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  1. jchmiel

    Coral ID please

    OMG I HATE THAT RED BUBBLE ALGAE!!!! Screw emerald crabs they don't do shit! I got a blue tuxedo urchin I'm 95% sure hes the only thing that can eat that crap without killing everything else. That and the other 5% by making a cryptic deep sandbed bucket to get rid of my nitrates. I battled...
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    ID this worm

    I don't think those are bristle worms. I've never seen any that look like that. Google bristle worms.
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    ID this please

    I have had these for years. They have never really bothered anything. I tried killing them, but its futile.
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    Water Softener, Make up water & Kalk (Calcium hydroxide)

    Alrighty, Tested again and we are in a better position. NEWLY TESTED Fresh made R/O-D/I salt water (4 hours mixed): Phosphate, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate: 0 PH: 7.8-7.9 Carbonate Hardness (KH): 11-12dkh Calcium: 340-360ppm First time with bad results when I mixed I tested two 5 gal buckets that I...
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    Water Softener, Make up water & Kalk (Calcium hydroxide)

    By Alk im going to assume you mean KH. I'm pretty sure Alkalinity would be the PH. Correct me if I'm wrong. But here is it all anyways. Tank: Phosphate, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate: 0 PH: 8.2 Carbonate Hardness (KH): 8dkh Calcium: 350-360ppm Fresh made R/O-D/I salt water: Phosphate, Ammonia...
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    Water Softener, Make up water & Kalk (Calcium hydroxide)

    Ok, 75gal tank (100 gal of water total) I have low calcium at about 350 and I cannot seem to get it up any higher. My input water is water softened and has a very low Calcium reading when fresh mixed with Instant Ocean mix at around 200. So I am currently dripping kalk from a 5gal bucket mixed...
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    yellow string anemones

    spaghetti worm
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    Bubble Algae and Emerald Crabs

    Yeah what kind. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-0...ture/index.php
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    i could just CRY - help ID this agae

    I might recomend plastic rasor blades. I see them in the automotive industry. I have tryed them and they work on glass pretty well, but they are plastic so they wear out too easy. I would think you could use them on acrilic... I do have that stuff as well. It scrapes off in flakes, but it is...
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    Reusing / Recycling Tank Water

    I was thinking about how much water I toss. Is it possible to recycle it and use back into the system? Or is the water to far depleted to have anything worth while to put back in? Does anyone do this or something similar? Picture Related
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    ID This Snail Hitch Please

    Came in some macro. Quarantined him.
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    black bristleworm?

    looks at my photo, i think its the same kind but mines red. Still in the tank for about a year now. He never touched anything that I know of.
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    Tomini Tang

    Ohhh btw, thanks for the replys!!!!!!!
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    Tomini Tang

    I agree 1000% about learning about what you buy before you buy it. Knowledge is what said "Hey you idiot tangs eat greens!". In this case my crazy (and I stress crazy) father in law desided to buy this for me thinking "It looked cool". Well needless to say I told him (nicley) to never buy...
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    sand question

    I transfered from a 40 to a 75 and my bad mistake was to transfer the sand last (well the last was the rocks so I could stack them). Nothing died thank god, but the water was cloudy for about two days. My tank did about a month cycle and finally everything was happy. I would say transfer the...
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    Tomini Tang

    I have had him for about a month now. Couple questions. One, He pecks at the live rocks alot, is that bad or is he looking for food. Will he harm anything? He hasnt so far. Two, I havent fed him any greens. I just got some because I realized that he is an algee eater. He didnt even go for it...
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    Copepods and/or Trigger-pods Prepacks

    Thank you all for the replys. I wish to purchace some of these Tisbes. I could not find them on swf. Could anyone point me in the right direction. my lfs doesnt have them either just the tigger pods. also should I feed them if and when I get some? and what to feed them phytoplankton?
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    Copepods and/or Trigger-pods Prepacks

    Has anyone have any experiance with either of these pre-packeged pods. I decided to get some(triggerpods) and put them in the fuge. They pretty much dwindled down to nothing within the week. I see none now and Ive looked pretty long. Also, the other Copepods that I used to have about a year...
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    Candy Cane Feeding?

    Wait till the lights go out for about 30-60 min (thats when they open up) and feed them with a baster. Mysis or brine (something like that) carefull not to hard cause they don't hold on to it very well. They do not need to be feed I haven't feed mine for about a year and they do just fine, but...
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    What does your Electric Bill Look like?

    oops I forgot I dont run my D*mn lights 24 hours a day. heehhehe change the 24 hours to how long you run your lights a day. Ohhh man that was dumb.
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