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    Critter In Liverock Causing Me Grief

    Had the same problem....drove me crazy for days...it was a mantis !!!!!
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    Saving water

    I didnt want my water to go to waste. Im moving my tank in a new house but im doing it in stages...I have to get out of my house in 3 months and wait a year for my new house to be built so im knocking down my 300 gal. and splitting it up into 3 smaller tanks at friends houses..Some of the water...
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    Saving water

    Can anyone tell me if you can store water from an existing tank in buckets for a couple of months. thanks
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    Saving water

    Can anyone tell me if you can save water from an existing tank in buckets for a couple of months? Thanks
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    will a fox fish hurt other fish????

    hey seaweed overstocking your tank is not a healthy thing to do....we all wish we could load them up but we cant.....you shouldnt lie about the size of your tank and your profile...just be honest and do the best thing for the fish........
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    Suggestions for new house

    Thanks for the reply...yes i will post pics of the progress...Im starting to build my house in March and trying to plan out everything for my tank...i know you always make mistakes and you always say i should have did it this way...so im trying to get everything correct !!!! Thanks again....
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    Suggestions for new house

    I currently have a 300 gal reef tank now..Im moving into a new house and wanted to hear some opinions out there..Im gonna purchase a 12' wide tank..approx 500-600 gallons(viewed from both sides)...Im gonna use my 300 gal tank that i have now for my refugium in the basement...Before i purchase...
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    300 gal test picture

    im probably into this tank about $15,000-$20,000---but not even close to being done...have to get a chiller, calcium reator still and of course just filling the tank with life is expensive...but it is a hobby so its fun to do a little at a time...if it was all done at once it wouldnt be as much...
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    300 gal test picture

    thanks guys..hopefully ill have some more closer pics as i get used to my camera...without the help of people on this site, and looking up old posts for help i couldn't done it....thanks again...
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    300 gal test picture

    gonna try setting the camera to macro....thanks... i have 6 metal halides....3 250 watt and 3 150 watt...also i have 5 sets of strip 50/50 blue and white lighting
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    300 gal test picture

    thanks...just resized it for the first time....i guess i learned something new...can anyone tell me how to take close ups of the coral and fish...do i have to do something special on my camera...thanks...Al
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    300 gal test picture

    Right now i just been saving them in my pictures on the computer but i do have a program that came with the camera im gonna look into it..thanks alot for the help...
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    300 gal test picture

    thanks...metal halides are 8" away from water..Tank is 2' deep by 2' wide by 10' long
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    300 gal test picture

    not sure how to do it..can you explain...thanks....also as i get closer pics of my tank it gets a little blurry...its not as close and clear as other pics on this site...i just recieved the camera its a fuji FinePix A340...not sure if it is good enough to take pics....thanks for the help
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    300 gal test picture

    Test pic
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    My carpet housing scarlets

    i have 6 metal halides, (3 150w pendants and 3 250w hanging reflectors) also i have 1 6' strip lighting and 4 3' strip lighting with blue and white lighting....My tank is 10 feet long...
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    My carpet housing scarlets

    My first test picture....
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    1200 gallon tank Venting, Humidity?

    I purchased my exuast fan at home depot..its one that you would put in the window of your home...instead i put it sideways between my two beams...i was gonna put a kitchen exuast in, but alot of them had to be hard wired...meanwhile the fan was a regular 110...but overall im pretty happy..All of...
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    1200 gallon tank Venting, Humidity?

    I have a ten foot wide reef and on both of my sides I have 2 10'' fans blowing towards the middle....In the middle of the tank(above it) I have a double exaust fan sucking the hot air from my 6 metal halides and pumping it into my garage...Sounds like you are in the same situation...I run my...
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    Problem raising Magnesium level??

    Ive been trying to raise my magnesium level for about 2 weeks now and it dosent seem like its coming up...Been using Salifert and Tech M...Is there something that could be counter-acting and not allowing my levels to go up.. Or should I just do a large water change to bring up the level...Thanks...
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