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  1. danieljames

    Filter Pad Rinsing

    Thanks for the reply....yeah thought about throwing a 120 on there when I get the skimmer....what about the filter pads? Any suggestions?
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    Filter Pad Rinsing

    I recently began adding a few soft coral frags and LPS to my tank (last couple months). I wanted to ask the people running reef tanks skimmerless,non sump/fuge(for now) how often you recomend rinsing the filter pads? Thus far I do water changes...(usually 10% every 2-3 weeks or 25% every 3-4...
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    Right track?

    I will say though....do you have a blue hippo and a naso? That's probally bound to be a bad combination regardless of tank style....if it's a hippo he's gonna double in size before you can snap your fingers....I foolishly tried to keep a YT and BHT in the same smaller tank....had to give up the...
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    Right track?

    oh boy here we go...
  5. danieljames

    New way to cure ich?

    Guess it shouldn't be called soaking....Fresh cloves of garlic finely minced mixed with quality foods....the oils from the minced garlic mix with the food (usually I stir in a tupperware...put in fridge for 5 minutes then feed.)
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    Frogspawn i ohio for trade

    When is this event and where? I live about 15min south of Cleveland.....is this an event a newer hobbyist like myself would get chewed apart at? Or are there a bunch of cool cheap frags for sale? Trade only?
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    New way to cure ich?

    I had an ich outbreak a few months ago....upon which I was told to immediately hypo.....long story short I didn't...(no space/money at time)...I went to the grocery store, and bought some quality fresh seafood, made a mixture of homemade food with garlic, and continued to keep up on water...
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    Need Answer ASAP!!!!

    So there is white coating even with the pump running? Did you have a powerhead running in the bin the entire time? That's bizzare
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    HELP!!! Fish are laying on bottom breathing heavy

    Wow....that's interesting ha ha
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    Filter/Carbon

    I have to say...My yellow tang came in with symptoms of HLLE right from the get-go (crappy LFS)....I've been running carbon since my tank was started and he is getting better every day....
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    HELP!!! Fish are laying on bottom breathing heavy

    Could be fish Yoga man....deep breathing excersises....that sand bed is like their yoga matt....mine do it every wednesday
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    couriosity struck me........

    You should just get a Mantis Shrimp...dose the tank with steroids....and call it a day....wait on second thought....that think might break your tank and come after you.....
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    HELP!!! Fish are laying on bottom breathing heavy

    You said the fish have been in there for 2 weeks.....did you add them all at once? Has your tank only been set up for two weeks?
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    HELP!!! Fish are laying on bottom breathing heavy

    Is your equipment brand new or old? Have you checked the possiblity of stray current in your tank? I've read up a lot about that...only thing I can think of besides oxygen, but if you have that many powerheads....I doubt that's the case....
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    Is this the ultimate dream reef aquarium or what??

    I've seen a lot nicer tanks in terms of aquascaping....but common...how amazing would that be? It's not like a 600-1500 gallon tank thats big, but not massive...this thing is like your standing next to the reef! I'm just sayin if I had a few mill to blow, plus the thousands upon thousands it...
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    Here's an Interesting question/theory for EVERYONE!

    Just an interesting theory....that's what happens when cigarettes are not the only thing you smoke....
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    Yet ANOTHER dead cleaner!!! Help me out here!

    no...it looked dead....ha ha....but not attacked...I want to say my coral banded is the culprit of the last Cleaner death...but i'm not positive....the last cleaner I tried to keep completely vanished...no remains whatsoever
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    Is this the ultimate dream reef aquarium or what??

    There's four different videos of it...if you look at the fourth one....the guy pans up to the top with all the lighting and filtration...pretty crazy
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    Yet ANOTHER dead cleaner!!! Help me out here!

    All other inverts fine.......total loss???
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    Is this the ultimate dream reef aquarium or what??

    Unbelievable....22,000L tank.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwTrloWvHP0
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