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  1. jack the reefer

    can you tell the sex of clowns

    from PTMC website... "As one might suspect clown fish start off life as males and only become females later in life when they are larger. Here again, --- change is socially controlled. A male changes into a female only when his female partner is removed and he is joined by a smaller fish. This...
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    I dump the skimmer

    I had prizm skimmer been working good but 6 months ago its not collecting any more cloudy thing..so I decided to just throw it out..its been over 3 months now and has no affect on my corals..it even improve my coral growth..weird but true..I also modified my filter to collect the top water to go...
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    Green coraline

    never heard of green color coraline.. p.s. R U wearing dark green sunglases? :)
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    protein skimmer question

    my prizm skimmer works for the first 4 months then after that it skims nothing, it dont mean that its not working but you can tell if you get dirty bubbles accumulate, but mine no more dirty bubbles whatsoever I even crank it up to almost open, I think skimmer is not necessary as long as you...
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    Metal in tank

    Brass is a mixture of Copper and Zinc, not good for the tank..
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    Balls of algea?

    Bubble algae is the one you are talking about <a href="http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/algae_page/valonia.htm" target="_blank">http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/algae_page/valonia.htm</a> the emerald crab(green in color) supposed to eat this one but if they will burst it then it will spread..
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    brownish/orangey spots

    go to a local supermarket and put one dead shrimp in there..
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    brownish/orangey spots

    without any livestock it will take very long to cycle, bacteria will not develop without any dead organism..
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    Question

    those filter I think will just increase your nitrate, I would put more LR, take out the media but not the one that hold the media, this will protect your fish from getting sucked in..my tank has no filter whatsoever..just plenty of LR and water current..just a suggestion..
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    brownish/orangey spots

    my tank just cycles in 1 week..go to you lfs and get a couple of turbo snails..if they last 3 days you are ok..
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    brownish/orangey spots

    It means its time to hire a cleaning crew :D :D :D
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    It's Getting Hot In Here

    most likely it will not hurt your coral, think about this, in the real tropical country i'm sure it rains 3 days in a row at least once a year..
  13. jack the reefer

    micro shrimps in thousands

    anyone know where this small shrimps came from? never seen them before they are just as big as the cope pods, they are nocturnal, orange in color, maybe brine shrimps? anyone have this?..
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    my tank pics

    I will get the full frontal shot with my so so camcorder still shot....later..
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    my tank pics

    Originally posted by Richard Rendos: <strong>Looks nice. Is the red hard coral a pocillopora?</strong><hr></blockquote> I think its an acropora..it just turned darker due to lighting..this was the color when I bought it or similar to...
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    my tank pics

    thx all for comments, 45G bow been up for 9mths, salinity 1.028(a little high but everything seems ok) NO3=0, Nitrate=0, ammonia=0, 2 175W halide, 2 96W actinic PC, rena filter, prizm skimmer, 2 power heads with alternating current..
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    Emergency room was open on Sun

    he probably ate a bristleworm..the way they swim is weird they can go complete still that's why mine got suck in my powerhead..sad thing...
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    cloudy water ?

    pale fish? did you check salinity level? maybe 1.023 is not accurate..check again...
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    my tank pics

    comments welcome..i have some valonia problem but thats all, some hard blue tip that I frag is now dead due to yellow polyps covering it, i feed my fish once a day and add almost a gallon of water a day..cheers :) :) :) <a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/retret66"...
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    Off Topic: Getting Married Today

    CONGRATULATIONS! by the way whos gonna feed your fish when your out on a honeymoon? :D :D
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