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  1. litlepig11

    Help LEAK...I wish it was the tank!!!

    We bought a "new" (1965) house in March...but have not moved in yet because there is this mystery leak we cant explain. The house is a "bi-level" being you go up a small flight of stairs to get to the first floor. so the floor does not sit ground level...when ever it rains and sometimes when...
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    Where is water comeing from??

    Hello...we just bought a bi-level built in 62...we have not moved in yet...when we purchased the home it had been empty for at least 2 years. The house smelt like a combo of animal pee and cig smoke. The neighbors said that yes they thought the dog peed in the house. So anywho there was a large...
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    Refinishing Hardwood floors

    Hello we are refinishing the floors in our "new" house before we move in...there is an area that is really damanged...like water or animal pee...idk...its super dark...we are stripping and finishing the floors a light almost white color...any ideas on special treatment to this area (ive tried a...
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    New Electric lines for tank

    Hello, wasnt sure if i should post here in the diy...or in the aquarium for off topic...its a little bit of both. We are moving to a "new" house, and were the tank is going there is no plugs. We are going to run ourselves new wireing to the area. We are going to put in 2 new "things" in the...
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    PC Question Advanced

    Hi, I have computer very few programs installed, only 30gig harddisk, Windows XP. Problem is I installed a webcam and its software on the computer to record to the harddisk, for this the program asked how much of the harddisk I wanted to set aside for the program to use. I set 24gig or...
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    Floors strong enought????

    Hello...we are moving to a new-to-us, house in a couple weeks and hope to move our tank with us...we have an 100 gallon reef tank w/a 30 gallon under cabinet sump...do we need to do anything to make sure the floors of the new house will hold the tank? the house is a bi-level and the room under...
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    new hard drive issues

    okay well i got the new hard drive for my laptop...figured out i need a disk cloner or imager to move all my crap from the old hard drive to the new one so i got two diffrent program to do that with...well neither of the programs "sees" my new hard drive...witch i have in a usb encloser....do i...
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    skimmer help

    okay i'm a four year newbie here.... .... i have never figured out the skimmers, i have one but dont know how to use it "right" i have a euro reef skimmer (don't know the model) running on a sedra 3500 needle wheel pump. the skimmer has been out of the tank for about 8 months while i tried...
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    Is this brian coral healthy

    hi, just wondering if this coral is healthy...i think it looks great but i've thought that before and it turned out they were working overtime to keep from dieing... it looks like it is feeding even though the atitcs on the tank are still on, i thought they were nocturnal, my other one only...
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    what is this (again)

    Hi, so we moved around ALOT of rocks in the DT and found this "stuff" at the back of the tank along the side...when we pulled it out it sort glopped into two....any how dont know what it is cant find any info anywhere....all the shells are empty...wright now its the QT till we find out what sort...
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    Question on sump design

    Hello...i have a basic idea for a sump/fuge and would like some feed back...i also have a couple questions. here is my design idea. I am useing a glass tank...i think its a 20 high and i am putting pexi glass baffels into it. what is the best silicon from lowes to use for this? also should...
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    t5 bulb configuration

    I just got new bulbs for my t5 lights but i think i goofed...what i am replacing is 4 blue atnincs and 4 whites i think 10k...what i bought is 4 blue atnincs 2 purple fijis and 2 whites...am i still going to have enough light for my sps, or should i get two more white lights and drop 2 of the...
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    Coral ID

    Hi...I picked this guy up from lfs but I'm not sure what type of coral it is...they didn't have a clue...I'm pretty sure its a sps but any help would be great...its on the bottom of my 100 gallon right now waiting on id before i place him...he is mega bright green...see color sample...w/a little...
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    HELP!!! corals melting

    hi, only some of my corals are "melting" others are thriving...some are just complenty gone already....we went on vacation for a week. the sitter said our tank got up to 83, but i dont think that alone is causeing these problem. tank stats: ALK= 3.0 PH= 8.2 nitrate 5 Trite=0 ammn=0...
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    Michigan fishing laws

    does anyone know the fishing laws for Michigan. we are going to be staying on some friends private property, they have a lake and we want to know if we can fish on it w/out a license. i checked out the states web site and couldn't find anything for private property. any help is great thanks
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    where to put powerheads

    hi i have a 90gallon tank right now i have no powerheads in it and i know i need them i have 4 of them i just dont know where to place them in the tank...i have two caps that i know need high flow...i have zena..kenya...shrooms...zoes...heres an old photo of my tank if someone could just give me...
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    why isnt skimmer working???

    hi my skimmer quite working and i relized the pump on it was not doing anything so i got a new one, which is running but not pulling anything into the skimmer....what else could be wrong????
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    Helio not feeding PHOTO

    i have a helio fungia plate coral that i got 5 days ago. he is in my substrate (thick crused coral) and seems happy there he has not moved much. he is well inflated and his arms move about, color seems good. i know hes a filter feeder, he has a large mouth, that i was told if i hold shimp...
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    Any PHOTOGRAPHERS??

    i can not find a photography board for the life of me...any who im looking for software/lab that does nice easy to use templets for wedding albums and that sort stuff. the lab i use, candid2000 there software w/the templates is to hard to use. i would like to get them printed at my lab still...
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    Ordering LIVE to columbus ohio

    we are placeing a large order from the site anyone want to go out w/us and get something let me know soon
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