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  1. cymbal67

    My first death, bummer (suicide)

    i just found my mystery wrasse on my filter sponge in my damn refugium. he must have jumped over into my overflow and gone thru the plumbing and wound up on my filter pad. what a drag!!! i guess i should be glad he was visable or i wouldnt have know where he was and he could have been dead...
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    filter pad after sand bed??

    i have a fuge with basically 3 sections. the first is where the water comes down from tank, goes thru one of those blue filter sponges then goes under that and back up hitting a slanted bevel to catch micro bubbles....then section 2 is the deep sand bed with chaeto and some mangroves....the...
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    new tank pics 11-27-06

    new pics
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    clowns hosting hammer?

    i just turned around and saw my 2 perc clowns rubbing around in my green tip hammer. is that weird?
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    New Coral

    I thought was way cool. first one with flash, second one without.
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    ro/di waste water

    its time to run my ro/di unit, and i noticed my pool is low...ya think its ok to let runoff water from unit go into the pool???? :thinking:
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    What is my Brain doing??

    i know i'm new but i havent seen a brain do this before. the other night it did it too and was more of a perfect semi-circle....can this be why they call them brain coral? the tank is only 16 days old and i am wondering if it is freaking out.
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    pics of new tank

    pics of new 118g corner. i am hooked
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    Halides on during cycle??

    with no corals in tank yet, should i even have the halides on during cycle? i have 2 65w actinics on for 12 hours and 2 moon lights on when the actinics are off. right now i have a 150w hqi MH on for 4 hours....should i just leave it off until corals? i have 118g corner, nothing but sand so...
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    help with raising salinity

    my tank has had water in it for 4 days. my salinity is at 1.023 and want to get it to 1.025. its a 118g corner and i am wondering if i add 2 gallons of salt water, what salinity should that be at? when i topped off today, instead of using fresh ro water (i heard when topping off add fresh...
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    ro/di question

    i am filling up some tubs of water from ro/di unit to put in tank on saturday. is it ok to run a garden hose to the input of the unit? would the ro/di unit filter out any bad stuff from faily new garden hose?
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    is 1x150watt MH enough for my tank?

    i have a 118g corner tank 30" deep. i was going to get the coralife pro fixture that has 1x150w HQI MH 10k and 2x65w actenic 03 pc but now am wondering if i should get the one that has 1x250w instead fo the 1x150w. i am limited to the dimensions of this unit and both units have the same...
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    please review my equipment list

    I finally have i list of what i am getting. please review and give feedback. tank is 118g corner 30" high. will be doing fish and corals i had to get a custom acrylic refugium for the odd shape of the corner stand so i can fit an artic titanium 1/4hp chiller in the stand. berlin turbo protein...
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    cycle times

    i have been reading a lot about cycle times and how important it is to let the tank cycle before you put fish or coral in it. i have on the other hand, been told that with my parameters, i should be able to put fish/coral almost right away. 118g corner with more than 1lb per gallon of indo...
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    photo diary of getting started

    i just received today the first part of what looks like a long list of equipment i will be needing, i will take pics along the way and i can really use all the help i can get. i have been wanting a tank for a while and finally just took the plunge. here are pics of the tank and stand, its...
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    looking for advice

    i am brand new to this hobby and am excited to get started. i have a 118 gallon corner tank on the way (gets here in 2 days) and dont know much about setting it up. i am having the coral connection come set up the tank for me and get it cycled. i spent about a month going to all the...
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