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    29 gal swt for sale in San Antonio...full set up

    I will be moving to New Mexico in Feb and decided to try and sell my whole tank. It's 29 gal with about 35 lbs lr, lots of ls, two false perc clowns, one engenere gobi, watchman gobi with pistol shrimp buddy, six line wrasse, beautiful green hammer that I have previously fragged and sold to the...
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    How long do shrimp, crabs and snails live...

    in good conditions? :thinking: Thanks, Ant.
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    Star Fish Surprise!!

    I've had my tank running for over a year now and all has been very well. I looked in my tank this afternoon from accross the room and I saw this little star. Got up close and couldn't believe my eyes. I haven't bought anything for the tank in a long time, like 4-5 months. Any idea where it...
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    Fishmamma!!

    Hey Fishmamma, I saw you posted earlier and wondered if you were still out there. How are you? How are things. I've been MIA for quite some time. Been so busy. Went back to work and the wee one is in a part time preschool. My tank is doing great! All critters are serviving just fine. I...
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    What do you do with the bio-bail in the skimmer?

    Mine is looking pretty yucky and I don't know if I need to leave it in there or throw it out or what. There were no instructions on that. Thanks, Ant.
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    My son wants an eel so I have a few questions...

    Do they sell eels small enough for a 30gal? If yes, can they live with two clowns, a six-line, gobi and three shrimp, along with snails and crabs of course? I'm not going right out to buy one. I have tons of questions first. Thanks everyone. Ant.
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    I just finished Harry Potter last night...late...WAAAAA!

    It took me almost two weeks to read the last book, with a two year old, so I ignored anything I saw, read or heard about the book. Yesterday I got towards the end and could not put it down and kept reading until 1230am! I had horrible dreams and I'm totally exhausted! So thrilling that just...
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    The transfer is complete and here are my steps.

    Thanks to everyone who responded to my posts about upgrading and transfering tanks. It took about 2 1/2 hours total. I was on a roll and worked as quick and carefully as possible. My husband helped a lot and my 2 1/2 year old son helped too. It worked out well and everyone is doing great...
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    Why am I so worried about upgrading?

    I found a 29 gal and it fits my cabinet and hood perfectly. I asked the LFS if my current light, which is only 2 months old, will work with the new 29 and he said yes. I bought another bag of LS so I will have 40 lbs of LS total, with my old sand. I'm concerned about having another cycle. I...
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    I'm thinking about upgrading my tank to 29 or 37...

    how hard is it to transfer my 20 gal tank, et. al., to the bigger tank? Is it a major ordeal? Will it cycle again? I'm hoping it's just a matter of switching the stuff over and eventually adding more LR and LS. What do I do first? Thanks everyone! I haven't been on in a while. Family...
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    My brown polyp is walking and my emerald has coraline growing on him...

    Is the coraline growth on the emerald okay? I'm assuming yes but just want some input. Guess there's nothing I can do about it but I thought it was kind of interesting. Also, I had a brown polyp, free, on a shell from the LFS. I super glued it to the LR and yesterday one of the red legged...
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    Please help with my xenias...

    Yesterday morning I noticed my xenias not looking so good, still open and pulsing, but kind of shrivel looking. I checked water and everything looked good except my SG was a up from evap loss, 1.025. Ammon/nitrite-0/0, nitrate-0, ph-8.2. I went ahead and did a 20% water change. They closed while...
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    HELP! My pulsing xenia is looking bad :(

    Yesterday morning I noticed my xenias not looking so good, still open and pulsing, but kind of shrivel looking. I checked water and everything looked good except my SG was a up from evap loss, 1.025. Ammon/nitrite-0/0, nitrate-0, ph-8.2. I went ahead and did a 20% water change. They closed...
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    Does anyone else have the falling rock problem?

    When you go to clean your glass with the mag float, or whatever, and you bump one LR then another across the way falls, then you pick up the fallen rock and try and put it back but the other rocks are now too far apart, so you set that one aside and bring the others closer but wait, they're not...
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    Scott!

    Scott, my friend, you are way too nice! You taught me all I know...or at least 80%. Thanks for the kind words. I hope you get this. I bought some beautiful LR today with some green star polyps on it. It's so pretty. It has really nice coraline too. I glued my little brown polyp that was...
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    New Venture. New Pics.

    Good Morning everyone! I went to the LFS yesterday for more crabs and snails and came home with xenias and a feather duster too! I also got a freebie and not sure what it is. I posted a question in the reef section. Just wanted to share. Wish me luck! I want all to do well. Everyone...
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    I got this freebie and don't know what it is. Help please.

    I went to the LFS yesterday to buy some more crabs and snails. Came home with crabs, snails, a feather duster and xenias. I have a few questions. On one of the extra shells they gave me, I found something very cool this morning on it. Can someone help ID? Also, I read on a previous thread...
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    Hair algae, why do you get it? What to do?

    I noticed my glass had this green haze and I clean it daily with the mag float but then I looked closely at my rock and on my snails and I see some hair like algae growing on them. I also had another diatom bloom. Is that normal? Anyway, I checked water today with, SG 1.025, sal 34, ammonia...
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    Do you still have to change water if...

    all the tests came out good? pH 8.2, nitrites and amonia both 0, nitrates 5-10(colors are so close), SG 1.025 (a little hight from evap loss), sal 35. I was going to do a 20% water change but everything looks really good so I was thinking of just covering for evap loss. I would appreciate...
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    Bubbles under the sand and on rock?

    I noticed that I had circles and such under the sand that I can see from the glass. I also see bubbles rising up from the sand and some on the rocks, not all the rock. I've seen some bubbles before but not like this. I tried doing a search but would like more info. Can anyone tell me if this...
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