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    emerald crab

    I bought an emerald crab a while back. He has gotten pretty big, but it seems he has also gotten pretty aggressive. I see him act aggressive but never have actually seen him attack anything. Here is my problem. Suddenly all my hermit crabs are dead. One every couple days. Now my banded...
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    help with a dissaster

    I have a water spout behind my aquarium that I used to use to fill up evaporated water. Well, today my brother turned it on, and my tank over flowed for a couple hours. My sg was 1.010. All the fish were looking really crappy. I freaked out and started putting salt directly in the aquarium...
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    anemone

    How can you tell if an anemone is sick or not? I know this is a broad question, but I wouldn't mind a lot of answers.
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    fish suggestion

    I have three small yellow tailed damsels (very docile), a small perc clown, and a firefish. I want to get another fish soon. I don't know what to get though. I want something with a lot of color that will be compatable with these and be fun to watch. Oh yeah, a relatively hardy fish too...
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    my crabs are eating my coral

    I don't know what kind of hermit crabs I have, but they have started eating my goniopora coral. WHat is up with this? :mad: The whole bottom has been eaten away. I need some comments, suggestions, something to help me out.
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    A couple questions

    My goniopora coral was a little swollen ( the stems)tonight about 30 min after I fed my fish. WHats up with that? secondMy new anenome attached to the live rock, but in a low lit area. Should I shift the live rock to where it is getting max light?
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    circulation for goniopora

    Does goniopora coral like an area with a lot of water movement, a little, or medium.
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    best anemone for perc. clown?

    I am about to get an anemone for my clown. I just wnated to know the best type for the Perc. clowns to adabt to.
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    what to feed corals

    What all should be fed to corals?
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    Bristle Worms?

    I got some live rock today. I am seeing a lot of things "peeping" out of it. The are almost clear. I don't even know what a bristle worm looks like. So what do they look like?
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    Flame Angel

    I love angels. I wouldn't mind a flame angel, but I wanted to know how hardy they were. What are some angels that are pretty hardy?
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    Who recomends a UV sterolizer

    I read about them all the time? Are they as good as they sound? If so, I wouldn't mind paying what they ask for them.
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    Enough or more?

    In a 50 gallon I have an emporer 400 and a prizm skimmer. I also have a fluval 404 and a power head that are not in use. Do I need either one of these?
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    Added Filtration

    Right now on my 50 gallon I have a prizm skimmer and an emperor 400. I Have a fluval 404 and a power head (170 gph) sitting in the closet. Does anyone think I need these?
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    Substrate?

    I am about to slowly make my tank a reef system. I just want to make sure I have the right kind of substrate. I have about 1.5 inches of aragonite, and 1.5 inches of live sand. Is this good enough? 50 gallon.
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    Live Rock

    I want to put live rock in my tank. But when I went to the store today, the man said I couldn't because of my bleached coral and other ornaments in there. He said "bad things can happen". Is this true???? How could this be true if there is bleached coral in many substrates. I just want some...
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    Live rock

    My tank is completely cycled, and now I am looking at getting live rock. I went to the store today and the person helping me said that I could not have live rock in an aquarium with any bleached coral or fake ornaments. I asked him why, and he said, because "bad things can happen". I took his...
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    How do I clean?

    I have done fresh water aquariums forever, but I am fairly new to marine aquariums. My tank is about 2 months old (55 Gal), and I am about to do a water change on it. I was wondering, how can I syphon the tank without vacuming all the sand up with it? And how often should I vacume the...
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