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  1. emmitt

    Worm question

    Last night, i went to turn the lights off and saw a small(1") worm start to float in the water. It was writhing and wiggling like mad, floating to the surface and looked kinda like a bristle. It got sucked into the filter and i never saw it come out and couldnt find it inside. I know i read...
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    Red bugs

    Ok, I look at my tank today and all of a sudden the front glass has 30-40 red bugs on it. I have never seen them before and I look all day, definitely not there before today. I have no sps in my tank and havent added anything at all in about 3 months. What gives? where did they come from...
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    RO pics

    Does anyone have pics of their ro/di setups? Specifically, their connections under the sinks? I trying to figure out where to put one and would like to see some setups. Also, does the ro/di have to be above the holding tank or can it be below it?
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    Plumbing question

    My 180g rr will ne here this week. Its gonna have a 90 or 120g sump/fuge. Due to some water damage, the wall right next to the tank that seperates that room from a half bathroom is having the drywall replaced. The drywall in the half bath is also being replaced. There is a sink and toilet...
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    Xenia button

    Today i did some xenia fragging since they were starting to choke out my green button polyps. I went to cut one next to a button and when i tried to seperate them i could see that this xenia had moved off the rock onto the button "stalk". They are totally attached to each other, both totally...
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    Lighting for 180

    My 180g, 72x24x24 tank is on the way. Was looking at the coralife aqualight 72" 3x250mh 4x96pc. I love my 30" coralife but the best i can find the 72" is $1199.99. Is this light worth it? can i find a better price? or is there a better light for cheaper? My tank is gonna be a reef, mainly lps...
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    Return pump & skimmer for 180g

    My 180g is finally on the way. It has 2 overflows(1200gph). What is the best return pump and skimmer to get?
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    6 foot lighting question

    Just ordered my new 180g, 72x24x24. Its gonna be a reef with mostly lps maybe a few sps and a few anemones. I definitely want MH, probably 3x250w with vho or pc supplements. Dont think i need 400w based on the depth and width. For those of you with 6 foot tanks, what lighting do you...
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    Do button polyps poop?

    I have a bunch of green button polyps. Yesterday, when looking at them, six or 7 of their mouths were more open than ive ever seen them. After a few seconds, 6-7 , all within 1 minute of each other, spit out a tiny little black poop or something. After they spit it out, they all looked normal...
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    Orange ric problem

    I got this rock with 5 orange rics on it 3 weeks ago. It has 5 on it, you can see 3 and there are 2 real small 1's you cant see in the pic. First 2 weeks everything was great, now the top big one has shrivelled to nothing and has been 1/3 the size of the bottom one for 5 days. The small one...
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    Chili coral question?

    Ok, 2 months ago i bought a chili coral. I know they dont usually live but it was a nice small piece, cheap, and my wife was dying for it. Id put in a mix of DT's phyto and oyster eggs. Every night late and every morning, i could see all of its polyps out. VERY COOL by the way, but during...
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