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  1. butters

    WTB: Aqua C EV120

    as the title says.... pm m3
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    MH bulb color prob..... one pink, one blue

    i just bought a used outer orbit fixture, its 2 mon old. its in nice shape and looks new. the light was supposed to come with 2 extra sets of bulbs, but those were a noshow. i had to set up the light on my 55 because my coralife pc light took a crap on me the morning the new light came. the left...
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    Bamboo Shark Set Up

    I was thinking of getting a bamboo shark egg, but i hear they are a 7 out of 10 chance of living when hatched, i was gonna get one that was already hatched [so about a 1-2 maybe 3 weeks old] and put him in my 120g i also heard that min is 180, is it okay to have a baby in 120 for a few...
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    HOW TO: Anemone proof your Hydor Koralia PH

    take a pair pf panty hose, take a pair of scissors and cut off the top of the toe area. slide your PH into the end of the panty hose, so the pantyhose covers the entire thing, and cut off the excess. #4 PH + pantyhose= a safe anemone!!! only downside is that they get dirty very...
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    removing silicone from overfows

    i have to strip my RR 120, do i have to remove the silicone from the edges of the overflows? do i have to remove them completely? can soemone direct me in the right direction of how to deal with them, thanks
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    T5 or MH? 120g

    T5 or MH? 120g im looking at the aquatinics consellation/solar flare fixture OR the Current Usa outer orbit, 2x 250w(or even 150)/T5 combo hood. both are about the same price, the Dr's are having a sale on the outer orbit fixture. i like the outer orbit fixure because it has built in timers...
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    life after hypo

    i have my tank going through hypo right now.... im going to be upgrading soon to a 120g, i plan on just adding base rock to the existing stuff and a bag of sand. but my questions is, when i add inverts and corals, will those bring back ich to my tank? whats the easiest way to prevent it?
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    chipped corner on the inside....

    chipped right bottom corner, 120g aga..... story: picked it up used on sep 22, and it been setting since then due to school and work. i got to working on it a couple days ago and noticed it when i was painting the back glass. the majority of the glass is below the plastic frame. i noticed a...
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    Wanted: 120g AGA RR

    must be 48x24x24 to fit my custom stand. im located near cleveland. send pics to ThrowinRoost89@aim.com thanks
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    my diy stand 120g

    for a RR AGA 120g, 48x24x24 bottom of the tank is 40" off the ground. 55g sump in the stand. im working on putting lighting under the stand, and electrical outlets.
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    clarification on sump/fuge

    ive got a 120 in progress, and will be using my current 55 as a sump. with the sump design that has the return pump in the middle, are micro bubbles a problem, being the pump is so close to the skimmer? in know to put the 3 baffles in, i just dont wanna do this and have mirco bubbles should i...
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    snail prob

    ive got like 7 mex snails in my 55 and i have 4 of them on the bottom upside down. i notived one of them like 4 hrs ago, i put him riteside up, and he is still there. then i noticed the others. so i picked them all up and put them in a tupperware at the waterline. ive got 4 blue legs hermits, 2...
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    lighting for a 125g acrylic tank

    im looking at gettin a 125 acrylic locally used, it does not come with lights. so im wondering, will i have to use a retro kit? im waiting for the dimensions of it to figure out wattage. id like to stick with t-5 lights.
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    emerald crab picking at an anemone

    i just came home to my emerald crab picking at my GBTA, he was using is larger claw and grabbing it. so i shewed him away from it. should i send my emerald crab to the electric chair, or is it normal?
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    colt coral, limpy limb

    i just got a colt coral, all my parameters checks out good. salinity is 1.025 temp 78 currently nitrate 5 cal is 540's ph 8.2 alk 3.6 meg/l im not shure if i bought it this way or not(owned it one day), but on the tip of one of the branches, its a darker color and is limped down any idea why its...
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    cheapest hob fuge?

    im working on getting the micro bubble broblem fixed. i figure if i run the output tube to a something that is HOB it will get rid of the micro bubble prob.... my AC 300 is not big enough to handle the GPH of the CL SS125, so instead of buying the larger model, i mine as well buy a hob fuge. so...
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    buying a new cracked 240g tank

    i LFS has a 240 gallon tank, i think its new, it looks prettly clean. but the front glass and one side have a large crack in it..... they have $100 bucks on it, but i tihnk if i tell them $50 they will take it. and i cant remember if it has overflows, how hard would it be to get it drilled...
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    ordering from SWF

    can someone kinda guide me on sizes of the coral..... their sizes of this stuff is very vaigue, and i really have no idea what size corals im spending $40 on frogspawns are listed as 3-4 stalks.... colt coral, 4-5in. is that from the base to top? for you guys who have bought stuff, are you...
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    green star polyp frag

    i have a peice of green star polyp's. it is about 3in x 2in and is not attached to anything. i have it in my tank laying in a hole in one of my rocks, will it eventually attach itself or do i need to glue it to something? its been there for about 2 weeks
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    how to get rid of algea

    ive got a 55g reef im setting up, its been up for a month. ive got 260w PC lighting. its on for 10hrs a day. im getting alot of algea on the rocks and sand, and my glass gets a green film on it, i have to clean the glass daily. i use RO water from my LFS. 5 mexican turbo snails 7 astrea snails...
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