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  1. scottnlisa

    Natural Laxatives?

    My 8 year old son has the same problem. AND IT IS NOT HIS DIET!!! His doctor put him on prescription strength Miralax. He gets it when he gets bound up. When his doctor saw him that day, he estimated that Noah had about 6-8 pounds of stool in his lower GI system. After a week of Miralax, he...
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    What do I need to buy before putting my 1st piece of coral into my tank?

    So what kind of test kit do I need? Like what brand name?
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    What do I need to buy before putting my 1st piece of coral into my tank?

    Originally Posted by Flower Mushrooms are very easy and don't require much light so set them low in the tank. They are fine with the lights you have, I'm not sure what VHO is... florescent??. Are you going to get different lighting? If not, stay with non-photosynthetic coral like sun coral...
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    What do I need to buy before putting my 1st piece of coral into my tank?

    Here is my current set-up : 125g tank 100# live rock 75# base rock Octopus BH-300F Protein Skimmer 2 Korolia #4's 2 48" VHO Actinic White 2 48" VHO Acnitic Filstar XP3 Canister filter I have all the testing supplies for a FOWLR so I know I'll need to by a reef testing kit. I am also adding...
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    What do I need to buy before putting my 1st piece of coral into my tank?

    I want to start buying the odds and ends stuff. What do I need?
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    4ft light over a 6ft tank

    Originally Posted by mkroher 6 bulbTek light 3 Actinic+ and 3 Aquablue+ I have 4 48" lights over my 6 foot tank. I think they look really ncie.
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    Problems with pair of clowns and o0ther fish...

    Originally Posted by BTLDreef Also, even if the damsels did work out with the clowns, you'd have a new issue. Almost nothing works out with damsels.... I found 1 fish that works great with damsels and that is a pseudochromis. My strawberry pseudochromis beat the snot out of my damsels, and my...
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    I keep a reef tank using canister filters instead of sump?

    Originally Posted by BTLDreef I have a heavy, heavy bio load in my tank and feed heavily so for me, I needed the Fluval and the sump working at the same time, and honestly, I'm glad that I added the canister filter. I can actually say I am very particular about cleaning my canister. I am also...
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    Problems with pair of clowns and o0ther fish...

    Originally Posted by BTLDreef Have you considered a larger fish, more like a dwarf angel (again) or another small tang? Personally I don't believe that a yellow tang belongs in a 55, but you "could" get away with a Kole. The clowns attacking the damsels is more likely that they're all damsels...
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    I keep a reef tank using canister filters instead of sump?

    Originally Posted by BTLDreef They're not ideal, but it's not wrong to use them either. One of the biggest issues is that people don't care for them properly and when not cared for, they cause more harm then good. I actually run a sump AND a FLUVAL FX5 canister filter. Granted, I've modded the...
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    I keep a reef tank using canister filters instead of sump?

    Originally Posted by meowzer What are you asking??? A lot of people use canisters....you just have to maintain them properly I read somewhere that using canister filters in reef tanks wasn't a good idea. Did you like the cat video?
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    Fire fish

    I rescue my fire fish from *****. It was getting beat up by damsels. She is doing great now. Nice and healthy
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    Shark Video-Very Cool

    Should of brought Snookie in to fight with it.
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    Problems with pair of clowns and o0ther fish...

    my .02, I don't like any damsels. there are all evil. I would get rid of the 3 damsels and get other fish
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    Beginner's Equipment Guidebook

    Originally Posted by mooseythemoron Tony, Can you explain this. Im little confused. Thanks! I think what he means is like on my canister filter I have a little plastic strainer piece that fits over the open part of the pipe so no fish go into my canister filter line.
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    What an awesome fish.

    It's looks like the predator of the fish world
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    RIP Baby Hippo

    Sorry for your loss. I feel for ya. I wanted a saltwater tank also because of clownfish and tangs.
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    What tools do you use to clean your tank?

    Originally Posted by Flower Why clean the back glass? If you leave it alone it is good fish food, for a while before coraline takes over anyway. I never clean the back glass and my Lawnmower Blenny is a fatso. I see. Never thought of that.
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