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  1. spruce

    actinic lighting

    Actinic 03 is for aesthetics; it is on the violet end of the spectrum. The "03" really has no meaning. It is simply a marketing term used by the manufacture who 1st developed actinic lighting. I believe it was 1st used for the retail clothing industry. Actinic 7100 is for photosynthesis; this...
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    Why cant they come up with a bio-media that can breakdown nitrates?

    Sure seems like manufactures making those typical wet/dry/sumps could make a bio-media that could handle the breakdown of Nitrates. Anyone know why this isn’t being done, or can’t be done? This is ironic to me: From my experience, 100 percent of marine LFSs (At least in the Atlanta area) sell...
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    This is wierd

    Hmm, seems typical to me. Ich can be on your fish in the morning and gone be the evening and then back again later that night. Ich doesn’t need that long on the fish to nourish enough to drop off and start to incubate another batch of Ich. Also, the Ich spots may have been scratched off or eaten...
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    Free U-Build It Package to the 150th

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    Sump question

    doh sorry, I just reread and saw your specs.... You have 130 lbs of Crushed Coral in a 72G tank? I dont understand. Is it a DSB? or just alot of crushed coral? IMO one of the biggest bonuses of having a sump is being able to hide almost everything you have on the main tank. You will still have...
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    Sump question

    IMO sumps are fun. Another toy you can fiddle with and there are ways to justify the cost to yourself, and your fish, and your wife (or girlfreind) :-) I would be happy to give my opinion on the size, makeup and manufature of your future sump, but would need all the details of your current tank...
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    What to do about my aptasia out break?

    These are the ways I have killed them. Method one: Buy Meriodic Acid from Home Depot, and a syringe from a drug store. Fill the syringe up with one CC ( BE VERY CAREFULL) and inject it in its mouth. You will have a "kill radius" Kill one to three aiptasia's with the meriodic acid a day. Put at...
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    Adequate Ca and alk?

    What is the link to Broomer's post about the relationship of Alk, PH, and Calcium? I would love to read it. Thanks, B
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