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  1. cmc3502

    Blue tang odd behavior

    yea, they all love eating. anytime i'm near the tank, they get excited for food. Just was worried, thanks
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    Blue tang odd behavior

    I've had this guy for a year now but lately he has been doing this odd thing where he goes to the bottom front if the tank and lays down. Any thoughts??  
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    Help with loud biocube 8 pump

    i have had a biocube 8 tank at work for a year or so and never noticed it being that loud... however, now that it is at home, i can really hear the pump. I had a maxi-jet 160 (i think) sitting around and it was slightly worse. I think it sound louder once it is in the back chamber and...
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    Nano 28 Debris floating around

    i always have "stuff" floating around in the water. I have a nano hydor on the left below the skim guard and overflow area. Then on the right is of course the return. I have placed some fiberpoly in the back and it does collect brown stuff, but no matter what i do, i cant get the flow to push...
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    NEED HELP QUICK (dwarfs)

    still doing what they do... i'm kinda surprised since it wasnt a cycled tank. but it took me doing alot of water changes and using prime. I have the hatchery going as well in a closet that has a light come on with a timer at night, so i dont have to see it when i'm awake. They have actually...
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    NEED HELP QUICK (dwarfs)

    just checked again... what would say the reading is..?
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    NEED HELP QUICK (dwarfs)

    cant find a name in the search for that.. is that spelled correctly?
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    NEED HELP QUICK (dwarfs)

    thanks so much for postings back... I have the water at 76 now...and will prob. leave it there. I've just continued to test for ammonia and will do another water change before bed and maybe one in between now and then. The tank there going in is cycled and of course I plan on testing ammonia...
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    NEED HELP QUICK (dwarfs)

    i've posted this in the seahorse section, but this section gets more visitors for an emergency I just got to wild dwarfs yesterday and have them in a make shift setup til 2m when they go to their pico tank. Right now they are both breathing heavy... because i only have a airstone in there, i'm...
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    NEED HELP QUICK (dwarfs)

    I just got to wild dwarfs yesterday and have them in a make shift setup til 2m when they go to their pico tank. Right now they are both breathing heavy... because i only have a airstone in there, i'm concerned about lack of oxygen, but also i'm guessing the heat will play a part as well...
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    seahorse tank setup

    I need some help. I just got 2 dwarf seahorses and have to keep them at home for the wkend. I have them in a 1 gallon tank with no filteration. Is this OK? Oxygen issues? Daily water change for ammonia levels? no water movement at the moment.
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    Alk and Calcium issues...

    so is my plan of action correct? water change of 15 gallons?
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    Alk and Calcium issues...

    so Im not doing with anything... but what if the PH gets out of wack? is there something to keep it at 8.2 while CAL and ALK are lowering? I plan on going to tomm. to the LFS and get about 15 gallons of water (its a 55 gallon tank) and testing the new water before using. Then doing a water...
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    Alk and Calcium issues...

    I am starting to turn my FOWLR tank into a reef tank and have some water issues. I have a small frag of kenya trees (that come out), some GSP (comes out) and some incrusting gorgonian that won't come out after a month of being in there. So my thought are that my alk and calcium are off and i...
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    weird alkilinity and calcium problem

    I have the following readings right now in my tank and I always thought the calcium and alk balanced off each other. 1 up/1 down...etc. alkilinity - 17 (should be 10-12) PH - 7.4 (really low) calcium - 520 (little high but OK) what causes this and what can I use to correct this?
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    high phosphates issue

    i have a sump and I will add cheto and a light under there tonight. also... i can add a powerhead that I have laying around in my sump if that would help with the movement. although I have 2 skimmers in there, the intake and the outake pumps creating flow already... the DT has 2 korlina pumps
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    high phosphates issue

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    high phosphates issue

    will do. I have the buffer that I'll add tonight and retest. I actually have a phosphate pad, chem-pure and fluval in there now....
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    high phosphates issue

    thanks... I do actually test for Alkalinity and my test bottle just ran out last week.. But usually (maybe not in this case) i've notice that my alk. can be 8-10 and still my calcium is high..I know that the PH, ALK, and Calcium all balance off each other and thats why that has never made cents...
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    high phosphates issue

    will this WAS an aggressive tank and copper was used (which will start a whole other discussion here).. but the rock was stained brown and so it was bleached. Basically over time and with the use of filtration, I have got the copper out and I continue to use filteration to catch any leaking out...
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