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    Cycling Taking Forever

    two 350 gph powerheads, and one 450 pond pump
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    Cycling Taking Forever

    basically, i didn't get the test kit until a week ago, it is aquarium pharmacuticals, and i took the frozen shrimp out after they got all nasty looking. (about a week and a half) i will be going for a reef tank.
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    Cycling Taking Forever

    hey all, i set up my new tank like four weeks ago, and it seem like it is taking a really long time to cycle, i put in three frozen shrimp at first. my ammonia is a .25 and the trates and trites are still pretty high. just wondering, how long should it take to cycle a tank? i have a 55gal, w 30...
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    Live rock critters

    hey all, i just got a polyp rock, and a mushroom rock about two weeks ago. last night i got to looking at them and saw some little fanworms growing off of the mushroom rock. i thought that was the coolest thing. then a little later, i started to move some of the dead corals, over to the new...
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    Shrimp and temperature problems

    what about the temp?
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    Shrimp and temperature problems

    Originally Posted by reefreak29 ok 1.023 is alittle low for shrimp they like 1.025 to 1.026 ok i will bump it up a little tonight
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    Shrimp and temperature problems

    yeah i do have two tanks, i am waiting for the new tank to cycle before i put the shrimps and the two corals i have in, i will use the 23 for a hospital tank. specific gravity in both tanks is at 10.23
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    crazy tank shots

    sorry hit the button too fast
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    crazy tank shots

    heres mine thought the lighting was cool
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    Shrimp and temperature problems

    so you are saying the nitrogen cycle produces heat?
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    Shrimp and temperature problems

    hey guys, first of all, I had 2 pep shrimp, 2 camel shrimp, and a fire shrimp. i found one of the camels on the floor and the other one just dissapeared about three weeks ago. About two weeks ago, one of the shrimp molted, i thought, and i havent seen it since. then the other pep shrimp molted...
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    temperature fluctuations

    hi all, it seems to me that my coralife 250 watt 48" inch 10,000k and actnic blue lightings system is keeping my system at 80 (or so ) degrees. i am runnigs only 150 watts of heater in the sump, and they are both set at 76 degrees. i don't want to have the temp fluctuate that much from day to...
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    problems with overflows

    did you plumb them so that they are connected? or do they both have seperate drains to the sump?
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    Moving up

    here are some pics the lighting is a 250 watt
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    Moving up

    i ran into a problem with my 23 gal flatback hex, all my fish died. i was out of money and almost lost hope. then things turned around. got my tax return, and bought a 55 gal, w/prizm skimmer, i made a refugium out of an other 20 gal tank. i have a coralife 10,000k and actnic 48" lighting...
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    problems with overflows

    first of all, did you plumb the system yourself? i have found it useful to put a ball valve on the return side, to control the return flow, and as far as with the overflow, if you make sort of like a p-trap, (like under your sink) it will cut down on any noises (gurgling and such) and help to...
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