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  1. gfk

    are these flat worms? flat worm exit, anyone use it?

    i gotta take off for a few hours so i wont be able to read any replies, buuuut.... i have these little flat red things on this piece of live rock some shrooms came on, i wanna say ive seen a post of flat worms and its them, the picture i took couldnt show them, just the red on the rock. what...
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    found what i think is a baby pistol shrimp?

    he is really tiny, my camera does not have macro mode so i cant post a pic he has one claw on his left side, and the other side it appears is normal. he is really small, still see through, and is about 1/4" long does this mean i have an adult in there somewhere? ive heard cracking noises like...
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    how to lower temp?

    its been in the 90s here recently, which isnt much during summer it gets up to 105-110 here. we dont normally run our AC.... poor college kids my tank was up to the high 80s just now and my lights have been off a couple hours, i didnt check it earlier. will turning off my skimmer help lower...
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    green plate corals, do they need to be spot fed?

    they have a plate coral at my lfs that is green and appears to look just liek the green plate on this site. they also have an orange that looks just like the green. they have mouths, and on this site it just says strong light, current etc. anyone know if these guys need to eat?
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    feather duster doesnt come out much....

    he rocks back in forth but stays in his tube, is moderate flow too much for him to handle?
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    bak pak2 not making bubbles, do i have to have the preskimmer box thing?

    i only have a 20 gallon, the preskimmer just looked out of place so i took it out, and now its not even making any bubbles.... what do you guys think, how do i adjust this thing? ok i didnt have the airvalve hooked up... but it still seems like the bubbles arent making it into the cup, or its...
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    attention norway!!

    hey i know you got a nice setup with a fuge goin... kinda want to set up a 10 gallon fuge on my 20h can you AIM me sometime? Youasshatfool is my SN and if you dont IM, my email is ccress@mail.csuchico.edu
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    i know nothing, want to do something with extra tank for filtering

    so i have a 20h tank, and i have an empty 10 gallon tank and 18w light laying around. the 10 gallon tank was used for a small snake for a while im sure i could clean it out just fine. i have a hang on back filter and will have a bakpak2 skimmer very shortly. what could i do with the 10 gallon...
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    queen conch climbing glass, normal?

    he's always stayed on the sand, woke up this morning hes at the top of the water level, that ok?
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    levels are good but im getting redish algae and small bubbles

    my nitrates are at like 5, nitrites 0 ph is 8.2 have redish algae, i attached a pic dunno how itll come out i got a frag with one bubble algae on the rock (shrooms) and i came back from being gone for the weekend and i have like 10 or so small bubbles on the sand... how can i scrub a rock full...
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    Chico people i know youre here....

    want to get in touch with some people around here, that sell frags, or possibly want to trade in the future... right now i have some green and red shrooms, some xenia and some hammer, im sure you guys have those already.
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    going to buy bakpak 2 skimmer, do i need to buy any add ons?

    I am buying a bak pak2 skimmer for my 20h and im wondering if i need to buy any add ons for it that might not come with it? not too familiar with skimmers and am not sure if it doesnt come with something that i might need to purhcase. i have hob, powerheads, everything else, just adding the...
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    diatom like algae

    20h, 2 maxijet 400's, hob filter for a 40g = 400 gph 24lbs live rock 1nch of sand use ro/di water strictly for water changes. it was starting and i did my water change a couple days ago, hasnt gotten better. bioload is 2 clowns been in 2 weeks about... large cleanup crew run 130 watt light 9...
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    brown sand, how to keep clean?

    my tank cycled about 3 weeks ago, and the diatoms came and went... my sand now is a little brown. i did a water change like i plan to do every 2 weeks (might do 1.5 weeks instead from now on) and i have brown stuff now, like i said. would the water change i did yesterday make it go away? just...
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    how often do mantis shrimp make the loud crack?

    i have heard a loud crack like 3 times since ive had my tank (in like 4 weeks time) nothing would make a loud enough crack for me to hear if it just fell off the rocks like a hermit crab would it?
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    my 20g 2 weeks old

    this is 2 weeks after my cycle 20 h 2 maxi jet 400s hob whisper filter (getting bak pak2 next month) coral life 130 watt 24" light with moonlights 23-25 lbs live rock 3 scarlet hermits 5 blue leg hermits 1 sally lightfoot 1 mexican turbo 10 nassarius 7 other snails
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    how long before branching hammer attaches to rock?

    i have my two frags of branching hammer stuck in some holes in pieces of live rock. how long til they are there for good and grow to the rock?
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    caught the shrimp with the trap

    HAHAHA sucker as soon as i turned off the lights he went in there
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    grrr peppermint shrimp wants to kill my hammer coral :(

    i just got my first coral, branching hammer, fragged it into 2 pieces already and my peppermint shrimp went right after it, i tried to catch him now he's hiding. i dont wanna leave cause he's gonna come out and screw with it some more. any hints on how to catch him? i know i need to get him to...
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    went from 18w to 130, adjusting time?

    i had a temporary 18w light on my 20gallon with just some fish and inverts. i got my 130 watt corallife light today. its on right now, i noticed one of my blue legs fell off my live rock which has never happend. is it ok to just turn this light on full blast on everything? or should i only...
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