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  1. Luvthekeys

    ID Please

    Got this as a free add on. Would like to know what it is and where to place it.
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    Another question related to Marine Tank Chemistry

    I know I ask a lot of questions but how else can I learn. A while back I had a very hard time keeping my alkalinity within the proper range. At that time I was not losing a lot of Calcium and Magnesium. So it was vexing trying to figure out what was going on. Now I am keeping my Alkalinity...
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    Blue Eye Golden Midas Blenny

    Have one on order. Does anyone have one or any experiance with one. I have looked online but there's not much about them.
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    Help Me Add Final Fish to my Nano Tank

    I have a 28 gallon JBJ Nano Tank 89 Watt Lighting, 30 Lbs of live and recently added dry rock which is quickly becoming Live rock. Large cleanup crew which is doing a good job. I have three fish in there now, Royal Gamma, blue fin damsel and six line wrasse. I had a lawnmower Blenny who was...
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    Macro Algae, Remove Monitor or Keep

    I am posting two photos of macroalgae growing in my tank, The first photo the two types of red Macroalgae growing on the rock in the upper foreground. One is a bubble type slow growing. the second is more kelp like does not grow very high. The second photo I am asking about the thin red algae...
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    Live Rock Still producing surprises

    This gelenius almost jelly fish like thing made his presence know. Very hard to get a good look at him he is behind the red macro algae. There is a bright yellow object inside , It sways in the current and moves very slowly. At first my thought was jelly fish but if it is a Jellyfish it is a...
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    Low dKH

    I have been having a problem keeping my carbonate hardness and PH at acceptable levels. Today it fell as low as 6 dKH, yesterday it was 7 and the day before 8. I have been adding Kent Pro Buffer DKH following instructions. My calcium is over 400 and Magnesium over 1500 which from my...
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    Natural Cleanup of Deceased Fish

    Okay my clownfish who never ate lasted three weeks acting healthy till the end. Then he went somewhere to die and of course it was deep within my rockwork. I am loathe to break down all my rockwork since it will be an all day job. Never to return to the way I like it without much cursing and...
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    Please Identify

    I got this about three weeks ago. I was told it is a chalice coral and nothing else more. I have included two photos to help, It had only two eyes, tentacles or whatever they are called when I first put it in the tank. Yes I would also know the proper term for what I described as eyes, tentacles...
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    Clownfish Not Eating

    As the title says a clownfish I purchased two weeks ago with a bubbletip Anemone has not eaten. I have tried Flake, Small Pellets, Frozen Brine Shrimp and Mysis. I have tried garlic flavoring the foods, all to no avail. He or She lunges at the food but does not take it in its mouth. She recently...
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    Green Goniopora Babies

    Two weeks ago I bought a Green Goniopora photo below. In two weeks it has spit out two babies already. Photo of one below. Two questions. Does the goniopora look like it is bleaching out? I have it fairly high up in the tank and it looks healthy. However when it is extended as in the photo it...
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    Is this Yellow Coralline

    Yellow coralline of just plain algae? Funny thing it is growing on one of the dry rocks i had in the tank. in the photos it looks more green then yellow but it is yellow. I had on both daylight and Actinic lights so that may be the reason. I added a photo from side of tank maybe that will help...
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    Where are these things coming from, another visitor from ?

    Okay I watched him climb a rock like a snail and his head did look like a snail. But where is his shell. Am I mistaken in believing Snails do not shed their shells? Here are three photos of it, Mostly white with a splash of pink towards the top front. He is almost dead center in the photo just...
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    2 Types of Red Algae Good, Bad or Indifferent

    If bad I will remove otherwise will monitor. Kind of Pinkish only in this spot almost dead center in photo The upright ones not the red on the rock. looks like two different variations.
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    This Guy Showed Up Any Ideas

    Noticed him last night he or she is about 1/4 inch in diameter. He moves around and appears and then disappears. Any ideas what it is? [/URL][/IMG]
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    Mini Snowstorm in Recently cycled tank

    Yesterday afternoon I noticed what appeared to be a snowstorm of tiny white particles. I first thought it was a bacterial bloom which happens frequently in newly cycled tanks. However instead of the water appearing cloudy it looked as if the white particles were following the flow of the pumps...
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    Thanks and a Photo

    Thanks to all that have taken the time to answer my questions and make suggestions. A photo of the tank. PH 8.2 Ammonia less then .025 Nitrites 0 Nitrates between 20 and 30 PPM (Did a twenty percent water change) Calcium 380-400 Carbonate Hardness 9 KH Phosphate 0.25 Magnesium 1440 Salinity...
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    Interpreting Test Results

    I have been cycling a tank and I am trying to figure out the tests results of the last four days. They have been: Ammonia 7/9 >.025 7/10 .025 7/11 <.025 7/12 <.025 Nitrites 7/9 .025 7/10 <.50 7/11 <.50 7/12 -0- Nitrates 7/9 -0- 7/10 -0- 7/11<5ppm 7/12 10ppm PH all days was...
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    Please Identify

    [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG] It is the object middle right that looks like a olive green leathery cone and base. Also I have noticed a number of what appear to be baby shrimp. They are small dark in color and hang out where I can not get a good look at them or take a photo. I can see a pair of...
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    Finally Cycling Tank

    After two broken tanks and one that did not break I finally received my live rock today. I recieved 17 lbs and added it to 20 lbs of dry rock. I am going to post a few photos or at least try to post them. I am a newbie in case you have not guessed. Here is some type of coral I think, can...
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