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  1. payne66801

    Ick or water conditions?

    I have ich on my fish as we speak and my fish showd a spot or two and they started doing the rubbing and within a couple days it tripled so get a pic and get them treated quick...
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    spreading ich

    Do fresh water fish get ich to?? So what kills ich the chlorine??
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    I set up a qt tank... Now how long does it take for the ich in my main tank to die ??

    I put all my fish in my qt tank. 2 clowns 2 tangs powder brown & a sailfin 1 crommis 1 pajama cardinal The two tangs have ich fairly bad. The other 4 are showing little to no signs of it. I just dosed them with copper safe by mardel... My question is how long does it take for my main tank to...
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    Just Bought my MH's (Hamilton)

    You like the all 20k look? Is that not alot of blue??
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    Just Bought my MH's (Hamilton)

    You have to be VERY careful with hoods and mh systems. If the hood does not have a ton of moving air coming in and going out you will most likely need to run a water chiller.
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    Anyonw make Glass lids for Aquariums?

    You could go to a window shop and they could cut you one.
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    Just Bought my MH's (Hamilton)

    Originally Posted by EUPHORIA I dont want to hang it cuz like I said I dont want the gap between the fixture and the tank. When you sit the light will blind you as it shines down. Plus at nights I like to watch movies in the dark sometimes and i dont want the MH lights shining all over the...
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    Which is the best way to get rid of ich???

    My tang has ich and I do not have a qt tank. What is the best stuff out right now to rid him of itg??? My tank just has fish and live rock right now. And I want to be rid of the stuff before I even think about adding any kind of corals.. After this episode I will be getting a 30g set up for...
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    ------>post pics of your anenomes

    Please if you could put what type of lights and tank size so that we can see what people are getting out of what......
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    Just Bought my MH's (Hamilton)

    It is a 21.5 inch deep tank. The hamilton sight sayes it should have 175mh and the break off is 24 inches. That is to step up to 250mh
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    Full Tank & Coral Pics!

    You talking how big they will get>?? Most of them are of good size now.. With the 20k bulbs will you not grow as much algea as well?? My big problem is I have a center divider in my tank and the manufacturer sayes the mh light s may pop the glass.. So I am looking at this unit. I will not have...
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    Just Bought my MH's (Hamilton)

    Why bricks??? Why not a wood frame or metal?? I am asking because I new at this and let me know via here how you like them. Because I am looking really hard at this unit... 5' DLX 2MH & 2 PC COMPACT FL 2-96W 2 - Metal Halide bulbs (See Option to Upgrade your Metal Halide and ballast to a higher...
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    Full Tank & Coral Pics!

    First off I got to say that most of us only dream of a tank like that one..... Rookie or not you must know what you are doing!!!! My question is the mh lights I know you love them but do you have any issues with heat (water temps being to high??).. Do you run a water chiller or you just vent...
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    brown algea getting out of control... Any way to slow it down???

    I switched over to a 6x96 watt power compact with duals x4 they are half 6500and10k then there is 2 actinic blue. I have had them running for a week or so and WOW the brown algea is go nuts. Is there a way to slow it or stop it??? I cleaned the tank glass last night and it is back in force :) I...
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    Light specturm question for a newbie :)

    My new power compact has dual 6500,10000k x 4 and 2x atinic blue So I am running 6x96 watts and it is WAY tooooo bright white as far as the light. If I got rid of the 6500k 's and went 4x10k would that help alot or???? 6500 k = super bright white right? 10k middle of the road right?? 20k is...
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    bio wheel filters will they do for a reef tank to start out???

    I have emp 400g per hr x2 and 2 of the 150's for a total of 1100 gph of bio wheel filters. My question is will they do the job for the time being??? Or should I wait to buy my softies and anenomies after I set up a wet dry sump? I will be getting a remora skimmer this weekend. I setup a 125g...
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    Anyone have any seio super flow pump knowledge??? R they a good pump??

    I am trying to get some more flow in my 125g tank and I was at my lfs and seen seio super flow pumps for sale. They are fairly high the m820 with is 820gph was 69.99. So I was wanting to see if people like them before I jump off the boat on this one. The guy had one in a tank and it was moving...
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    what paint to use for painting back of tank

    I did this to my tank and I love it. NO more water splashes causing lines down the back of the tank. It is a candy apple blue with silver metal flake in it... Make sure you cover the tank and paint in an area where the paint dust settling will not cause issues. If you want a solid color you...
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    Lots of bubbles in my tank???

    I am running 2 400 gallon an hour emperor bio wheels and there just seems to be alot of tiny bubbles. Anyone else have this issue with bio wheels? The water running back into the tank seems to causing the problem. If I go with sump under the tank to clean the h2o will that make it go away..??
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