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  1. davidkonicek

    Best Filter for a 55 Gallon

    I've heard 100 opinions as to what filter I should get for my 55 gallon fish-only tank. What do you guys think is the best for a low price? Anything between $50-150. Something with a canister?
  2. davidkonicek

    Cool 30G Reef

    Been set up for about 7 months - i'm tryin to figure out what fish to get. I'm having a sand algae problem right now cause it's depth is between 2-4 inches. The green brain's so bright/glowy that it turned out white in the pic Currently have - 2 green mandarin dragonets - takin em back cause...
  3. davidkonicek

    Anemone-Only Tank?

    So my roommate's got an 8 gallon biocube that's been set up for about 4 months. He doesn't know anything about saltwater stuff, but his dream is to have just a big anemone in there with a couple clowns. If there were just a couple rocks how big of an anemone could you fit in an 8 gallon? Like a...
  4. davidkonicek

    This Clown's Not Making Me Laugh

    I got a Percula Clownfish on May 24. I noticed these things yesterday - 5 Tiny white spots (bubbles or ich?) Swimming in place, hovering right over the sand. Breathing quite heavily for 2 or 3 days. Eyes are not black around the edges. Colors aren't as vibrant as they could be. He was pretty...
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    Clownfish Died and I Don't See Why

    I got a clownfish a month ago. Over the past day or two he has started to look faded. He has less color, but there are no spots. He is breathing heavily. He keeps swimming/floating upside-down and sideways around the tank. I think he may have just died as I was writing this. I did a 6 gallon...
  6. davidkonicek

    Mandarin Dragonet - Spotted

    can i put a Mandarin Dragonet - Spotted in my 14 gallon reef tank??? i heard that they're very hard to keep alive in small tanks...any opinions?? thx a lot
  7. davidkonicek

    can i put a powerhead in a 14 gallon biocube?

    i recently got my 14 gallon biocube lots of live rock percula clownfish (nemo) 10 hermit crabs 1 emerald crab green button polyps i wanted to get more of a flow so everything would be circulated more, does anyone know of a powerhead i could put in my 14 gallon to make the reef healthier? also...
  8. davidkonicek

    new to reef aquarium....MANY ?'S!

    hey thx for looking at this thread...i just got a 14g biocube and im starting to establish a reef aquarium, i have a percula clownfish, emerald crab, and about 10 hermit crabs. and a piece of green polyps hanging around. along with a lot of LR. the problems that i've been running into is the...
  9. davidkonicek

    Protein Skimmer?

    hey i was just wondering about protein skimmers for 14 gallon biocubes? my tank has a lot of brown and green algae but not the cool purple or red stuff....also, what exactly does a protein skimmer do? do i need one? if i added another pump would it solve the algae problem?...thx alot :)
  10. davidkonicek

    Heniochus Butterfly Growing or Sick?

    Well, could be nothing, but i'd just like to make sure. I got my heniochus about 2 weeks ago. Now his elongated fin is getting longer and it's real skinny at the end. It just happened over the last 5 days. Check out the pics, it's hard to explain. The first pic was taken May 8, the 2nd and 3rd...
  11. davidkonicek

    Aqua Scaping

    So, my tank has been set up for a couple months, but I'm not extremely happy with how it looks - just as far as the rock set up. It's a 29 Gallon Biocube. There's about 40 lbs of live rock, but they're all different colors. I look at other tanks and they have these huge single rocks that mesh so...
  12. davidkonicek

    Dying Long Tentacle Anemone?

    I'm not sure if my Long Tentacle Anemone is dying or not. 3 Days ago he was happy like the first picture - then a day later he looked like the second pic. There are two other happy anemones in the tank - yes, i know that's a lot, but they have stayed away from each other. After the first pic, he...
  13. davidkonicek

    Nano ? On Blue Tang

    can a 14 gallon biocube house a 1/2 blue tang for a period of time before he grows out of the tank? if so how long? how big can he get before i take him out? also, will he only grow to the tank size if you buy him as a juvi???
  14. davidkonicek

    Is my Orange Linckia Starfish Dying?

    So, I set my tank up 2 months ago with cured rock, and water from the fish store. A month and a half ago I put in two fish, then some invert's. A week ago I added the Starfish. All the other fish/inverts/coral/anemones are fine. I feed them frozen brine shrimp and sometimes flakes. Ammonia = 0...
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