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  1. jchmiel

    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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    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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    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

    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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    Cleaner Shrimp Gone... Sad Times...

    I had 2 cleaner shrimp and now one has completely dissapeared 100%. I think the rock anemone I have ate it for trying to steal its food out its mouth. ok this bites cause they were a mating pair that gave birth every 20 days or so. I wanted to raise the young but now im down to one... Should...
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    40G to 75G need more fish (help/ideas)

    I have 2 Oc. Clowns that are very fussy about there space. I put my hand in and they like to bite me. Im used to it and I dont flinch, you think they would get the hint. Anyways, I transfered from a 40G to a 75G and I am looking to add more fish. Here is the tank 2 Oc Clowns 1 cleaner shrimp...
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    Tube Anemone Picture

    I think my tube anemone is hungry and I just fed him this afternoon. What do you people think of these???
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    ID please: RED Anemone in Rock

    This Red Anemone thing crawled out from my LR and now it looks like he has a brother. Can anyone ID these guys. About the size of a penny.
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    ID: Ohhh man who is this in my rock???

    I don't know what this is, but he's been in my rock for who knows how long. I seen him in my tank the first time about 2 months ago. Can anyone ID him?
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    Skimmer not producing

    I have a 40 gal tank thats been up for 6 months or more. I made my skimmer out of pvc. for just the last 2-3 weeks my skimmer doesnt bubble at all. I replaced my limewood air stone from a 2 to a 3 inch, thinking maybe the wood is getting old or clogged. It was working perfect before, all...
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    new purchase question

    Is this Goniopora (Flower Pot Corals) or is it Green Star Polyps??? :notsure: Bought it from a LFS and didnt remeber the name they called it. First picture is when I got it in the tank second is about an hour or so after. Also they closed about an hour after the lights went out is that...
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    my lighting question(s)

    I have a compact fluorescent fixture with one regular bulb and one actinic both 96 watts. So does that mean I have effectivley 192 watts of light? Does the actinic bulb get rated lower cause of the tinting? What can grow well under this lighting? I have them on the plastic risers that lifts...
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    ID Stuff on LR please.

    (Lower circle) dont know what this is it came on the rock with my dying mushrooms. Its white/off white feels like hard skin, runs in a path around the rock. I cut most of it off and it heals quickley. There is nothing that I can tell is inside. (upper circle) this guy has like 3-4 arms that...
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    Mushrooms Dying HELP please!!!

    7 month reef, 40 gal, water parameters spot on. rhodactis mushroom (that I can tell) is dying and/or hurt badly. Bought the shroom from a LFS and there were three, small one wasnt doing so good (droopy). That one dissappeared, others where doing ok (1 month). Then the others started getting...
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