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  1. scubachris

    What filtration for 40 gallon reef?

    I have a 30g and my buddy has a 40 and we both have hang on the back filters that were ment for a 55g tank. We have fish and corals and our water is great. Its not the perfered way to do it, but its the cheapest and as long as you keep it clean it works.
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    coral

    When I started my 30g I wanted to get some corals that were nice looking and easy to care for. I got some xenia, Metallic Green Star Polyps, a Kenya Tree, and some mushrooms. All of the above are easy to take care of, relativly cheap, and grow pretty fast as long as you have at least ok lighting...
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    My new fish is DEAD!!!!!!

    May have to wait for the lease on my apartment to be up. Plan on buying a house when I'm done with chiropractic school. Then comes the monster tank.
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    My new fish is DEAD!!!!!!

    Well I went to the LFS and got a second fish. Brought him hoome, acclimated him, and released him. As soon as he hit the water my other fish attacked him. I scooped him out and brought him back to the LFS. I guess my other fish must have attacked the previous tang at night. I guess thats the...
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    My new fish is DEAD!!!!!!

    Well I decided to tank one more shot at it. My wife loved this fish so I went back to the LFS and bought another. I had the water tested again, and bought the food that they feed them at the store along with a Kent Garlic additive to add to the food. It was all suggested by the LFS. The things...
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    My new fish is DEAD!!!!!!

    Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 pH: 8.2 Salinity: 1.023 Calcium: 380 ppm I acclomated him for over an hour, and like maddog said he lived for almost a week. I might go get another today and take my chances. Mabey it was just a bad fish. All my other fish and corals are doing great so I dont...
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    My new fish is DEAD!!!!!!

    My wife bought me a powder brown tang for christmas. I got it on monday. It was swimming around all week looked extremely healthy, ate, and overall was doing great. Last night everything was good. This morning hes dead! Water tested great this morning, so thats not the problem. Wife is upset she...
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    Clown Fish Hosting

    Here is a pic of one of my clown fish hosting a pair of my green hairy mushrooms. My christmas present from my wife is in the background.
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    Clowns hosting a mushroom?

    Ok I just realized today I think one of my clowns is starting to host a pair of green hairy mushrooms. Is that normal?
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    Why so difficult?

    Ok I got a gift certificate to the LFS for christmas. Was thinking of adding a frogspawn or mabey a torch coral. I looked them up on this website, and both are catagorized as being difficult to keep. Why? Whats needed to be successful with these?
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    another question

    I agree its a feather duster. I have blue ones and red ones along with white.
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    Any idea what this is?

    Ok about 2 months ago I bought a piece of LR with 2 green hairy mushrooms on it. I noticed about a week later all of the feather dusters that came out of the rock, but just recently saw something new. On the back side of the rock there is what looks like a clam. It has a green clam like shell...
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    Any idea what this is?

    Ok about 2 months ago I bought a piece of LR with 2 green hairy mushrooms on it. I noticed about a week later all of the feather dusters that came out of the rock, but just recently saw something new. On the back side of the rock there is what looks like a clam. It has a green clam like shell...
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    Kenya Tree. HELP NEEDED

    Its NOT DEAD! It started to open up this morning!
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    Kenya Tree. HELP NEEDED

    Ok I bought a kenya Tree on thursday. Brought it home, put it in the tank and 3 hours later it was open and doing great. Good on Friday. Sat morning it was all shrunken and pulled in. I figured it was because of the lights being off for the night, but it never open back up. Not sat or today. Any...
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    Need help with an ID

    Thanks!
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    Green Star Polyps

    My buddy just used a drop of krazyglue gel to attach it to a rock. Worked for him, but not sure if its the "right" way, but it did work.
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    Kenya Tree

    How do you frag a kenya tree? Do u just cut a branch off or what?
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    Need help with an ID

    Can you frag these things? If so how? Do you just cut off a branch?
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    Need help with an ID

    Went to the LFS store today and picked this up. Is $10 a good price? Also can anyone ID it. The LFS told me what it was called but I forgot. They called it a ???? Tree. Thanks
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