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  1. lovelife88

    angel and butterfly problems

    i have a 200 gallon tank, ive had it up for..about 3 years. Everyone in my tank is wonderful, happy healthy. Everyone eats well and looks fine. But everytime i get either an angelfish, butterflyfish or even small tangs they tend to either get ich or a fungus. I feed dried seaweed algae 3x a...
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    Mandarin Dragonet - Green

    can two or more be put together??because i heard the males sometimes fight? and to tell the difference...do the males just have a longer top fin? im just curious.
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    Protien Skimmers

    I just have some general questions about them..like what do they do, whats the recommended size for one...should you have one for every tank ..or just certain ones...? basically i would like to know ..everything :) thanks.
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    explanation of HLLE?

    ok so, i just did a 40 % H2O change for the week, and i have been feeding my fish the formulas you have recommended and mixing their other food with garlic liek you said. Ill do the 30-40%H2O change weekly to try and keep it down. I gues..all i can do i wait...
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    explanation of HLLE?

    i just tested it...but i forget what it was. i remember everything being fine, besides my nitrates. i know they are high, and ive been trying to keep it down with a nitrate sponge made by Kent. Then i read that tangs dont liek the nitrates so much, which is probably why he is having this...
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    explanation of HLLE?

    i think that my tank my have it because i was looking at the pictures that beth posted of HLLE and i think that he has it. i would just like to know what it is , and what can i do to help him, and if its going to hurt my other fish..etc. thanks so much!
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    just a question

    ahhhh thank you soooo much! that makes alot of sense.
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    just a question

    some one wrote this to me and im not sure what it means. Keep your tank at a good "reef temp" (subjective I know), dKH 8-12, ca 400 with good lighting and your bound to have all the coraline algae your free time will allow you to scrap. if some one could decode this for me in lamest terms...i...
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    naked rock

    hey thanks, i think ive seen that at my lfs. Hopefully it will help my rock grow. thanks again
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    naked rock

    i have about 10lbs of live rock in my tank for about 7 months and nothing has grown on it. At my LFS there's have lots of stuff on it. Does anyone have any suggestions on if my water is probably deprived of something that they need to grow? or some additive that i could purchase to help to grow...
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    Quick puffer Question

    oh awesome!! thanks so much!
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    Quick puffer Question

    no. should i though?What kind of sponge?
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    Quick puffer Question

    I think that it was possibly me because i noticed that she was attacted to the filter "sleeping" and so i nudged her off of it and then a few mintues later she puffed. i just worrie when she sticks herself up next to the filter.
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    Quick puffer Question

    I was just wandering if anyone here has had a young porcupine pufferfish? I was wandering if their quill grow longer as they get older and if they do, what does it look like. Because i have a young puffer and she puffed today and i just noticed on her side some of her quill and the skin around...
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    i need sand sifter

    oh oh you could get a sand sifty star fishhhh you'll never see him most the time but they are pretty cool
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    Did I Get Ripped Off!!!!!!!!!!

    at the pet store i work for we have about a 10' snowflake eel and he is only 29.99 and our live rock is pretty cheap. 7.99 a pound.
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    Puffy eyes?

    oh also, about the alclamating..she has always been in the tank ive never taken her out..she been in my tank for more than 7 months
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    Puffy eyes?

    well, no she doesnt have pop eye its more like swelling around her eyes. here are some pictures, i have also noticed some red blotchyness in her back finns. and she is breathing extremly hard and has her fins clamped to her body. i know that is a sign of poor water quality. my ph is low, so i...
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    Puffy eyes?

    Recently my Porcupine puffer has been in a little state of lonely-ness. She has been the only fish in my fish tank besides some starfish and some snails. I just recently got a new fish for her ( i got a yellow tang yesterday). I followed all the right steps and such, but now i noticed this...
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