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    porcupine fish blue eyes

    while looking at my tank today and seeing the porcupines eyes staring back at me changing from that tinted blue to green in the lights, I wondered, What is the purpose of the colored tinting on their eyes? I ran a search online and found nothing. Does anybody know?
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    caulerpa turning white

    I have had a large refugium holding alot of caulerpa that I have grown and trimmed back for the last year with no problems. Latley small sections will turn completely white and die off while the rest flurishes. I have recently upgraded to a RO/DI also for better water quality, and the phos and...
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    Power head bubble problems

    My power head keeps on blowing small bubbles and i can't get it to stop. I tryed cleaning it and a few days later it started up again. Is there anyway to fix it or is it shot. I looked up the price for a new impeller thinking that my be the problem, but its not that much more to replace the...
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    A Tale of the not too bright puffer named spot

    I was feeding my porcupine puffer named "Spot" just the other day. Krill was on the menu and he was very hungry to say the least. As the food rained down he quickly gobbled up as much as he could acting like its going to be his last meal when he noticed a piece of krill sinking into a large...
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    RO/DI Please help

    Heres how I go about making the water. I regulate the waste water to 4 times the "good water hose" per the directions. when I've filled a garbage can full, I shut off the water supply until I need to make more. Heres the problem. When I start it up again sometimes the pressure is faster then...
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    Disaster struck without warning

    On monday night at about 9pm a terrible storm came knocking out power and leaving the city in shambles. After one night I ran out to the home depot to buy a generator and thank god that I did because the power was out until thursday evening, My fishes were saved and I have to say that I never...
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    RO/DI aerate or no

    Just a quick question, Should I aerate RO/DI water if I have it stored in a sealed container? I keep it in a large rubbermaid container for about 5 days before i refill it.
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    Finally RO/DI

    I need Ideas on how to proceed, I have a very large system, a 150gal with a 100gal app. store cubical display w/wet dry underneath. I Finally had the funds to upgrade to a RO/DI for my water source. The phosphates and nitrates in the system are high to say the least, however everything in the...
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    Change or not to change

    I have a 150gal reef and my filtation is as follows: I have a 90gal store display with 15 cubicals and a wet/dry underneath. The 90gal is set up to do all the filtration. In all the cubicals i keep calurpa under 24hr lighting and weed out several pounds of it every couple of weeks. Also in...
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