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  1. officerricv

    typhoon III

    hello all, does the typhoon remove silicates?
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    Protein Skimmer

    cpr bak pak 2 r. has warked wonders on my 55
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    leather ?

    i have a green leather that has stringy stuff coing out . is that death coming? experiencing an ammonia spike from blackout. all other par are good. can this survive?
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    Helpppppppppppp

    Lost power for 12hrs. ammonia spiked to .50, no signs of death. i am doing a 10 percent water change on a 55 gal. will this help bring it down.
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    blue tang ?

    i have a 55 gal,bout 2 months old, i have only the blue hippo and 2 perculas. the tang is approx 2 inches and will trade him when he grows to large. i feed mysis frozen shrimp once a day, and and green marine algae seaweed sheets every 3 days
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    blue tang ?

    i have a small blue tang. has been in the tank for 5 days now. i have noticed that he spends alot of time behind a powerhead, in the hole of a rock and at times he lays sideways on the glass behind rocks. is this normal behavior? all water parim. are good. all other fish appear to be fine. he...
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    argonite ?

    i have bout 25 diff snails and a conch
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    argonite ?

    i have brown algae on my argonite reef sand bed. Can i vacuum to remove it? tank is approx 4 weeks set up.
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    corraline chips

    hello all, im a newbie and have had my 55 for about a month. I have some purple and green corraline on a few pieces of lr, but other than that i am corraline deprieved. i have jusy started to use bionic to bring up my calcium . i would really like to kick start my corraline and have heard of...
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    vortex diatom

    anyone use the diatom vortex? any pros or cons?
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    water movement

    dont know what a closed looped system is. and yes to ripples on top of water
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    water movement

    hello, well still working on my cycle and really excited . i have to power heads at 190 gph, bak pak 2r, and a whisper 60( 330 gph. does this sound like ample water movement for a 55 gal. i was pondering getting another power head of 190 gph and placing it it the center of the tank as i have one...
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    anyone from rochester new york

    any reefers in the area for trading drop me a line
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    diatom vortex

    any users of the diatom vortex? how often do u use it? any pros/cons to using one?
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    top off water

    does top off water need to be heated? i need to add bout a gal/day
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    water top off

    but i dont know exactly how much water evaporated? if i go over wont that change salinity?
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    water movement?

    ok, i have 190 x2 = 180 powerheads 330 whisperer total = 510 oh oh looks like im short, maybe i should another pwerhead
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    any reefers from rochester new york

    looking for local reefers to purchase corals and discussion of my new reef. i fugure i am gonna need a lot of brains to pick to learn this hobby
  19. officerricv

    is bak pak working properly

    i have a cpr bak pak 2r, i have started to cycle 60 lbs of fiji on saturday. should my collection cup be filling pretty quick? i have very minimal waste in it. i figured adding the rock would create alot of waste. is it because the rock is cured?
  20. officerricv

    from the start

    how long to achive last pic?
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