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  1. redhermit

    How do I feed fish frozen brine?

    I take a cup of very hot tap water filled to the top. On top of that I place one of those little sauces you get at a chinese resturant( you know the ones they put the duck sauce or hot mustard in)I put a cube in it an let it thaw. Takes about five minutes Then feed my fish. I do the same thing...
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    He eats everything

    Believe it or not my red hermit caught my whited tailed trigger (about 3") and made a meal of him.
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    Why is my water cloudy?

    I also have a 48 gal that was cloudy for the longest time the LFS thought it might be a bacteria bloom. he loaned me his vortex diatomeaous filter. If it was any other than a bacteria bloom it would clear up. I ran it for a day water was still cloudy which suggested it was a bacteria bloom...
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    Why is my water cloudy?

    I also have a 48 gal that was cloudy for the longest time the LFS thought it might be a bacteria bloom. he loaned me his vortex diatomeaous filter. If it was any other than a bacteria bloom it would clear up. I ran it for a day water was still cloudy which suggested it was a bacteria bloom...
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    Domino Damsel and Trigger

    I had(I say had because I sent him back to the LFS)a Hawiian damsel,orange with blue spot that grew to 3 1/2" and very aggressive. He tomented my white tailed trigger (3")along with the other damsels. The only one he didn't bother is my lunar wrasse.
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    Skimmer or Not?!

    been running a 15 gal eclipse for about a year now with only the standard filter cartridge and bio-wheel with great success. I keep about 1/2 to 1" cc with a couple of rock decorations. the tank inhabitants are a perc clown, coral beauty, red big-eyed squirrel and a red crab. do a 3 gal water...
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    25 gal eclipse

    I've had a 15 gal F/O (perc clown, coral beauty and red big eyed squirrel) eclipse for over a year now using just the filter cartridge and bio-wheel never had a problem. I do a 3 gal water change every other week.
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    coral beauty angel

    I have a coral beauty in a 15 gal FO tank along with a percula clown and red squirrelfish(my personnal favorite) I feed him formula 2, seaweed selects for grazing and he also eats frozen mysis shimp.
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    this kid sed you can turn a fluval 304 0r 404 into

    I have a 304 on a 46 gal FO setup. I routed 2 pro30 bio-wheels to the return, does that make it a wet/dry? If not, please explain what a wet/dry filter is and does. I also use a powerhead for added suface circulation.
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    South down?

    After reading all the posts about LS vs CC I headed down to my local HD to look for this south down. I couldn't find it they only had play sand from quikcrete called Amstone is that the same?
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    Lunar Wrasse ?'s

    I have a lunar wrase in a FO tank for about 6 months now he's about 4-5". Along with him in the tank are a white tailed trigger, 5 damsels and a red hermit crab. He doesn't bother any of them and the don't bother him. Although I notice he's very curious about the hermit, but whenever he gets to...
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    What are the benefits of LS/LR?

    Hi I'm a new member to this board but I've read a lot of the posts already about LS/LR. I've being doing saltwater for about 2 years now and have a 46 & 15 gal F/O with about a 1/4 to 1/2" of CC. I use a canister filter with bio wheels and a powerhead/w cartridge for surface agitation on the 46...
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    cloudy water

    The fish are healthy: trigger,wrasse,5 damsels & hermit crab. I'm running a fluval 304 with 2 bio wheels and a powerhead with a quick change filter. I have carbon in the cannister and have used a marine clarifier. A little background: The tank was setup about a year ago with ust the cannister...
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    20 gallon tank useless???

    I have a 15 gallon with a coral beauty, red squirrel & red crab. The tank is easy to maintain and it's a joy to look at.
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    cloudy water

    I have a 46 gal bow for about a year now the water is hazy. The test kit registers 0 ammonia, 0 nitates & 0 nitrites. Ph is 8.2. I did a 10-20% water change an stopped feeding for 2 days. Is this a bacterial bloom or something else?
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