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  1. dpeter51

    Flame Angel in distress

    I'm not sure if my Flame Angel is starving or is sick with something. Nitrates are a little high but not too bad, maybe 40. SG is 1.025. He isn't swimming very fast and doesn't seem as flexible as usual. Also he looks thin especially above and right behind his face. His face looks a little...
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    QT'ing new stock...worried for them

    I'm moving this out of the husbandry forum into this one since maybe there are a greater number of "polyp experts" here. That doesn't sound right. Anyway... Yesterday I bought a yellow clown goby, a fromia star and a sheet of green star polyps and brought them home and put them in my 10 gallon...
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    QT'ing new stock...worried for them

    Sorry to double-post, I decided to move this question to the corals and inverts forum. https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...23#post2676023
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    Rio+ 3100 pump for sale

    I'm selling a Rio+ 3100 pump. It's more flow than I want through my refugium but it is in like-new condition and works perfectly, I only turned it on a few times for 1-2 minutes each time. I will ship it as it was when I bought it, with all the attachments, brackets, suction cups, warranty and...
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    Sumps: spillway instead of bubble trap

    Anybody try using a spillway instead of a bubble trap? I'm using a 20tall for my sump and I had two problems with the bubble trap I built between the refugium area and the return area. 1. Instead of using eggcrate at the top to keep the plants in, I drilled a bunch of holes an inch below the...
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    Worried about noise if I make a sump

    I have been thinking about setting up a sump with a 20 gallon tank since before I set up my DT. I have a few fish now and the tank is doing fine, and I like how it is very quiet. But nitrates are a little high and it would be nice to move the heater and skimmer out of the DT, so I'm still...
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    RO replacement filter question

    I can't find carbon filter replacements that look like what I have. Mine is the white (I have two of these). The black is what I got at HD, the tag on the shelf said "carbon wrapped". Mine are a lot heavier and obviously flow from one end to the other, however I can see that both designs will...
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    New Royal Gramma...is he ok?

    I found this thread that sounds like similar behavior (https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/304808/royal-gramma-wuss), but my circumstances are different and I wanted to see what you think I should do. I bought a fiji devil damsel and a royal gramma Sunday and put them in my new 10-gallon...
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    Any diff between regular and orange spotted lawnmower?

    Anybody know about these orange spotted lawnmower blennies? Are they pretty much the same as a normal LMB but different coloring? Haven't asked my LFS about ordering them...looks like SWF doesn't have them at the moment. Are they difficult to find?
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    50 Gallon Tank Fish Rec's

    Please help me plan what fish I will purchase to populate my aquarium--it's a 50 gallon (36x15x20"). Like most beginners I probably want too much. Definitely want: 1) Ocellaris clown (2 would be nice) 2) Royal Gramma 3) Blue Reef Damsel (2 would be nice) 4) Falco Hawk (or possibly a lawnmower...
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    Oh shoot...does RO remove chlorine?!?

    Man, I may have really goofed. I have an RO unit for drinking water but I don't think it distills it. It has the three vertical cylinders, plus two more sideways on top, and a big tank that I assume is for storage of the RO water until it is used. Briefly, here's my situation: I brought home...
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    WTB AquaC Remora w/ Maxijet

    Willing to pay $75 plus the cheapest shipping you can find for a Remora with the Maxijet pump in good condition.
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    Base rock - where to find it?

    I keep reading about how base rock is a way to save cost when starting up, but I've only found it from one website through google and one seller on ebaay. Do LFSs sometimes sell it or where else might I look? Also, how long before it is well-seeded if it's in a tank with some live rock?
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    Koralia PH - what size?

    I've read a lot of positive stuff about Hydor Koralias and I like the magnet idea, just wondering how big I need to go with a 50 gallon (15x20x36 in). I live in AZ and the tank is acrylic so I'm worried about heat, plus with fish only I'm thinking I can aim a little under 20x/hr turnover...
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    LFS recommends UV sterilizer over skimmer...which is it??

    Hi, I've got an empty 50 gallon acrylic tank that I'm planning to put together as FOWLR. I plan to put in a clown or two, a royal gramma, a pair of blue damsels, a hawkfish, maybe a flame angel, but no tangs. I'd prefer not to go nuts right away and build a sump, but to take it slow and...
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    How to find "sugar" sand

    Hi guys, I'm new to the hobby (at least to saltwater fishkeeping) and I would really like to get substrate for my 50 gallon aquarium that looks like sugar. I was in Pensacola FL recently and was amazed at the sand on the beach there, it literally looked like white sugar both when it was wet and...
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