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  1. mkbigz

    Adding a canister filter to my Reeftank

    i use a canister on my 29 for mechanical filtration and as a powerhead, clean once a week takes 5-10 minutes. and i don't have an ugly powerhead hanging in the tank.
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    Lighting Reflectors

    Does any body know if its better to use single reflectors or one big one with a 2 bulb set up?
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    seaclone or prizm skimmer? DONT LAUGH!

    I have a prism and mine is quiet, got it on line with the media basket and surface skimmer for $76. its used on a 29g and it works ok, alot of adjusting, but produces nasty dry foam.
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    Should I feed Coral?

    Kent. Tech C B works for me.
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    96 w ballast to power 55w bulbs?

    Well i'm running that way now, already had a 2x 96 pc fixture but was to big for my tank so i did a retro and used 55 watt, watched it, seems to be no problems and looks good.
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    Need Help Quick

    Hi everybody, would like to thank you for the feedback. Tank is doing better even though i lost two fish, come to find out when i went to my LFS they to had a yellow tang die in the same tank this creature was in, so i guess my sacrifice saved some of his livestock too. Talk about a caring LFS...
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    Need Help Quick

    The so called rock that looked like it had sponges on it along with the rics, get this, it was a big sponge, i cut the rics off and tossed the sponge, its just amazes me how fast everything went south, well one more water change and hope for the best in the morning.
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    Need Help Quick

    0 and 0. thats what leads me to believe an outside source, maybe something on the bag when it got floated. i guess all i can do now is try to save it. kenyas drooped over along with a toad stool, green hairy mushrooms look good. i have a giant colt that looks like its pretty stressed.
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    Need Help Quick

    This tank has been up for 4 years i did a substate change about 10 weeks ago. water has been exellent. Tank was doing great, i was goin to snap some shots and post, it was looking soo fine. now i can't get that stink off my hand. as quick as those fish died makes me think something toxic got...
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    Need Help Quick

    Thats what i'm trying to figure out, my bro. purchased this piece and upon futher observation the mushrooms were actually on a giant sponge. and man did it stink. my tank is a complete mess, live and learn with these small tanks.
  11. mkbigz

    Need Help Quick

    Hi, bought a piece of rock with rics. on it and it had what looks like sponge, put it in my tank and an hour later my pj cardinal and fire fish were dead, now my other corals are shirnking, could this sponge be toxic? doing water change now, should i take the rock back out? Mark
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    HELP with Nutrafin Ca test..

    Hi, i just replaced mine and it to was much darker than the previous one, probally just the dye. these were Hagan kits before.
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    red sea prisim

    Hi, if your talking about the skimmer and media basket yes, i use both on my 29. makes carbon use easy and i actually cut my intake pipe to get the skimmer at a higher point, this seems to work good for me. most say these are junk skimmers but mine works every well on this setup, dry, thick...
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    96 w ballast to power 55w bulbs?

    Hi, was wondering if i can use 96 watt ballast to power up a 55 or 65 watt pc bulb? will it burn out faster?
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    Leather coral shrinking

    well after a hermit munched off all the waxy coating on it i thought for sure it was doomed, much to my suprise the next day it started showing signs of recovery, all in a reefs day i guess.
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    Leather coral shrinking

    Hi, my first post hope someone can help, i purchased a lobed leather and it was fine for 2-3 days then shrank and turned a purple green color with no polyp extension, been that way for 6 days, is this normal or is it sick? water parameters are good, running 110w of pcs on 29 gallon. coral is...
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