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  1. tomclx

    Refugium lighting

    Is 18 watts ( 6700K) enough lighting to grow calurpa in my refugium? my Reugium is 20 gallons. The guy at the LFS sold me a coral life aqua ligh that was 18 watts abd 6700 K compact flourescent lamps. Is this enough lighting?
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    Refugium Lighting Question

    I am going to put feather calurpa in there. Should that lighting be adequate?
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    Refugium Lighting Question

    Hello and Happy New Year!! I just set up a 20 gallon Refugium, and I was wondering what kind of lighting should i uses. The guy at the LFS tole me to use all white lighting at about 18 to 20 watts. Is this OK? Thanks
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    foggy water

    I am running a wet dry system with skimmer
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    HELP Base Rock question

    HI and Happy new year! I am setting up a 90 gallon reef tank. I purchased some base rock from LFS, and the person at the store told me that the rock i purchased was great for base rock. The rock looks great, however, it looks sort of like a bleached out lime stone or something. Would this...
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    foggy water

    Hi all, and happy new year! I just purchased a 90 gallon tank. I plan on making it a reef tank. I just added my live rock, and now the tank seems to be cloudy. it has been cloudy for about a day and a half now. is this normal?
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    tempature

    tank & 2 clowns. temp dropped to 66 degrees last night, and my heater is broken is temp to low for fish?
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    tempature

    what should the tempature be in a salt water tank? thanks
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    Yellow Tang

    HELP !!! I bought a yellow tang 3 days ago form LFS, and It will not come out form behind my rocks. It also has not eaten. I noticed it picked at my live rock a little bit, but it refuses to come out and swim around. It has been three days. What can this be? any suggestions would be great.
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    New Tang won't eat

    Hi, we bought a new yellow tang yesterday and she won't eat or come out of the rocks. THe water parameters are perfect. We had another yellow tang which died a few months back after Hurricane came through and we lost power, but the tank has been up a running perfect since... She seems real timid...
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    White spots on glass

    Yes, they are mostly on back glass, but I have noticed them all over rocks but not on fish... They are spirals up close
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    White spots on glass

    Yes, they are mostly on back glass, but I have noticed them all over rocks but not on fish... They are spirals up close
  13. tomclx

    White spots on glass

    HELP !!! Over the past 2 months, I have noticed small white spots appearing all over my tank glass. I actually have to scrape it off the glass with a scraper. They are hard and are hard to remove. They atarted appearing after our recent hurricane came through town. I did a 20 gallon water...
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    Mandarin Question

    Someone gave me a mandarin becasue they were moving. I put him in my tank about a week ago , and he seems fine. However, I do not hink that I have enough live rock to support him in the long run. My question: is there anything i can buy that he will eat?
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    REd Algae

    How do I get rid of red slime algae? It is only in one small location on my sand. I am afriad it will get out of control. PLEASE HELP!! I did a 10 gallon H20 change. I have a 37 gallon tall. All water perameters are fine. Should I get a sand sifting Goby? Thanks
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    new lights up and runnin! pics

    what Kind of Coral do you cureently have?
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    DEvils Hand & medium Light

    I need some advice. I bought a devuils hand coral on Monday. I put him sort of high in my tank. When the lights are on , he seems to get droopy, when lights go out, he shrinks and looks tight. IS this normal. I have a 37 gallon tall. with 2 X 98 watts power compact. (108 watts total). Tested...
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    Wet Dry vs Sump

    Can Anyone help, I currently have a wet dry for my 40 gallon reef tank, However I have been told that a sump would be the best thing. If a sump is the way to go, how do I make a sump. My wet dry has been doing great for about 5 months. However If a sump is the way to go, that is what I will...
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    Turbo Snails & Coral

    Thanks, I was just a little wooried, because it seems my Polyps are thriving.
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    Turbo Snails & Coral

    I have a concern that I need help with. I have Some yellow polyp corals, but I noticed that my Turbo snails ( 2 of them) are crawling all over the polyps. Will this hurt the actual polyps? I have had the polyps for 3 months and the snails for 5 months. I have never noticed them all over my...
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