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    Seattle area & sand???

    i went to lowes and wal mart and it was that brown stuff. Ill try k mart.. any other suggestions? plant stores perhaps? thanks
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    Seattle area & sand???

    Anyone from the seattle area that could tell me where to buy w/ reasonable priced sand. thanks
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    Questions about Eheim filters? help

    I recently got an Eheim ecco canister filter but no paper work with it. I have a few questions. First the inside three part plastic inserts what is needed in each of them? Second I received large white filters, do they surround the three inserts? thanks
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    filtration advise

    so put the rios anywhere in the tank? Ive tired it all about red slime. I found out its my under gravel filter. I am removing it and removing cc to put the sand into it and see what happens, along adding that filter and sub to it. Okay so keep fish in tank. Thats another problem embarssing...
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    filtration advise

    OH i forgot to ask about eheim filter, i got no instructions the three plastic pieces inside the filter should there be anything inside them? I did get a white filter, I am thining hte cansters go inside it? thanks
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    filtration advise

    I do have about 45 -50 lbs of live rock, i just have to clean the red bacteria off it. The proein skimmer is seaclone 100 hang off the side model, I just bought it 6 months ago should i just keep it on my tank then? About my fishys, well my tank is a mess its covered with red slime, i just want...
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    filtration advise

    Good afternoon fokes, I just recently bought a bunch of equipment used and wanna know if this avenue I am heading is right. first of all I have a 55 gallon tank, someday in the future I want to set up for reef, it’s a year old but nasty with algae. I only started out with a protein skimmer and...
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    thank you all. man i picked the wronge pet store to buy thigns from. geesh. so basicly im getting from all this dont use gravel, use sand. no under gravel filter, get an canister. I have a protien skimmer. So you think my rock is savagable? thanks
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    well i have a place under the tamk for a sump, i was starting looking into them. what is a wet / dry filter or refugium, i have always wanted to ask that. My intentions is to have a coral reef someday. any of you know what the pale red inch worm things are in my gravel are? thanks
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    what does your abbveations stand for? and what filteration should i get?
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    could you tell me what does IMO means and substrate ( im feeling stupid ). Should i just remove the underwater gravel system and get another filter. and should i remove the gravel and get sand? Embarssing enough yes to me a newbie is a year old in this stuff. I just recently had a baby, so i was...
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    I think I answerd the above ones ( I hope) anything I miss? You wouldnt blieve that the pet store ower told me to get the under gravel and the stupid gravel. thanks so much
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    You guys rock, thanks for this help. Well the water changes, I just started last month I have done two of them with tap water. I’ve never siphoned out the coral. Lets see the tests levels are this.. Alkalinity= 4.5, nitrite =0, ph=8.2and phosphate= 0 ( this is what it was last monday). now the...
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    I have crushed coral. The cucumbers (I think) are about inch long and redish looks like stubby earth worm, I could attempt to take a picture but it might take sometime. I have live rock about 40lbs of it. The protein skimmer is Sea Clone 100.
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    the power heads i have is on the undergravel filtration tubbing, the lights i have are two different units. first one is two sets of 55w blue and two 65 watts.. the next is two 55w. I took out the 55w and reduced the food.
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    Helllllllllllllp please, my poor tank

    In advance thanks for reading this post. I am about to pull my hair out, I adore and love fish tanks. But since last July I started my first salt water tank( 55 gal). I am having HUGE problems and not a darn fish store around Seattle can tell me how to fix it. Here it is. First of all I have...
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