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  1. thefishy

    new duncan

    This is my new duncan so far it is my favorite=) I have tryed to feed it 3 times so far and no go all 3 times. Have had it for 3 days=)
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    Id's

    Anybody have a clue what this is? Got about 2-3 spots of these guys. The second pic what is the white stuff growing? It turns black underneath the rocks, have that stuff growing everywhere under the rocks. Thanks
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    T-5 with fan

    I have 4x54W light on my tank. It has a fan you know that blows out hot air.. Now I cannot for the life of me get the timer to turn on the fan same time as lights. If the fan for the lights does not turn on till 10-25 mins after the lights is that ok? Seems it is time to convince the wife I NEED...
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    New aquascape

    The dead live rock I was curing finnaly got done today, so I decided to add some what you guys think.. Anything I should do different etc. Also thinking of what kind of coral to cover the branch going up with. First pic is old. Second pic is new aquascape up to date.. And third is all the...
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    Clown acting funny

    I have had a occelaris clown for about 6-7 years. Finnaly decided to get him a buddy lol daughter kept asking why marlin did not have nemo with him=) So I went and got a small occelaris clown mabye an inch long. They starting swimming together immediatly. Now my first clown will not leave his...
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    raising dkh

    I am having trouble getting my dkh to rise.. I use 1/8 give a little take a little of turbo calcium twice a week to keep calc 400-420.. But my alk will not rise above 6dkh. I been adding the c-balance alk about 30ml a day and it drops to about 5 and stays about 6 lol.. I dont want to throw to...
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    curing dead rock

    I got about 30-40 lbs of dead live rock from a local reefer who got out of the hobby. Washed them with the hose then put them in a tub with a powerhead and heater.. Anyway it has been about 2-3 weeks and they still smell god awfull.. Wife wants me to hurry and get them in the tank lol.. So my...
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    Clean fuge or not

    I am wondering how many peeps clean there fuge every year ,every couple months or what.. I have quite a bit of detrius inside my fuge/sump. Think it is detrius kinda poofy brown stuff. Wondering if I should drain fuge, vacumn the stuff out or what.. Been siphoning every water change but hard to...
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    stock help

    I have a75 gallon reef tank. Right now I have 1 clown, 1 chromis, a lmb and a tri color anthias. Anthias will probaly be traded was fish siting and the peeps never got another tank so kinda grew and starting punking around my other fish.Was wondering whats a good semi-rare reef safe fish to...
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    which bulbs

    It has been about a year, starting to think about which t-5 bulbs to buy.. Right now I have 2 10k and 2 actinic < bulbs came with fixture... Was thinking about getting 2 10k's but instead of blue atinics getting white actinics think I read somewhere the white ones are better? Any inputs on a...
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    hairy mushrooms

    I was wondering if it would be wise to put different color hairy mushrooms close to eachother? Will one end up killing the other? Could not seem to find any info. Thanks
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    purple HA

    I have an outbreak of this stuff. Been doing everything I can think of to rid it. I wash all frozen food, use ro/di that test 0 for phosphate but kinda hard to read colors (api), have a ER rs100 and a big ball of chaeto in fuge. Have used up about 60 dollars or so of phosphate media in last...
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    c-balance what happened?

    OK, i am going to switch over to corals in about a month or 2 so i decided to get my calcium and alk up a bit.. I dosed and everything got my calc to 420, and alk at 9dkh.. Today i went to add some more c balance just 5ml lowest dose. Right when it hit the water it turned into a bunch of white...
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    sump/fuge help

    I have decided to build a 20 gallon long fuge for my 80 gallon, might even go bigger but i already have the 20 laying around. I have been reading everything I can about building setting up etc and everyone does it different=p.I cannot put it under my tank, when i built the stand of course did...
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    looking for hob fuge

    looking for a hob fuge. thanks)
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    Odyssea hob fuge

    Anyone ever purchased one of these? Found one for 50 bucks with a ps included. Was either gonna buy this or a aquafuge thats 130 bucks without the ps.. lol any input on this would be great)
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    stocklist

    Got my list together for what i want to go in my 80. let me know if you guys see any problems) 3 peppermint shrimp, brittle star, 2 ocell clowns, kole tang, rooster fairy wrasse, 2 chromis, and a flame angel. all kinds of cerith and nass snails for cleanup crew. Have room for more? too much? etc...
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    shaving brush

    was thinking of putting some shaving brush in the dt, since i have no sump or refugium. just looking for some thoughts on that one..Have read that tangs will not eat it, will be getting a kole tang in the future, what would be the best to put in the dt any suggestions will be helpfull.
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    crabs?

    are there any crabs that do not get too big and try to eat fish? Or are hermits pretty much it?
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    my new 80

    here is my new 80 gallon, setup 2 days now, used everything from my old tank cept the sand. Need more lr prolly,tell me what you guys think) still in the process of getting the aquascape right.
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