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    Acro Crabs

    You mean they'll take to others?
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    Acro Crabs

    Do Trapezia crabs only hang out on Acropora and Pocillopora or will they take to other SPS?
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    Are Wave makers a must?

    ok good to know. I was looking at a wave maker but they're kinda pricey so I might just hold off for now. Thanks for the advice!!
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    Are Wave makers a must?

    Hello, I've been doing montiporas and some other sps for many years successfully but have been too scared to try acroporas. My parameters are very nice, I'm using Kessil 160 LED lights, and have a lot of water movement through powerheads but before I try acros and kill them, I want to know if...
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    Too much light?

    Hello! I've been wanting to get into more SPS in tank and recently bought a small Acropora frag at a lps. I have 2 Kessil 160s over a 55 gal tank. Knowing that they need high lighting and flow, I placed it high on the rocks, directly under one of the lights. The coral is kinda an ugly poopy...
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    Calcium is too high

    thanks for the tips everyone. I'm feeling a lot better about this
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    Calcium is too high

    My Alc was not really low, between 8 and 9 DKH. I did use a little bit of buffer to bring it up a little bit. The test kit that I used was brand new and I checked twice over the course of a couple days. I haven't been dosing calcium because it's been consistently in the mid 400s but I hadn't...
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    Calcium is too high

    I am worried that my calcium is too high. I just tested it today and it's reading at 520 ppm. I do a 10% water change weekly using reef crystals and keep my salinity a little high at around 1.025. Some of my corals look very happy while others almost always look stressed out and I can only...
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    Leather Coral Question

    Ok cool, that's kinda hat I thought but I wasn't sure. Ive never really owned a leather coral because I've never really cared for them but I liked this one when I saw it at my lps so I guess I'm not used to them. Thanks for the help!!
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    Leather Coral Question

    I have a small leather toadstool in my tank that has been in there for at least 4 months. My water perimeters are: Sal - 1.025 Amm - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0 pH - 8.2 Anyhow, some days it looks full and pretty and nice and other days it looks small and shriveled and none of the polyps are...
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    Agressive Clownfish

    I have a clownfish in my tank that's been in there since about July and has been hosting in my frogspawn coral, both of which seem happy and healthy. I also have a single head of duncan coral that has recently started sprouting new heads like crazy (4 within the past month). I don't know if it...
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    Elegance Coral Looking Stressed

    I have been spot feeding it. I fed it a piece of clam the other day but it was too big and it regurgitated it a couple hours later. Ive been trying brine but I'm not sure whether or not it actually ate any. Its still alive and looking a little better but still not looking great. I only...
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    I'm such an Idiot

    I did this when i was new and had the awesome idea to put it into the water to cool it off. Of course it shattered. Luckily there was nothing live in the tank at the time to get electrocuted. We all have brain farts. Dont beat yourself up.
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    Elegance Coral Looking Stressed

    I purchased an Australian Elegance coral last Wednesday and within an hour of adding it to my tank it looked amazing. It looked just as great Thursday and Friday but on Saturday it began looking stressed and only opened up about 50%. It's been looking gradually getting worse each day and today...
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    Coral id

    I'd say Kenya tree
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    tank too heavy?

    I'm not really a new to the hobby but I didn't know where else to post this question. I found a place that is having a great sale on 150 gal tanks and a tank that size would be a dream come true for me. However, the only place i could put it in my home would be on the second floor of my house...
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    Frag Packs

    Why does this site offer 5 frags for about $60, and 6 frags for about $120? Are there better corals in the 6 pack? Double the price for one more frag doesn't make sense to me. Anyone ever buy these?
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    Anthias fish question

    ok, good to know, thank you
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    Anthias fish question

    Can I put Anthias fish in a 55 gal? I've seen many sources that say yes and many others that say no. Any opinions on this?
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    LED lights for a 55 gal

    Great! Thanks for the advice!!
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