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  1. daluminum

    XEnia +huma trigger = ????

    Anyone think I could put some xenia in my tank with a huma huma and a hippo tang?? Im sure the trigger will pick at it.. but it will just help to spread it.. there is NO way a trigger could kill the xenia.. that stuff will grow in a small puddle of spit.. But does anyone think the xenia will...
  2. daluminum

    20 gallon

    I have a 20 gallon tank that I had setup to grow out copepods for a mandarrin I decided not to get.. but I still have the tank set up with a 4" DSB and about 10lbs of LR.. I have a emperor 400 (it was laying around) and a 15W cheap cheap ***** hood.. Im planning on putting in a new hood with...
  3. daluminum

    Fish ideas??

    I have a 55gallon corner reef tank with no fish.. ]=( Its full of cup corals and xenia and some acropora and leathers and "candy cane" and polyps and a few mushrooms overflowing with liverock and about 5~600 small red feather dusters.. but I am the only one that looks at the reef stuff...
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    keep it or dump it??

    I have a 10 gallon setup as a pod tank.. right now I have about 3" of sand and gonna get about 10lbs of rocks tommorow.. I also have an airstone and a small powerhead for circulation.. the item in question is a emperor 400 that I had laying around.. I put it on the tank to clear out all of the...
  5. daluminum

    pod tank

    So Ill post this since there seems to be alot of inquiries lately about mandarins and pod's supply. I want to set up a 10 gallon tank to do nothing but grow pods, and maybe hatch some live brine shrimp. let me know if you have any questions comments or thoughts.. Ill even listen when you tell...
  6. daluminum

    color changing feather dusters?

    are there lots of different colors of feather duster worms??? I have about 20 in my tank that I can see.. they all tend to follow the color of the rock that they are on. but not allways.. I have some purple ones on white rocks and a red one on a corraline covered rock.. might just be coincidence...
  7. daluminum

    sump, bubble, sump, bubble leave me alone!!

    Hey what is everyone using for a sump? I have 20 gallon tank that I use with no dividers for catching bubbles.. I have tried lots of ways.. but I always have bubbles in my tank.. they are very small and the source is when the water comes into the sump It goes through a DIY mechanical filter and...
  8. daluminum

    sunburst 12k??

    anyone use them.. friend of mine said he thought they werent very bright.. but I stole one off of ----.. so Im gonna plug it in a try.. anyone?? THX ~DAniel
  9. daluminum

    Ya know.. southdown really does suck!!..

    *LOL.. someone posted a while back that southdown suck. (sinersgrl??) It was an attempt to get responses.. but after 2 months of having SD, that I origanlly bought off ---- as "live sand" my conclusion is that it really does suck.. I have a constant problem of sand particles floating around the...
  10. daluminum

    RO auto shut off valve

    Hey I just got a RO/di system today.. assuming it came with a auto shutoff valve I did not think to order one.. dooops.. it didnt.. so now its just wasting water into the drain.. anyone ever found one local.. and if so where??? I cant find one at homedepot.. and I really dont want to wait a week...
  11. daluminum

    PODS

    someone want to give me a quick definition of cope and amphi pods??? all the reading seems to be pretty blurry.. ie.. how do you get them.. how does a reef tank need them... will they give me gangrene if I touch them.. just the basics.. :D
  12. daluminum

    paging Ebeckels

    Eric can you please send me an email to db7863@yahoo.com I lost bill's phone number and was wondering if you wrote it down THX
  13. daluminum

    Workin backards..

    ok, I started out with a salt tank.. but I want to start a small tank for my 14 y/o sis who loves my tanks.. any suggestions.. she wants a tank for her desktop.. Ive told her I will buy it and set it up and make sure it run's ok. im just curios as to what I should look for in setting up a...
  14. daluminum

    WAY distant future

    Im thinking someday I will want to get some sharks.. Im just curious what most people use for shark tanks.. I would want more than one shark and Im thinking I would like to build pond style tank of about 500 gallons in my den.. what do you use??
  15. daluminum

    red light??

    I have a red incandescent light that I leave on 24/7.. I know that fish cannot see the light.. but how will it affect corals/algae?? I have no coral's yet.. but I want to know if I should also put this light on a timer.. THX ~DAniel
  16. daluminum

    When I grow up.....

    I wanna be a reef tank.. just tell me if you think Im ready.. My 55 hex corner has been running for about 3 years at someone else's house.. It was running with about 20lb's LS. and 40LB's LR with little corraline growth.. I added about 120lbs of LS to have a 6" to 8" DSB in the entire tank...
  17. daluminum

    reef clean up crew

    Im hoping to have a reef tank with a snowflake or possibly chainlink. as well as a 6-8 inch dsb. I have the tank setup already. just no eel. Im trying to find out what I can use for a clean up crew that will be both reef safe and eel proof.. I would like to get large hermits since they look...
  18. daluminum

    DIY link to the aquarium.

    Just when you that noone wanted to be friends anymore.. I got bored and started punching in forum numbers.. <a href="https://www.saltwaterfish.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=1" target="_blank">https://www.saltwaterfish.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=1</a> should take ya right...
  19. daluminum

    50lb's LR or 50Lb's LS... which is better filter?

    Im not conisdering a purchase or anything I just want to know everyone's opinion on which is a better filter.. all around.. not just for nitrification.. I have a 55long and a 55corner bow.. the long has 40lb's good live rock and about 40lbs' CC.. using a small protein skimmer and a diy sump...
  20. daluminum

    DSB sump

    Im getting about 100lbs of live sand and I have 100lb's of dry sand. I calculated and I will need about 70lbs' for my new tank.. thats with a 4". I am considering using a little dry sand in my new tank and putting about 40 pounds of live sand with some dry sand into the sump of my 55gal.. I...
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