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  1. cubsfan

    help with I.d. please

    I got this from a co-worker who thought it might be dead. I have had it several months and is doing great but I dont know what type of coral it is. Its a greenish yellow color with small polyps that come out of it, but not when I'm touching it
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    light brands

    I need to order a new 250 watt single ended m.h. and was wondering what brand is the best choice. They all seem pretty close in price: coralife, coralvue, xm, aqualine, hamilton, iwasaki, radium, ushio. thanks for any input
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    frag on plug ?

    how do I remove a frag (sps) off a plug? It keeps getting nocked over and I want to glue it to a rock. Do I just take it off by scraping under it with a razor? (between base and plug) thanks
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    animated avatars

    Where do people get the animated avatars? Mostly looking at the cartoon ones, like grubsnaek's
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    Id eel please

    this is at a local pet shop, its listed as a snowflake for $14.99. I'm thinking its a jeweled moray. These are the best photos I could get. It has a brownish body with gold dots, about 1 foot long.
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    myrtle beach aquarium

    Here are some photo's I took, while on vacation, at the ripleys aquarium. Taken from camera phone so not the best quality.
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    eel at lfs

    Went to the local lfs and they had an eel I never heard of. its a conger eel and he told me it only gets about 2 feet long. Came home did some research and found out it gets over 7 feet long and can wiegh more than 90 lbs . WTF how can they sell this thing ???? They dont even know what they...
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    my plywood tank build thread

    I thought I would start a thread on my plywood tank build. It will measure 72*48*18 and will be an in wall design, which is why i went with plywood. Bought 4 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood. Cut it to size, filled any imperfections with wood putty and then sanded, did this 3 times on each peace...
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    stingray I.D. help

    my lfs has a stingray that he called a florida stingray. It has a pointed nose on it. it didn't sound like he knew a hole lot about it. But it was eating (about 4-5 in around). He wanted $105 for it. I'm not going to buy it, lack of room. just curious if anyone had some info on this. As i will...
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    bulk head=flow rate ?

    Is there some where I can find how much a bulk head will flow? I do know it also has to do with the pipe size. Just trying to do some research. thanks for any help
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    building a tank ?'s

    Im going to build a in wall tank (in the basement). it will be made of plywood, fiberglass, and epoxy paint, with a glass front. It will be 5' long x 4' wide x 18" tall for a total of 224 gallons. I will use my 90 gal tank i have for a sump/ fuge. The top of the tank will be about 5 to 5 1/2...
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    sea cucumbers

    does anyone here have a cucumber in there tank? haven't seen any yet. Heres mine, had him for about a year now and it does a great job of cleaning my sand. Its about 6-7inches long.
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