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  1. artista

    HELP pH Lows

    I recently purchased a pH meter and my readings I am getting are pretty scary. I bought all the fluids and checked calibration so I am led to believe that these readings are correct. First off, my tank and all the living creatures from starfish to fish and corals all are happy and active. The...
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    Help my umbrella!

    :confused: I have had my umbrella mushroom for 8 months and it was doing great until about a month ago. My other mushrooms are doing great and madly multiplying so I wasn't to concerned when it closed up for awhile. No it is starting to open back up and it has a lot of little frilly stuff on...
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    supplements for growth

    Just curious what the board would suggest. I have a 125 gallon reef tank with fish. The majority of my corals are just frags. The tank is several years old, and I have started adding more corals. When I bought the tank it only had a few mushrooms in it with fish. I have some softies and a...
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    Watts up?

    After having an electician friend go over my newly aquired "used" tank setup I have found out that the 3 metal halide bulbs on my tank (125g) are only 100watts each. I am not sure the K but probably pretty low, 6500? The electrician said I could increase the wattage to 175 in each and the setup...
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    Switching Back to CC

    Anybody out there ever make the switch back to CC from DSB? I knw of a new 125 that we are debating the advantages. Yhe owner had SW tanks years ago and really likes CC. Has anyone gone back to CC? Thanks:D
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    Trigger in a reef?

    I have read that the pink tailed trigger is commonly reef safe. Anyone have any experience with this fish in a reef? I worry about my corals, crabs and urcin. I also have a med sailfin, coral beauty and 4 chromis (125gallon) Please let me know if anyone has any input. If it helps any I would get...
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    Trigger in a reef?

    I have read that the pink tailed trigger is commonly reef safe. Anyone have any experience with this fish in a reef? I worry about my corals, crabs and urcin. Please let me know if anyone has any input. Thanks:):D
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    Giant Coral banded

    I recently aquired a 125 g tank and one of it's happy inhabitants is a HUGE coral banded shrimp. I have 2 med/lg skunk cleaner shrimp in my 55 and would like to add 2 more to the new 125. However the coral banded dwarfs my cleaners and I wonder would he eat them? I also aquired a large...
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    paint fumes and reef tank?

    I recently aquired an established 125 gallon reef tank with stand and canopy. I was hoping to paint the stand and canopy this weekend with a latex semi gloss house paint. It is painted royal blue and black right now and clashes with EVERYTHING. However I was hoping to get some input if the...
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    converting an established tank to DSB?

    I recently aquired an established (6 yrs) 125 gallon tank with 150-200lbs LR. We drained and saved all the water, bucketed the rocks and corals and fish and moved it. Everything seems to be doing well, all the parameters are good and the livestock (1 LG sailfin tang, 1 urchin, 1 linka star, 1...
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    Sailfin Had/Has HLLE

    I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an established 125g tank this weekend. I am new to the hobby but am already an addict:) Included with the tank were 5 inhabitants that survived the move quite well. A HUGE green bristle star 4yrs, a royal? urchin, a coral beauty 2yr, a hitchhiking...
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    Sand vs. CC?

    I have my existing tank set up with a substrate of CC. I am looking at another tank for a friend and have noticed that the live sand is very popular. Can you add live sand to crushed coral or do you want strictly one or the other? Is there any reason that one is better than the other? I was...
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    Ophiura Please read

    I just purcased a bristle star from SWF and he arrived in great health. After the acclimation period he seemed pretty happy under a rock that I know is infeated with Bristle worms. Some of these worms are getting almost as thick as a pencil. The starfish came out last night to eat and he had a...
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    Something Eating my Starfish

    I just purcased a bristle star from SWF and he arrived in great health. After the acclimation period he seemed pretty happy under a rock that I know is infeated with Bristle worms. Some of these worms are getting almost as thick as a pencil. The starfish came out last night to eat and he had...
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    Help -ASAP zip lock bags

    Hello, I ahve just received an order from SWF and I am splitting some of it with a friend. Is it safe to use Zip lock bags (rinsed) to put the fish in during transport? Even after rising they still smell like plastic.
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    Bac Pac air bubbles

    I have purchased a used Bac pac skimmer which works great but now it is putting two many tiny bubbles back in the tank with the return water. I didn't get the manual with this purchase, can anyone help me stop the tiny bubbles? I know there is an adjustment on the bottom but it doesn't seem...
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    Sick Humbug Photo-HELP

    This is a photo of my Humbug Damsel. Whe I got him he looked fine but shortly there after got a transparent whitish lump. Now he is very weak and as you can see it is open. Can anyone tell me what it is and if it has now spread to the rest of my tank. He is now in seperate quarters but I...
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    Nightime Creepy Crawlies

    Yesteday I was adjusting my lighting for the daylight savings. I figured the easiest way wit the timers would be just to un plug them for 1 hour at night. After an hour I pluged them back in and the lights went on for about 2 min. To my suprise there were 100's of small "bugs" crawling all...
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    Damsel Ick?

    I read on another post that even if I treat my two damsels that have ick they can still transfer it to other new fish after the signs are gone. Am I reading this right? Not to sound harsh, but should I just elliminate the 2 damsels so this doesn't spread? I don't want to spend a lot of time...
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    Cleaner shrimp & damsels?

    I have a new 55g tank, cycled with cured lr & ls for 2 weeks and have added 2 damsels, 4 blue legged hermit crabs and 3 turbo snails (added 4 days ago). Everyone has been doing great but it seems that my damsels may have a small parasite, maybe just ick. I read that cleaner shrimp can help...
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