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  1. cain420

    few pieces of carbon get into tank!!!

    i got all i could find out, but stirred up some sand as a result. I dont know if any fell into the holes of the rocks though! guess ill find out just how bad everything is going to be in a few days.. Of course in the process of getting the small pieces out, the colt coral i just bought...
  2. cain420

    carbon pieces in tank!!! HELP!

    a piece of the colt coral that i just bought yesterday.. cuz somehow it came unlodged from where i had put it and fell while i was trying to get carbon out...
  3. cain420

    will picky clownfish die?

    nope.. the other did not.. even with trying to give it cyclopeeze.. i think they died as a result of ***** syndrome! LOL now i have more to worry about in the tank though..carbon pieces. i got a thread goin on that now
  4. cain420

    carbon pieces in tank!!! HELP!

    i stirred the sandbed up real good, ended up breakin a piece off my brand new coral, and there are still a few pieces scattered around and prolly inside the rocks.. i sure hope the $3000 i have spent isnt all going to be toxic now..
  5. cain420

    carbon pieces in tank!!! HELP!

    ok, so some "superpower" decided that after i rinsed the carbon for over 15 minutes to get all dust out and hooked the canister back to the display.. some small pieces of carbon shot right into the tank... Is this going to kill anything such as corals or fish? how worried do I need to be? what...
  6. cain420

    few pieces of carbon get into tank!!!

    i just cleaned my canister filter, and rinsed the carbon for about 15 minutes to get all dust out.. so anyways, as my luck goes.. some small chunks of carbon got into the tank!!!! what should i do? is this going to kill stuff in the tank??
  7. cain420

    anyone use reef crystals by IO?

    I am using up the rest of my red sea salt (mixes poorly and leaves sediments in the bottom like dirt or something) anyways I am thinking of giving Reef Crystals, made by IO. anyone have and good/bad experiences using it?
  8. cain420

    Ammonia!

    i would get at least 100 more lbs of live rock for that tank.. the ammonia went up as a result of the bio-load that you added. The 30-40lbs that u have in there will not house enough bacteria for your biological filtration to be effective enough. There is no need to start over, however you could...
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    Help- dead shrimp debris!

    i had some debris from mine and just left em in there... i think the little critters that hitch hiked their way in with the live rock ate em, or my filter sucked it up eventually.. I have had some of my red leg hermits get taken out by the blues, and I just leave their bodies in there for the...
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    "Zero waste" RO system

    sounds like that would make me not want to shower! u could just bucket up the waste water that comes from your existing unit and bathe in it, if u dont want to waste.. sounds like it would be the same thing.. YUCK!!!
  11. cain420

    Brown Diatom Algae

    green hair algae took over on top of my diatoms.. and now that is dissipating, was replaced with some red slime, which is now clearing up since I put some chaetomorpha in the tank and sump.. A macro-algae will eat up the nutrients used by other algaes and also helps to remove co2 and release...
  12. cain420

    pics of my first corals!

    Well, here are the 2 corals that I bought yesterday.. A colt coral, and some frags: And here are some that a fellow hobbyist gave me that is on a different board for people in michigan:
  13. cain420

    anyone in michigan with chaeto??

    Originally Posted by unleashed hey cain what city are you in im also in mich im near ann arbor i will be out your way on the 25th!!! at the mmc 2006! but you wont find me on swf dot com no more...
  14. cain420

    cleaner wrasse diet quetions

    its people like dogstar that make others feel very unwelcome on the boards.
  15. cain420

    cleaner wrasse diet quetions

    nice answer dogstar thanks for bein a {edit for language} guess u would rather people just leave the boards thanks again why even say anything if u have no answers??
  16. cain420

    cleaner wrasse diet quetions

    oh yea.. he will sit anywhere sometimes. on the glass, rocks, whereever..
  17. cain420

    cleaner wrasse diet quetions

    lol, well they told me its a cleaner wrasse... lol dumb lfs so this looks like what? a cleaner goby? and what would its diet consist of? i dont think i will visit that lfs again...
  18. cain420

    does this look like enough pods for my scooter blenny?

    just wondering if this may be enough. there are alot more on the rest of the glass, and have been breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the scooter blenny for at least 2 weeks now.. not the best focus, but those boogers are tiny and hard to photograph..
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    cleaner wrasse diet quetions

    does this look like a mimic, or the real deal?? sorry for the blurry-ness.. itll sit still until i try to take a pic.
  20. cain420

    Too Loud!

    lol i have an overflow box goin to my wet/dry and u cant even hear it cuz of the bioball... u can hear the skimmer in the sump though.. even after having it run into a prefilter pad..
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