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  1. bret61081

    my first DIY success!!

    Originally Posted by NYTrillium yaaaaaayyyyy... for you... IM still to chicken to try it myself. Just go slow...its not hard at all! Like I said...If I can do it...anyone can! TRUST ME!! I am a chicken like you but I figured all I had to lose was the 5$ the tank cost...now if I was...
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    my first DIY success!!

    Well after reading several threads on drilling tanks with a dremel...I decided to go for it to make my 10G refugium on my 55G tank. well, the pieces of glass I practiced on broke so I figured I might as well as try it on the 10G I had. Well after about 30 min of listening to the dremel...I had...
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    Trigger Fish

    Watch out for the blue thoats! I've had mine since june/July and in the past 2 weeks...started taking a liking to my Xenia... just goes to show you not all of them are reef safe!
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    flame hawk with shrimp?

    same here...Mines been in with my cleaner, CBS and 3 pepermints since Oct...no problems...
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    POLL would a yellow tang do well in a 55g

    I have a med size one in my 55g...nice and fat...the only thing is the smaller the tank, the more aggressive they are. Mine had killed 2 fish b/c its so aggressive...one was a female wantanabi angel..GRRR...as soon as I find something as bright colored I am trading it in...
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    Anyone with a lemonpeel angel?

    Originally Posted by fishmamma TFH magazine has an article on dwarf angels in the current issue. The lemon didn't get rave reviews. They are tied for the most aggressive category and it seems as though they don't have much long term success in an aquarium. The coral beauty and cherub angels...
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    Anyone with a lemonpeel angel?

    Originally Posted by Dogstar Are you just intrested in the angle or something reefsafe, peacefull, active and YELLOW ? If the latter then might check out the damsels in Pomacentrus sp. sweet fish. Lemon Damselfish. Maybe LFS can order them. Thanks for the info but I will NEVER put another...
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    Anyone with a lemonpeel angel?

    I am trying to find something less aggressive and smaller for my 55G reef tank then the yellow tang I curretly have. I haven't seen one of these for a while, but one of my LFS had about 6-7 of them in. Has any one had any problems with them nipping at corals? the only corals I have are...
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    goleden headed sleeper starving

    have you tried mysis? I've had mine since June and it will eat anything I put in the tank...he and my ghost eel are always in the same hole and he will even go after the silversides I feed the eel! try different foods and soak it in Garlic...Good luck...they are cool fish...but make a MESS of...
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    Too MANY fish to choose from!!

    I wouldn't worry about the trigger with snails, shrimp and hermits...Ive had a small female blue throat in my 55g reef since this summer and she never touched a thing...eceprt when the cleaner shrimp tried to clean her...she didnt like that too much! but other then that...shes been great...
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    what happened to my shroom!!

    Originally Posted by Harndog My reds did that when I switch to MH. Coule be that the new lights are just a lot brighter at first. I moved my reds down to bottom of the tank and the color came back. It's wierd that only one would do it though??? I just ordered the new bulbs last week so they...
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    Barnacle Blennie

    Does anyone have one of these little guys? I can't find a whole lot of information on them. I added him to my 6G nano tank today and when I fed the tank he went right after the food which made me happy. He's had them at my LFS for about a month and finally took the dive in to one today. Is...
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    what happened to my shroom!!

    yup...they are all purple/blueish. Can mushrooms bleech?
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    what happened to my shroom!!

    I've had these shrooms for aobut 4-5 months now...I got them at a frag swap for 10$ and they ahve been doing great...even lived through 2 hurricanes! over the past month or so, one shroom has started going white and this past week went almost completely white. my question is what causes this...
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    Live Rock Rubble in South Florida?

    go in to any LFS and ask for the small pieces at the bottom! all the stores up here in FLL have huge tanks..I am sure theyd give u a good deal for the smaller pieces if you ask..
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    Clear Jelly-like sak on LS...

    Originally Posted by promisetbg Do you have any wrasses? I have a Lubocks wrasse but it happeend before I got the wrasse aswell...
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    Clear Jelly-like sak on LS...

    ok...I have a 55g tank that has been set up just about a year. It has about 70 lps of live sand. about 2 weeks ago I found a clear jelly like sak about the size of a quarter round attached to to the sand bed. I took it out and it was a very thick...like Jelly! Tongiht when I was feeding my...
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    55gal + stand + live rock + fish + extras for sale in Ft. Lauderdale

    Originally Posted by pampillo12 i wanted to know if u would sell some items apart// i would be interested in the 29gallon and what type of live rock do u have in the tank let me know at .. pampillo12@yahoo.com ,... thanks I sent you an email regarding a different tank if interested since this...
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    2700 gallon aquarium pics

    Did you ever get the shoal tang u wanted?
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    Which corals will do best...

    anyone have any imput on this??
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