salt. I thought there was a conspiracy against me when I bought a 2nd batch and nothing improved! I'll tell you later what it took to get from there to where I am today!

sorry. i shouldve been more clear: i took my water to the LFS and all levels were fine except the copper. also, as noted, the water company sent someone out specifically to test my tap water. the only thing that was a high was the copper. 4 fish had been living in there for about 4 months just...

maybe a dumb question. why can't we use some of the great high wattage halogen or MH lighting in home depot for our reef tanks? for exmaple, i'll see a 500W MH light for like $60? whereas this would cost hundereds for an 500W aquarium light. am i making any sense??

Ok, here's what happened - back in Oct 2002.... I had a somewhat weak tank going on, complete newbie. 75 gal with about 20lbs weak LR. 3 damsels and a cool cinnamon clown that enjoyed themselves and all the space. had a REALLY bad algae problem - green and red - which bought me to this site...

sorry - this is already going on in the New Hobbyists section.... I'll continue over there...

I'll post here - ignore the one I started in Reef tanks. This seems to be a better location for newbies anyway...

No prob. See "Copper in Tap Water - I started over".

In 2002 I discovered, along with this wonderful site and a wealth of knowledge thereafre, copper in my tap water. B/c I 1) filled the tank originally with tapwater (from my hose!!), 2) did topoffs with tapwater, and 3) did WC with tapwater, I found my only solution was to start over. My 3 fish...

I dont have many "posts" but have been "lurking" on this site for quite a long time. And for most of the time I've been accepting of Bob as just another point of view - which is healthy. But I have to say I've had enough after seeing him use his old "just throw in some plants" recommendation...