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  1. gritchie2

    Refugium pods bugs

    HI and thanks for any advice you have. I have a 125 reef tank set up that has been set up for about five years, I started a refugium in the sump about two years ago. After I set up the refugium I added a few different types of bottled PODS or as we like to call them BUGS, the pod population...
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    refugium-sump

    Refugium-sump OK I will ask your expert and novice openions on two things related to my tank. I have a 125g reef tank with a sump of about 40 gallons. In the sump a have my skimmer ev-180, a section of DSB a section with live rock and some plants then the section that has the return pump. The...
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    Blue jaw triger

    just picked up a cool blue jaw triger for my 125 reef, after aclaimating him yesterday everything seemed cool, this morning with lights out he was just kinda laying in one spot i put some food in same thing. after lights on same thing. just sitting in same spot. water is good, all others in the...
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    Reef to FOWLR fish only have you done that??

    Hi there, any of you been there done that?? I have a 125 reef tank been set about 5 years, have had success and failures over the years, this time failure is tank taken over with Aiptasia!! Over the years my care for the tank has not been enough for months at a time I have done the peppermint...
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    nitrAte off the chart.

    i have a 125 reef set up with about 40 gallon sump, it has been set up for about 4 years. haven't tested for any thing other than salinity and kh for several months, possibly six or so months. alge seemed to be growing faster than normal so i did a full test, found nitrates off the chart over...
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    copapods and amphipods

    I can't seem to get my pod population up there, my tank has been set up about 3 1/2 years now things going great, i added a light , rocks and starter bottle of pods to the sump, refuge about 6 or 8 months ago, it is growing lots of cool alge and kelp looking plants. when i first turn on the...
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    refuge growing bugs????

    Hi there, I have a 125 reef tank, it has been set up about 3 and 1/2 years. about six months ago a changed the sump around with a refuge set up about 40 gallons. there are tons of aiptasia growing in the refuge, my question is will they eat the bugs i am trying to grow???? I was thinking about...
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    red algae

    The phosphates in my tank got kind of out of control; I added a Phos Ban reactor three days ago. I know it will fix the green hair algae will if rid my tank of this red algae as well.
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    red alage

    The phosphates in my tank got kind of out of control; I added a Phos Ban reactor three days ago. I know it will fix the green hair algae will if rid my tank of this red algae as well.
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    ro waste water

    I am going to set up a ro system in my garage for making water for my tank, I was thinking about running the waste water into my garden, where I grow vegetables. Please give me your opinions on this, I could also run it to my grass. It would be tough to run it to a sewer drain.
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