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    maze brain trouble

    hey guys, ive noticed recently, like within the past 2 days, that on one side of my maze brain, and a lil on the other side, parts of the skeleton are poking through the flesh. this coral has always been doing great, and im not sure what would cause this. i havent tested the water yet...
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    best reflector?

    hey guys, ive been wanting to get new reflectors for my 175w halies, single eneded. i just feel i could get alot more to focus down into the tank.. anyone got any good recomendations for reflectors. i wanna get the most out of the bulbs into my 55
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    arrow crab question

    hey guys need help real fast, my roomate just got home from ft. pierce on a dive trip. and he cought a arrow crab and brought it home.. is it safe to add to my reef
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    dosing and top off question.. please help

    hey guys, im about to leave on vacation for a week.. im gonna give my mom a key to my house so she can take care of my tank while im gone... but i want to make it as easy on her as possible. i know i evaporate a gallon a day from my 55 gallon sps tank. so im going to make 7 gallons of water...
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    check out my new frag

    picked this up yesterday at my lfs.. its a ORA blue tort. it was a total steal at only 35 bucks!!! :happyfish :happyfish
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    a peek into skirrbys tank

    hey guys, thought i would post up a bunch of new pics of my tank. the mantis shrimp isnt mine, but its waldo from the store i work at. id label them all, but im really tired, let me know what you think, enjoy.
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    new maze brain and a couple other pics

    hey all, thought id post up pics of my new maze brain, its doing well and looking great.. i was supprised by how long some of the sweeper tenticals this thing and shoot out, id say a good 7 or 8 inches sometimes. here are the pics, enjoy maze brain maze brain macro this came in on a new...
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    xm metal halide question

    hey guys, i just got my new bulbs yesterday.. 175w 20k halides. i know they take a while before they burn into thier true color.. but when i fired them up today.. one looks alot more like a 10k as its a crisp white while the other looks blue like most 20ks. is this normal durring thier...
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    check this out

    took a bunch of photos for my lfs, and they had this ricordia up there, just found it to be to amazing not to share. i didnt buy it yet,, dont know if its for sale or not.
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    halide question

    hey guys im currently running 175watt xm 10,000k halides that are a bit overdue for changing, about 8 months overdue. i just ordered my new bulbs.. and im gonna be switching to the 20k bulbs for many reasons that i might list in another thread tomorrow when im not so tired. what all should i...
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    green/blue chromis

    hey guys, recently i purched 3 blue/green chromis.. ive never been much on chromis but i like how these guys flashed blue and green depending on how you looked at them. i got 3 of them in hopes they would school, which they did. but they killed one off.. and now im down to only 2. ok ive read...
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    painting the room a tank is in?

    hey you all, we might be soon painting the inside of the house,, with my reeftank being in one of the rooms to be painted, what all precautions should i take, and does anyone have advice on how to go about it without causeing any loss or harm to the reeftank?
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    she is awesome

    hey guys just wanted to share with you something awesome that i heard my wonderfull girlfriend say to me. the other day i was up at the lfs (which she dont mind waiting for me to get done spending my avarage 1-3 hour trips there) and she was standing in front of the sps frag tank. and she...
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    sea dragon

    just thought id share a cool pic of a sea dragon i took on saturday. enjoy
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    cyano?

    ok guess im confused. what all causes this? for the most part, what i hear the most is lack of flow, as in people always say to kick up the flow in areas affected by it and alot of time it goes away. but ive noticed its starting to form in small areas of my tank.. but only in what seems to...
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    6 pack. i love pics!

    heres some shots from the recently restarted reef tank.. enjoy doubt you all remember.. the hammer was once big, but when my tank crashed, i sold it to my lfs.. and she saved me a frag. and gave it back to me for free.. i love them
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    new pics 6 pack, including the first additions to my tank

    been a lil since i posted.. but the tanks finally getting some life, and the algea(diatoms) are almost gone.. clean up crew went to town on it. but its been cycled for a few weeks and everything is good so i went ahead and added my first coral and fish.. well heres the pics. the coral is a a...
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    help me pick some fish

    well my tanks finally cycled.. and im ready for fish.. i put the order in or a orchid dottyback with my lfs,, i LOVE those fish and never had one before so it was a must this time. the tanks a 55 gallon, gonna me mostly sps reef this time around. dont want to many fish.. just a few really...
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    cycle question

    ok well i just started my tank back up. had it broke down for almost 2 months, used my live rock from when i broke to down (they stayed in saltwater in rubbermaids the whole time) so when i set it up i already had the help of cured live rock, but still expected a spike from the little die...
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    pics of my 55 i just set back up

    well its finally clear enough to share some pics. still a little cloudy, probably be clear tomorrow.. just threw some dead shrimp in last night to get the cycle going. i really like the way i did the rocks this time.. only took me about 10 min to get them set this way.. i normally spend...
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