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  1. reefcrazy

    is south down the only sand safe for any tank

    i know about the natures ocean and the other one that i can get from my lfs i was wondering about the sand sold at home depot or other stores.
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    is south down the only sand safe for any tank

    i can't find any south down here in chicago and i was wondering if there is any other name brand that is ok to keep in a reef tank.
  3. reefcrazy

    found something new on live rock what is it.

    well that's kind of what the shell looks like but from the front when they open they look like a clam except that they don't have the beateful colors of a clam they are only white.
  4. reefcrazy

    *****: good or bad? ( i need lotsa opinions on this)

    i lived in chicago and been on like 3 different petcos none off them are a good place to get fish from, every time i go in there i find 3 or 4 fish dead in there. the rest of them all have ick and some are swimming funny just waiting do die. i realy tink ***** should stop selling fish, not only...
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    found something new on live rock what is it.

    it looks like a clam it opens up and has two holes like a clam were it takes in food i guess it is like 1/2 of a inch long, so it's hard to tell if it's a real clam or something else i found two of them and they are stuck to the live rock. does any one know what they are. i tried getting pics...
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    Long Tentacle Elegance coral

    i also used to have a elegance and i didn't have any good luck with it neader, i read that the problem might be on the way they get shiped to you lfs. they requaer gentle curren that doesn't lift them out of the substrate. they should be placed on soft bottoms, since the dramatic tissue...
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    Can someone explain VHO lights to me?

    this his how a vho retro fit kit looks like it has two vho bulbs and a ballast
  8. reefcrazy

    A new annoying tang question

    hey superboy i see you're new i tink a tang is not a good bigginer fish and specialy i wouldn't put one in a 55g tank. they are nice looking but i didn't even put one in my 72g tank. my wife loves them i told her she was getting one as soon as i get my 125g reef going and that is going to be...
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    algea eating fish

    i need a algea eating fish like a tang but one that doesn't get that big and will eat algea like a tang is for a ten gallon reef. let me know if there is a good one out there, i'm going to get a firefish if there isn't any out there.
  10. reefcrazy

    Maxima clam

    clams filter feed on planton foods and use those holes for feeding and repiration. they feed mostly on phytoplankton and some zooplankton foods.
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    Is my tank empty?

    hey stupid how mush live sand and live rock do you have, i have a ten gallon with 25p of live sand and 20p of live rock. i have one rio 180 power head and a hang on filter for water movement, i don't use the filter pad is not needed with my sand and live rock set up. i have a 32w pc smartlamp, i...
  12. reefcrazy

    MH, VHO, or COMPACT????

    29g reef what do you plan to keep. i tink the vho and pc would be ok for softies and some lps. i wouldn't recomend any sps on that cise of a tank but you problably can.
  13. reefcrazy

    ***** Purple tangs

    the only reason i go to ***** is to pick up a tropical fish magazine. i went today and everytime i go i find at least two dead fish. not only that all of the fish have sings of ick and some swim funny. they keep anemones under 40w bulbs and now they are keeping feathers, shrooms and polips were...
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    firefish and feeding requarements

    i'm thinking about getting a firefish, i need some help on there feeding requarements as is only going to be the only fish i will keep and later on if he does good i'll provably add another one.
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    pc lights

    if you go with mh i recomend that you hang them up, or build a canopy for it. i you put it up on the glass it will get you tank hot and you will need to get some cooling device that will cost you a harm and a leg. if you deside to go with mh you can get two 175w, 250w or 400 depending on what...
  16. reefcrazy

    Hang-On or Drilled?

    i would go with a predrilled one, yous tink about your overflow lossing siffon, how mush water will end up on the flor.
  17. reefcrazy

    how bout this: CC AND sand?!?

    i used to have cc in my tanks and got rid of it. all it does is collect food that the fish didn't get to eat and will make you nitrates go up. if you add sand on top of the cc the sand will sink down and the cc will stay up on the top. same thing as to having cc only, if you like the looks of cc...
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    Replacement bulbs

    if you want to get a blue mh i tink you have to see it. there is alot of different mh bulbs out there i used to have the 65,000k and they were too yellow i replaced them with two 10,000k plus and they are great with what i was looking for. i got them from my lfs and they showed me the different...
  19. reefcrazy

    lights for sps and clams

    it's for my 72g bow front tank.
  20. reefcrazy

    lights for sps and clams

    ok i plan to keep sps and different tipes of clams of all kinds. as off now i have 2 175 mh 10k and 2 40w atinics and 1 40w day light. now i plan to remove the no bulbs and add 2 or 3 96w atinic pcs. i don't want the vho since they have to be replaced after 6 months. does any one tink that will...
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