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  1. fishntx

    chaeto question

    i just bought some chaeto, do i need to do anything or just drop it in my fuge and let it do its own thing?
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    clown trigger barrel roll

    yesturday i was watching my fish swim around and i caught my clown trigger doing a barrel roll is this normal? ive never seen this from any fish before so it left me wondering
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    fuge lighting

    will a bulb that says it is equal to daylight work in a fuge, i looked at several bulbs but all i could find was ones rated at being equal to daylight and 2700k.
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    acrylic cutting

    what is the best way and the best tool for cutting acrylic tubing?
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    skimmer trouble

    i have a sealife systems 150 and i got it producing foam but i cant get the foam to go all the way up into the collection cup. i got the water line where the have a mark for it which is as high as i can get it and it is still like 6-8 inches that the foam has to travel to reach the top. any one...
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    metal halide ?

    im new to metal halide and i was curious what the difference was in metal halide and metal halide HQI.
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    upgrading 55-90gal

    the problem i have is that the new 90gal is going in the same place as the 55. i am making a new diy wet dry roughly about 3 times the size of the one i have now. i am transfering everything (sand, live rock and water) from one tank to the other. the question i have is if i add the bio balls i...
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    foam under tank

    i hear about putting foam under your tank. exactly what kind of foam this is and is it neccessary.also where can you find it
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    sump/fuge

    i am thinking of building my own sump/fuge and i was wondering about what size i should make it for a 200gal tank. will 36"l 18"w 15"h be ok, too small? and for something that size would i use 1/4" acrylic or larger.
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    button polyps

    what is causing my button polyps to droop down kind of like an umbrela or paracute. they are open and they do close up when the rock is move or a fish gets near but they just dont open like they did at the lfs(flower like). my levels are ok except my nitrates are a little high 20-30ppm. anyone...
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    water pump question

    on a water pump what is the" head " refering to? is it the total distance the water travels trough the plumbing or is it just the vertical distance? my pump says 420 gph at 0ft , 367 gph at 1ft , all the way up to87gph at 6ft. how do i determine what my flow rate is?
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    parasite?

    i just had my blue linkia get stuck under a rock that my eel had knoked over which killed him. when i took him out i was looking over it and saw something moving. it was slender like a worm but looked like it had several sets a legs kind of like a centapeed. and its body was almost tranaparent...
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    base rock question

    i just bought 30lbs of base rock to put in my tankalong with the 30lbs of live rock i already have. i was wondering if there was anything i need to do besides just rinse it off before i put it in
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    skimmer question

    i have a seaclone 100 for a 55 fowlr in the sump area of my wet dry. i've had it running for over three weeks, i've ajusted the air flow several times, and ajusted how deep the skimmer sat, but the collection cup has not collected anything.all the instruction manual says is to unscrew the...
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    good lfs in dallas, tx

    does anyone know of a good lfs in the dallas area. i've been going to the fish gallery and dallas north aquarium. those are the two best imo that i have found but i was wondering if there was anything better.also is there a place where i can find so good base rock
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    wet/dry question

    i just bought a wet/dry with bio balls recently,and i'm about do for a water change, and cleaning. i was curious if i needed to do anything with the bio balls or will the bacteria be ok with out the constant flow of water for a short period of time.
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    skimmer question

    how do you tell when your skimmer is set right? I read my manual word for word twice and all I got from it was (screw the venturi air valve all the way down, then open it up 3/4-1 1/2 turns depending on pump location and water level. I have a seaclone 100 placed in the sump of my wet/dry...
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