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  1. cymbal67

    Protein Skimmer?

    thats the one i just got... aqua c 120
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    Hello from XRumer

    yoooooooo you will find this is a very active board!! responses are very quick here which is great!
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    help with raising salinity

    cool thanks....the only fish i have in there now are 2 chromis, only because a lfs i went to (to see if they had a refractometer) said it would help my cycle if i put them in there and he just gave them to me, didnt charge me for them or the food to feed them with. and he said to get the...
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    help with raising salinity

    my tank has had water in it for 4 days. my salinity is at 1.023 and want to get it to 1.025. its a 118g corner and i am wondering if i add 2 gallons of salt water, what salinity should that be at? when i topped off today, instead of using fresh ro water (i heard when topping off add fresh...
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    photo diary of getting started

    i think i might need more rock....doesnt look as full as i would have thought. thats about 110lbs in a 118g tank.
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    Hawaii

    earthquake
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    Weird Thing In Tank!!!

    i just put rock in my tank today, and i think i found my first featherduster. i saw it shoot in real quick and then come back out a minute later. looks like a flower but with long very skinny pedals.
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    photo diary of getting started

    well after putting the canopy back on and cutting the fans off its at 76.8 and climbing. maybe i will need it. but i guess the fans themselves could pull it back down some. i am so damn happy to have water and rock in!! got water, sand and a little rock yesterday, and put the rest of the...
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    photo diary of getting started

    i kept getting told and reading, that i would need a chiller. well i think i might have waisted money and space underneath on it. the temp has been ranging from 74.7 to 76.2 i cut the 2 cooling fans off to help bring it up, and the canopy was off for a couple of hours while i was piling the...
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    photo diary of getting started

    i finally have my rock in!!! here are latest pics,
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    210 Tank Pics of New Rock and Corals 10.13.06

    one of the best tanks ive seen
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    foundation rock

    live rock will have more coraline algea on it, giving it more color, also will have more organisms on it too. i would guess live rock would be better filtration depending on how pourus it is. but i am still new to all this.
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    photo diary of getting started

    finally tomorrow is the day!!!! i have my ro/di unit making water now to fill tank with. it took a while to get the fuge built buts its finally done (corner stand - odd shape) i should have pics of tank with water, sand and about 120lbs of awesome live rock in it soon. i couldnt believe the...
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    Best place to find reef ready Aquariums?

    i got this tank stand and canopy from 4fishtank dot com awesome price
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    R/O Water

    is it ok to go from garden hose to input of ro/di unit? would the ro/di unit get ot all the bad garden hose stuff?
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    ro/di question

    i am filling up some tubs of water from ro/di unit to put in tank on saturday. is it ok to run a garden hose to the input of the unit? would the ro/di unit filter out any bad stuff from faily new garden hose?
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    I would just like to say...

    i have been to hawaii 3 times in the last three years (i keep winning these trips from work) and have dove a lot while there.....you can hear the whales underwater during whale season, its a trip. lots of fish there that are only seen there in hawaii. kaui is pretty rural but the week i...
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    rearranged the tank

    is that a corner tank? i am finally getting mine plumbed and adding water, sand and rock on saturday. i have been waiting for refuge to be custom built for the odd shape that a corner stand requires underneath. 3 more days!!!!!
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    Using ocean water?

    i am in florida and we get red tide a lot around here. the result is dead fish all over the beaches and floating in the water. bummer i was thinking of putting ocean water in mine, but then remembered red tide and said no way....
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    is 1x150watt MH enough for my tank?

    i am getting some info that may be saying that once i mount the lights in my canopy, it may be too close to the water for a 250w can that be? what if i just dont put stuff too close to the top of the tank wont that then be ok to have 250w in there? the water line is about 10 inches from...
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