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  1. saltn00b

    Zooanthid growth Race!!!!

    i think i may have missed a post or something, but what do you mean we are fragging then starting? i thought you are fragging from mother colonies and sending them to us and then we just take pics and talk smack once they are in the tank. is there another fragging step in there?
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    5 Pipefish

    i have never tried to keep them but i have only seen them in species tanks either by themselves or with seahorses. most likely because they are very slow eaters and will be easily outcompeted for food by wrasses and puffers etc. filefish are iffy too, most people dont do well with them. where...
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    Please Help!!!

    1.5 to 2.0 is actually very high for corals. the corals you were trying are in the euphyllia family, the torches, frogspawns etc. all almost the same coral. they often referred to as being "bullet proof" corals, in that they are hard to kill, and only will die if shocked or in very bad water...
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    CB Angel with life threatening Lympho

    do you recommend this marcyn stuff as well sep?
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    coraline?

    phosphates? i had nitrate problems for a long time, when i was able to make some changes when i moved the tank, the trates and phosphate dropped dramatically and the coralline exploded. what is your calcium and alkalinity at? these are huge factors for coralline as well.
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    CB Angel with life threatening Lympho

    i looked it up and found : Freshwater use only.
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    CB Angel with life threatening Lympho

    where do you get Maracyn II and how do you use it?
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    Please Help!!!

    chemical compound PO4 , 1 part phosphorous 4 parts oxygen. a nutrient that is an export product from and organisms life cycle. decaying food, excrement, break down and release phosphates. Usually, calcerous materials in fishtanks such as LR, LS, coral skeletons , etc, absorb this chemical...
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    Please Help!!!

    tanks running over 85 degrees can start to be dangerous for fish and corals. you want to be in the range of 77 - 82. if your tank can spike that highly, then you need to consider purchasing a chiller. an unfortunate cost when running MHs. if you are feeding frozen cubes every other day for...
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    coraline?

    i had almost none in my tank for 1.5 years until i addressed some problems with water quality and lighting. what are your parameters like? PCs are weak, but coralline will grow under them, just slower.
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    Please Help!!!

    what test kits are you using? how old are they? what are you using for salinity / sg? a swingarm hydrometer or a refractometer? if you are using a hydro, and you are getting a false high reading of 1.023 then you could be dangerously low. how old is the tank? how much LR do you have in it...
  12. saltn00b

    Hyposalinity

    take a look at the FAQ section, it should answer all of these questions quickly.
  13. saltn00b

    5 Pipefish

    caught them? how? where? might you be confusing them for something else? similar looking fish are trumpet fish and needle fish and they are both very different.
  14. saltn00b

    CB Angel with life threatening Lympho

    Beth, or any others with advice please help! i had a break out of ick in the DT, so i caught the fish and have them in 2 seperate QT tanks. my 29g Tall , cycled QT tank contained at first my CBBF, CB Angel, Exquisite Wrasse and 2 blue neon gobies. the tank went under Hypo just as ick was...
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    Saltn00b's Multi-Phase Upgrade Diary!

    well I have purchased the Reeflo Sequence Dart Pump! so i can finally finish the CLS system. i will likely get it by the end of the week. When the CLS is complete and in place, i can then resume and finish the canopy project.
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    Zooanthid growth Race!!!!

    did the frags go out today? UPS as was discusseD?
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    Cabbage leather for anything?

    looking for trades right now
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    Zooanthid growth Race!!!!

    he shipped them ? how?
  19. saltn00b

    Zooanthid growth Race!!!!

    where is RFB? did he send out the remaining corals?
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