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    RSM Algae Bloom

    Thanks for the Info The red Sea max comes with carbon bag and Bio filter media (looks like ceramic rings). I have turbo snails and crabs: I buy my water at a water store. I am sure it is RO but I dont think it is DI. (basically Sparklets) I am going to go to my LFS and buy a phosphate bag.
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    RSM Algae Bloom

    Here is my situation: I had my RSM over over 1 month and I am having a naste algae bloom (Hair I think). I am currently doing 5 gallon water changes biweekly, I have been buying prepaid salt water from my local store? THEY SAID IT WAS RODI. The top off water I know is RO - but not sure if it...
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    algae

    i do not have a test kit for phosphates. I turned down the lights to 8hrs a day. I have been using pre mixed sw water from my LFS. AS I think about it they are going out of business, maybe they are cutting conrners and not using DO/DI. I also buy my top off water at a water supply store. I...
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    algae

    I am doing biweekly water changes - have snails and redleg crabs
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    algae

    Help I have a red sea max that is just over a month old I am having an algae problem. What should I do?
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    Can someone Pardon Me before I'm executed? Majano ID

    I have the same problem, they came from my zoos and then have moved all over the place. I have zapped them many time with an aptasia liquid i bought from my local fish store. Everytime I zap them they seem to get stronger. They have started to kill my polps. What makes me mad is I bought...
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    rose anemone and Frag span

    My true percula spends the day hours in my frogspan and the nights in my rose anemone. Is this strange?
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    a man arrested because of angelfish

    it's actually in the valley press in Palmdale. Their website is www.avpress.com. they usally only put local stories on the website and they update at 9:30
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    a man arrested because of angelfish

    Some guy in Los Angles was caught trying to import Clarion Angelfish. He had 160 of the and I guess the fine is about 1000 to 2000 a fish. Then the genius tried to bribe the arresting officer. I guess the fish retails for up to $2500.00. I know that I have spent a ton of money on fish but I...
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    120g tank 4 sale near los angles

    120 g tank with stand and canopy about 180pds live rock fiji, marshall island clorin algea on rock - has some glass animones on it sump is a 25g bio ball with mud filter two lights on it 2x250 mh only one of the 250 mh works -you might be able to fix the other bulbs being used is 6 months -...
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    water temp...

    I bought a swamp cooler this spring and ducted it throughout the house, with a duct over my reef tank. I live in the desert in SoCAL and it gets really hot at times. My tank got over 90D last summer and almost killed everything in it. My LFS told me that it would almost cost me $300-400 in...
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    Tube anemones...

    I have one and he has gotten hugh. The problem with him is he will eat any slow fish. He actually ate my lion fish. I actually want to take him back to the store
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    What's the real difference between all the different LR

    To get good cheap Marshall go to <a href="http://www.exoticfish.com" target="_blank">www.exoticfish.com</a> I bought some before christmas and it has turned out great. But it needs to be cured. It cured really fast and the smell was not that bad
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    night time lighting

    Is there light that you can use at night?
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    help appreciated....

    You still need more lr. in my 46g i have 80 pds, also think about some ls
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    puffer and cow fish...toxic???

    i came back from vacation and my cow fish had been sucked up into my filter. Thank god he did not poison my tank, my other fish seem to be doing fine.
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    purple live rock

    How do you get live rock purple? Does it turn purple by what kind you get or the quality. I have about 85 pds of marshall Island, is that known to turn purple.
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    true percula

    SO what do I do If they sold me false percula and they claimed they were true
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    Uncurred LR to cycle a 90 gallon

    I cured 90 pounds of marshall rock. and it' wasnt that bad. You need a good protein skimmer and power head to curculate the water. For the first week I changed the water every day 10 to 20%. The smell wasn't that bad, my wife wasn't to excited about it also. Make sure that you clean the...
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    true percula

    How do you tell the difference between true percula and false percula? I bought two true percula the other day and I'm not sure if they are actually true
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