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    Clean salt off wall

    Hello all, I am not a newbie, been making the same mistakes for a while now. I have noticed salt spray or an ugly something or other behind my tank on the wall. What can I use to clean this off? Will vinegar/water solution work without damaging the painted surface? Mr clean? Spic n span? Lysol...
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    Sump / Wet Dry Swap

    hello all, I am to the point where I want to pull out my wet/dry w/bioballs and replace it with a sump refugium set up. Do I just unhook one and hook up the other? I would like to use the live sand and some of the live rock from my 24g nano in my sump. Is this a good idea? I plan on using a 33...
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    Euro Reef RC80

    Euro Reef RC80 I purchased an RC80 off of some site and it arrived broken. I guess I should have expressed my concern over the choice of shipping via USPS. Now I need to buy a replacement part. I was also mis-led, the skimmer was advertised as an RC180, I thought I was getting a larger volume...
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    Vacation in Palm Springs

    I will be traveling to palm springs at the end of this week visiting family besides golf what is there to do? Mind you, I've been going there for 12 years now. Done horseback, joshua tree, the tram, dune buggy, jeep, san diego zoo, even the aquarium of the pacific in long beach.
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    QT-ing Snails

    Are snails to be left in QT for 4 weeks? What do you feed those litle guys? I have homemade "good stuff" (squid, shrimp,scallops) do they eat that?
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    Cyclo-peeze

    Is any version good? what should I get? I have read many places it is the best stuff to feed your fish. Do I get the frozen bar? The freeze dried stuff? no lfs carries this stuff. I'll have to go 1-1/2 hrs to get it. Cheaper to drive than ship in most of the time. I am also feeding home made...
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    20" nova extreme pro

    Anyone have this? I have a nano cube 24DX stock lighting (2x36w 50/50).
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    I've got a couple

    I have two of these slug/snail looking things. And a "plant" or something that hitched a ride on some zoos that I got fromSWF.com The plant thingy didn't get bigger under my MH but seemed to grow under the pc in my nano. My zoo population seems to be dwindling....
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    sick emperor?

    My Emperor is beginning to change from juvenile to adult. He seems to be losing his color. I feed fomula two pellet and formula one flake, alternateing every other day. On the off days I feed some romaine lettuce. He has always been shy and hides in the rocks but he has me worried, should his...
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    t-5 for nanos

    Does anyone make a t-5 bulb short enough to fit on a nanocube 24dx? 18 inches across? It's about time to replace bulbs...
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    What happened to SCSINet?

    What happened to the 180 build? You are our hero!!!! Please come out & play. My wife wouldn't let me go out with my rowdy friends after I got married either. PLEASE!
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    nano cube & light timers

    I have a Nano Cube 24DX, how can I put the lights on timers and have day (cf) and night (led) illumniation?
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    What size sand do you use?

    What size sand do you use? Fine white FIJI sand or the stuff like the prepackaged aragonite that looks like crushed seashells? What do some of you think about the black sand? I will be starting a 24gal nano and want to know what everybody uses, pros and cons.
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    I Want A Nano, what brand?

    I would like to know what everybody thinks about the different brands of nano tanks that are available. I would like to go with a 24 gal or so. Any direction?
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    Two Skimmers at once?

    Has or does anyone run two skimmers at the same time? I have a Sealife something or other skimmer in my sump, it works ok I guess. I would like to run a AquaC Remora as well i my DT. I have lots of "floating debris" in my DT and it settles before it makes it out the corner overflow. (90g aga RR)...
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    Can I add a Yellow Tang?

    Hello all. I am "fish sitting" for a fellow reefer who has had "Tank Issues". Currently his 2yr old yellow tang and 2 yr old emporer angel are visiting. My wife loves having the visitors, My question is: if I get a second yellow tang will they get along and will the older tang show the new one...
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    New Lights BIG difference

    I have a 90 gal aga rr tank that I just installed a Current Outer Orbit 2x250MH, 4x65 T5 actinic, W 9 LED moonlights. First off, there is a HUGE difference between the "bargain" bulbs found in Odessea fixtures which this replaced. The Actinics and moonlights cause my zoos and rics to glow they...
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    Ever have this in your tank?

    I was feeding my fish when I spotted the strangest thing. There was this thing that looked like a 1/8 inch diameter brownish green jellyfish. It was zooming around the tank, more like "flitting" (is that a word?). It was zooming all around and I know it wasn't the water current because the pumps...
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    Lazy mans waterchange method

    I'm not a newbie but I still have lots to learn. Does anybody pump their waterchange water form the basement to the first floor? I used to have my water change water in the garage but I have moved it to the basement. I can get the water to within 15 feet of the top of my tank. Normally I would...
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    New to corals

    Hello all, I went to the frag swap yesterday and got some great stuff. zoos, 'shrooms and polyps. Oh yea an RO/DI unit 75gpd. I have 260watt cf in a 90 gal (48 x 18 x 24 or so) I am ready to jump to good quality lights, I would like to go to mh/t-5 (outer orbit). What do you suggest for wattage...
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