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    fuge infested with black cyanobacteria!

    About 2 weeks now, my refugium got the black cyanobacteria all over and it smells! I added a Koralia 3 powerhead to increase the flow in the fuge but that doesn't help either. My grape caulerpa starts to die off and got covered with this black cyano. Is there a way I can fix this problem...
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    Heteractis Magnifica nirvana

    I don't know if anyone follow the recent hurricanes in the Gulf but it basically left us with no power for almost a week. I tried my best to sustain everyone with a bubblizer from our fishing trips. First fatality happens this morning I found a saler who wants to charge me $1700 for a 3000...
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    is soft coral and anemone good idea?

    I'm thinking about getting 1 Colt soft coral and 1 Nephthea Coral to be place in the same tank as my Ritteri anemone. Is this a good idea? The Ritteri anemone is on an isolated rock so I don't think physical touching between the anemone and corals is the problem. But I am concerning about the...
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    Is there a way to stop flame angel from eating zoanthids?

    I have a flame angel and he is taking a good snack from my zoanthids. Is there a way to stop him?
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    Does flame angel eats aiptasia?

    I have a few aiptasia growing on the side of my clams' shells. Then I put in a flame angel and one week later I don't see anymore aiptasia. Is he the one responsible? My xenia colony is also decimated and now some of my Zoanthid polyps are closed, some seems to have their heads chopped off.
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    Flame angel for sale in Houston, TX

    I have to give him away because he is picking on my zoanthids.He is very healthy, eat frozen foods, pellets, morsels and nipping on rocks (and my zoanthids) all day. Bought from *********** Diver's Den. Local pickup only because I have no mean to ship the fish.
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    clowns acting weird

    today my clowns start to hang around the wall of one of the overflow box alot. They periodically come to this place (see picture below), shake/vibrate their belly against the wall. First I notice the female do it, then the male follows, and do it more often then the female. They had a...
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    My clowns survive brooklynella/velvet without treatment!

    well, some of them.. I start with these: 1 ORA ocellaris pair purchased from SWF 2 wild caught ocellaris purchased from SWF 7 chromis 4 gobies It all starts 2 weeks ago when I introduce 2 wild caught juvenile ocellaris into main display tank without QT (hoping they will hook up with my anemone)...
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    UV sterilizer and chiller

    return pump-> UV sterilizer -> chiller -> main tank is this a good setup or is it just gonna make the chiller run non-stop?
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    How strong is my lighting ?

    My lighting is 8x39w(4x420nm 4x460nm) T5 mixed with 3x 150w MH 10k (Current USA 72 inch Outer Orbit 3x150w 10K HQI-MH w/ 8x39W T5 HO & 24 Lunar Lights) I am planning to put two 3.5'' maxima clams in the sandbed. The tank is 29'' tall, with glass cover will this be enough lighting for them?
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    coral (or pest) ID help

    I got this piece of live rock for more than a month and today I notice these things growing on it. The LR is directly under a MH lamp. should I go ahead and remove them? they don't look that good.
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    My experiment with Heteractis Magnifica start today!!

    Okay, so I am fed up with all the scares on almost every sites I visit saying oh..this species is for expert only.. "new tank need not apply", says wetwebmedia..blah blah blah. Just for this, I bought a large Heteractis Magnifica for my clowns on 06/10/2008. Let see how long I can keep this...
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    my clown has white patch on her lower lip

    This is the best shot I can get..if you look carefully at her lower lip you'll see. I just noticed it today and it seems she may have a laceration(not sure) there before the white patch develops Can that be the reason she refuses to eat...
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    Ocellaris won't eat..please help!

    I got a mated pair of ocellaris on Thursday and the female has not eaten any. I've tried flakes, pellet, frozen package. Today I've added 10 drops of Kent Extreme Garlic to the 210g tank they're in but she still hasn't response (the male eats some). She seems irritated too, swimming from one end...
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    Ocellaris won't eat!

    I got a mated pair of ocellaris on Thursday and the female has not eaten any. I've tried flakes, pellet, frozen package. Today I've added 10 drops of Kent Extreme Garlic to the 210g tank they're in but she still hasn't response (the male eats some). She seems irritated too, swimming from one end...
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    What should I stock next?

    exactly 1 month ago I setup my 210g reef-to-be tank. The tank is cycled with ~200lbs of LR (of which ~50lb was polluting LR, rest are cured) and 8 green chromis. After getting bored watching the chromis for 3 straight weeks I decided to get 4 firefish goby just yesterday. Here's my water...
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    a quiet chiller for 210g reef tank?

    I just got an Oceanic 1/2hp chiller installed today for my 210g will be reef tank. Everything seems ok except for the noise! (it sits in the living room) what's a good, super quiet chiller for this tank size?
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