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  1. steelrain

    wonderful images

    While looking over the NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration) website, I stumbled upon these two gems Coral kingdom Sanctuaries There are many more photo albums here but these were the two fish related ones. ENJOY :joy:
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    aiptasia ?

    aiptasia ?
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    cotton mouth?

    My foxface has what looks like a white growth on its upper lip, it's been there for a day or two. Any ideas on what it is? Sorry this isn't the best image but it may help
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    Classic Cars

    Its that time of year Lets see those classic car pics
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    Mixing gobies

    Could I add a Purple Firefish goby in with my yellow watchman? Or should gobies be kept one per tank? 75 gallon with 30 lbs of live rock. livestock includes: 5 green chromis 2 Ocellaris Clowns 1 yellow watchman goby Besides the firefish I also plan to add a Fridmani Pseudochromis OR a Royal Gramma.
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    finger leather or Colt?

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    Yellow Watchman Goby

    I have a new Yellow watchman goby that doesn't want anything to do with the live rock, He stays against the front glass on the bottom, even at night. I've never seen it on or even near the rocks, although it does swim around often. I was under the impression it would borrow under the rocks or...
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    New critters

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    Sand

    hello, I've read all about DSB being 4-6 inches deep but I don't want the look of 6 inches of sand on the front glass. Will having only 1.5 inches of suger sized or slightly larger sand seeded with the sand activator from IPSF lead to problems? The tank(75 gal) will have a canister filter...
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    Tahitian Moon sand

    anyone have any experiance with the Tahitian Moon sand (Black) from caribsea? I want to but 1 inch as a substrate basically for looks, not for filtration....
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    When did this happen? customsealife

    while doing some research on lighting I stumbled upon this customsealife website: Notice to all Distributors, Vendors and Valued Customers: Effective immediately, CustomSeaLife, Inc. has ceased all business operations. CustomSeaLife, Inc. is no longer manufacturing or selling any products. In...
  12. steelrain

    what order to add?

    After my 75 gal. fish only tank is finished cycling I would eventually like to have the following fish. but in what order should I add them? 1 coral beauty 5 green chromis 1 Fridmani Pseudochromis 1 Foxface Lo 2 Ocellaris Clownfish along with a slew of snails, shrimp and crabs. and maybe a few...
  13. steelrain

    What do you think?

    Stocking list for a 75 Gallon Fish Only tank of course not all added the same time And if this list is recommened, in what order do I stock? 1 coral beauty OR Flame angel 5 green chromis 3 bengai Cardinal 1 Fridmani Pseudochromis 1 Foxface Lo 1 chocolate chip star 10 + turbo snails 10 Cerith...
  14. steelrain

    sump/fuge design

    Alright, here goes. I want to get a standard 180 allglass tank and add a 55 gal tank as the sump and fuge. the 180 will have two pre-drilled holes in the rear corners. I have no freakin idea on wher to start the design planning, I searched for "sump" and "plumbing designs" but i am still...
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    Tetratec filter -- like it or not?

    I have been using a tertatec 300 on my Fish only 55 for over two years with nothing bad to say. I was wondering if anyone uses them on there reef.
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    Nitrate question

    I have a AQUARIUM PHARM test kit, in the instruction manual it states nitrates are measured as nitrate ion or total nitrate while other test kits are measured as nitrate-nitrogen. It also states that other test kits will give a reading 4.4 times less that theres. :confused: My question is what...
  17. steelrain

    snowflake eel help

    I just got home and my snowflkae eel is upside down and blown up like a balloon.... this mornig about 5 hours ago, it was fine now it looks as if its going to explode All the water parameters are within spec except for nitrate which is about 80, A little higher than it normanlly is... other...
  18. steelrain

    sand in a aggersive tank

    Would it be worth my while to change my substrate from CC to a DSB in an aggersive tank The tank has a clown trigger a huma trigger a puffer and a snowflake eel. All are pretty messy eaters. And if I did change could i vacuam the little bits and pieces of food off the sand since no cleanup crew...
  19. steelrain

    ICH question

    I resently added copper sulfate to my 55 Gal tank to treat ich. The tank holds a puffer a trigger and a damsel. I slowly (over about 4 hours) increased the copper to about 2.5PPM, I also removed the carbon form the filters(at the LFS's recomendation).My question is how long until the fish should...
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    Porc puffer

    Do porc puffers inflate themselves every once in a while to just "stretch"? Mine inflated today and he is the only fish in the tank I was the only person in the room and I was sitting on the other side of the room. Any Ideas????
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