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  1. byrself

    Coraline on glass???

    i love the coralline on the glass. its a sign the coralline is sporeing and spreading. jmo.
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    Dead snails

    are you positive you don't have any copper in your water? even trace amounts can kill inverts. just a thought.. :)
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    Acropora keepers, check this out

    wow, that's pretty cool. i just emailed the link to my roomate, who has an acro frag with 440w vho. thanks ;)
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    Quality of Reef packages here?

    i haven't ordered from this site, but i know others have, and have been generally pleased. my question is why do you want bigger snails and crabs? the smaller ones are less destructive towards the good things imo, in fact, once my crabs get too big for me, i move them out of my reef and into...
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    Substrate...HHMMm..

    i would say no on the colored gravel. i think the paint will come off alot quicker in saltwater and cause probs. even if it doesn't, i still wouldn't want it in my tank. but, then again, it's your choice. i would stick to the aragonite sand. it is beneficial to your tank altogether. a...
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    My Fish slowly dissapear ???

    i feel your pain, i have lost 2 fish and 2 peppermint shrimp mysteriously over about 3 weeks time. haven't narrowed the culprit down, but you can see from my livestock listing below that i don't have and weird starfish or anything like that.. just live rock, and the pistol shrimp that came...
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    turn over per hour

    i definitely think lots of current is best. i have 590gph of powerhead in my 20g. no external filtration.
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    Halide lighting watts

    what do you plan to keep? i don't think 250s would be too much. especially if your tank is tall. jmo.
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    Safety effort turns into accident

    i surely don't know the damage that could cause, but maybe you could siphon some of it up? it may be lighter than the sand. just something to try maybe. <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />
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    OT: What's Your Favorite Quote/Saying?

    Originally posted by Demosthenes: <strong>You can put a bullet in my head, but you can't kill a word that I've said.[/list]</strong><hr></blockquote> this is a fellow swf member's quote also.... sammystingray. =)
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    The greatest words ever spoken.

    no doubt, i'd say she's a keeper :D
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    10 gallon reef?

    it's very feasible. :) just don't add too many fish and you should be ok.
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    new setup - base rock - useful/useless???

    a good clean up crew would probably do wonders for the dead rock. clean it up nicely. i think it would be okay after a while, although you might want to consider cureing it all over again in a separate tank or container, just in case it has any contaminants from being stored dry. good luck. :)
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    TAKE A LOOK (WHAT DO YOU THINK?)

    just make sure the bubbles can't get in between the rocks either. air trapped under the rocks is not a good thing. i can't tell you why in scientific terms, but i would avoid it. if they are completely separated from the rock bed you could get away with it. just don't put the airstones under...
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    LR or LS first?

    you can sit the rocks down in the sand enough to make them stable. if you are going with a dsb, and have a sand burrowing fish, then you might want to use a plenum to keep the bottom layer intact for nitrate reduction bacteria. my goby is a sand sifter. i don't have a dsb. it will still...
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    is my tank ready for fish & corals?

    definitely go slow and light with the fish, especially if you are going with corals later. i would wait a while before adding corals. way after you are done adding fish. i waited 6 months before i added even mushrooms. i could have probably started earlier, but i felt the 6 month mark was a...
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    xenia after 2 weeks

    believe it or not, the frag piece i got cost me 20 bucks. you can't beat that with a baseball bat! another store around here locally would have charged over 50 bucks for it. that's cool though, i hope these split off enough to give to that lfs that charges so much. just wait till i tell...
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    FREE 280 Gallon reef... livestock and all

    you could always break the tank down, keep what you want, and reseal the glass yourself (cheap and easy, but requires a little time), if you have the livestock in containers and just a powerhead for circulation, you would be fine for a couple days. i wouldn't pass on that deal if it were me...
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    FREE 280 Gallon reef... livestock and all

    sure wished i lived nearby.. i don't really understand what you are asking though? who said 1100 to move it?
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    green star polyps

    hey wrassecal, do those have a pink base or a purple base? just wondering. i have both kinds. :)
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