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  1. aceroc

    Camera Decision

    I am looking for a camera that will take pictures close up and far away. I am going to be going on vacation in 3 weeks and will be going to a couple aquariums and want to take some macro pics and some far away pics. I am currently looking at these cameras. Canon Rebel XT Olympus sp 500uz Olympus...
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    Items for sale in IOWA.

    I'm going to part out my system and have stuff to sell, i live in Davenport, Iowa. 2 percula clown fish , 1 blue/green reef chromis, 1 Purpleback Pseudochromis , 20 to 30 blue leg hermit crabs ( with about 20 empty shells), 3 turbo snails. 3 mushroom corals and a kenya tree coral frag. - $50 (...
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    90 gallon complete in Iowa.

    Selling my setup in Iowa, i am moving and don't have room. I am not parting anything out, i want to get rid of the whole setup at once. 90 gallon tank with lids, stand, canopy. 260watt PC lights. 20 gallon sump with hob overflow and mag 12 return pump. 20 gallon refuge with 1400gph return pump...
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    Moving tank question.

    Will my LR be ok in a new 55gal garbage can for 2 days with a powerhead, heater? Also i am going to store my fish,inverts and corals for 2 days i na 29gal, can i just use some old tank water with some LR and a small filter and be ok for 2 days? ( also a heater, pump, lights and filter?)
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    Moving to new House.

    Finally moving into a house from living into a mobile home. I have read and read about moving a tank and i am very nervous about the move. Here is my thoughts, tell me what you think. My brother in-law is moving into my trailor and i can keep the tank setup here while i move. I have a 29gal tank...
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    Green Stuff

    I have this neon green stuff that is in my fuge where the water flows and on my emperor 400 where the water comes out. I used a toothbrush and brushed it and it comes off in clumps and looks like seaweed. Only think i can think of is from when i put DT's marine plankton in my tank? Anyone else...
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    Fuge Help

    Have my fuge setup for over 4 months now and i have a real bad break out in diatoms. I mean everything is rusty looking. Also i have alot of neon green algae that brushes off and looks like i am getting small patches of cyno. I have 2 baseball size chaeto in there that has not really gown any in...
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    IO or Reef Crystals?

    I have been using reef crystals for awhile now and been reading on the 2. I know reef crystals have more calcium but my calcium never went over 380 since i used reef crystals. I plan on drippink KALK. So my question is, should i just buy IO since i plan on dripping KALK and maybe some B-IONIC?
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    Water change water is cloudy.

    Mixed some salt with my R/O water last night for a water change today and when i got home the bucket was very cloudy. The pump i had in there to mix it with was coated in white kinda powdery film and whe ni rubbed my hand on the inside of the bucket it was all over my hand. It isn't bad salt...
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    pink tip question again.

    Came home from work and my pink tip musta moved but i do not see it anywhere. I am sure it is behind the rockwork. Will it die because it is not getting enough light or will it move? Kinda doughbtfull of the moving because of all the flow of my tank and i am guessing it will get blown all over...
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    Pink Tip

    Bought my pink tip the other day and looked great at the LFS and when i got it home and put it in my tank it got blown behind the rocks. Last night i found it and moved it and it lodged itself inbetween some rocks so i just left it. Well today it was behind a rock and i moved it again to feed it...
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    Coral ID please

    I was at my LFS and saw a coral that i wanted and i don't know why i didn't ask what it was. It had stalks and the tips opened up like a fan then closed then opened up and then closed and kept doing this. I am thinking it is a Pulsating xenia? ( spelling )
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    Thomas: BTA light question.

    I have 2-260watt PC's over my 90 gal which gives me 5.7watts per gal, do you think i could keep a BTA? I know you suggest MH but i bought my lighting without reading and thinking and hate to dish out more for MH and then try and sell the PC's.
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    Pink Tip Haitian Anemone

    I bought a Pink Tip Haitian Anemone a little bit ago and acclimated it and when i put it in my tank it got blown behind soem rocks. Will it come back out? I hate to tear into my rockwork and distrurb the substrate.
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    Mushroom fragging?

    OK i think i got the nerv to slice my mushroom and see what happens. From what i was reading i take the mushroom out and slice the head down the center and then cut it right at the base of the rock. Then i put it in a container with rubble and netting over the top until it reattaches? How much...
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    3.5 Watts of light

    I have 3.5 watts of light per gallon on my 90 gal and i went to my LFS to get some more blue leg hermits and asked what i could put in my tank as far as coral and they told me i can only put mushrooms in my tank. They said i need more lighting?
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    Chaeto

    What is the growth rate on chaeto? I have a 20gal fuge with a 65watt pc light and had this for about 3 weeks and doesn't seem to be growing. Also did some water checks tonight and Nitrates are 20 compared to 10 before the chaeto ( i know other factors play in this ) and phosphates are .5...
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    New PC fans

    I bought the 260watt 48" Odysea PC from the famous auction site. The light is 3 months old and the fans are already making alot of noise and wobbling. I am wondering if anyone can recommend some good fans to replace them with and what size are they?
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    Orange ricordea

    I am getting a orange ricordea Friday and was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on it. What does it eat, lighting , water flow?
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    Refuge/chaeto/lighting/diatoms

    I bought some chaeto and put it in my refuge and was told to leave the lights on for 14 hours a day.I have a 20gal with a 65watt pc light on it and my refuge is covered in diatoms. It isn't in the display tanks besides a few spots but my refuge,rocks,pump, and filters are caked with diatoms. Do...
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