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  1. metmike

    need some help with my girls 5gal nano lighting!!

    hey every one i got my new light today for my girls 5.5 gal tank the one that i was talking about post above.it made a huge difference in how that tank looks i was a bit worried that it wouldnt look much differnt but i was wrong it looks really good its got that blue tint to it and my fishs...
  2. metmike

    need some help with my girls 5gal nano lighting!!

    i have set up a 5.5gal for my girl and i am not sure what i can do for lights the fixture that she has is a one bulb that screws in (Incandescent ) i recently ordered a 50/50 blub compact blub for this fixture from [Illegal LSite Reference] here is a link Illegal Link but have not recvied it...
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    help!!!!

    it just seems a little fast to be going all the way dry thats all i guess i will have to just ass water everyday thanks for the help metmike
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    help!!!!

    hey guys and gals i need some help if at all possible.i have a 55 gal reef and i have a 5.5 gal sump and i have a overflow .the prob i am having is that my sump keeps going dry and i can not keep water in it for more than 3 or4 days .the over flow i bought did not have and slits cut in the...
  5. metmike

    need id on red snail type thing

    i agree with GreatfullReefer looks like a nudibranch. metmike
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    1st pic post....and what is it?

    hey man i have those every where all over my power heads and on the walls of my sump.they are sea squrits if i am not misstaken i bout like 10 of them a long time ago and when i put them in my tank at the time i had a chocolate chip star fish went right over to them and ate them so i was like...
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    green hair like alge

    hello i need a little help maybe some one has a trick or something in my 55 gal on the rocks a little bit and on the back glass real bad i have this hair like alge growing i dont over feed and i dont have a whole lot of fish i would like to get rid of this prob so i bought 12 snails and 12 blue...
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    overflow and sump help!!!

    hey guys i bought a overflow off ---- brand new and i have a 5.5gal for a sump under my 55gal i am having a problem keeping water in my sump the overflow does not have the cuts in the box that goes in the tank so that the water can go through them in to the box.the water goes over the top of the...
  9. metmike

    ballast help!!!

    with the ballast getting so hot could that hurt anything could that cause the ballast to go out?and if the ballast does go out could it take out the light bulbs as well
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    ballast help!!!

    and I also thought about the lights not coming on may have something to do with the end caps maybe there wore out or something
  11. metmike

    ballast help!!!

    the only reason that I dont think that it is the worng ballast for the two light bulbs is because it was working great for like 3 months or so never had to wiggle the lights to get them to come on and now u do. is there a wrong way to mount a ballast?
  12. metmike

    ballast help!!!

    hey guys my buddy has a 75 gallon tank he had a dual bulb fixture for two 48' bulbs he had to change the a ballast in the fixture about 3 months ago we recently too the fixture apart because he got a canopy and we mounted the lights and ballasta now the ballast wont start the lights in the...
  13. metmike

    Can't get my temp down

    how about 86 my tank stays there all day and depending on the night it will go down to 84 or 83 is that to high will it cause any probs.
  14. metmike

    ideas?

    hows it going I have a purple phodocromis that I need to get out of my tank it i svery agr. tordsmy other fish and hermit crabs i was wondering if any one had any ideas to chatching it with out tarring the whole tank downany info would be helpfull thanks metmike
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    temp in 55gal?

    I have a 55gal reef with a 5.5gal sump and for a couple of months now my tank has stayed any where from 82 degres to 86 I took my heater out but it did not change the temp a chiller is not in my budget right now every thing seems fine but i was just wondering if this kind of temp could hurt any...
  16. metmike

    chem?

    I dont ever use any type of chems i tryed to let cycle out wishing that it would go away by its self see i have never had this cyano befor and i just watched it get worse i just got tyried of it so i put the chemi clear in the tank and its so clean i misse that look of my sand being white
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    chem?

    hey hows it going i was wondering if anyone has ever heard of a chem. called chemi clean used for getting rid of cyano i had cyano real bad about 28 hours ago it covered my live rock some what and my sand bed was cover all the way i put this chemi clean in my tank and now its gonefrom what i...
  18. metmike

    live brine?

    so is it mor of a pane than its really worth or can it be cool dont the live swim around in the tank making the fish work for it
  19. metmike

    live brine?

    what makes the frozen brine better than live brine is it not the same thing
  20. metmike

    live brine?

    i have heard that having live brine is really good for your tank and that the fish love it .is this info true? if so what can i do to start this prosses. is it tuff? what would i need to do this the right way?(equitment)and so on. any info would be helpfull thanks metmike
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