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  1. john & sherri

    how many table shrimp does it take to cycle a brand new 220 gal. tank

    My Daughter & Son-in-Law are starting their first saltwater tank, Is their a calculation to determine how many shrimp that it would take to cycle out their 220 gal. tank, On our first tank we didn't know any better & we used Damsels per LFS instructions, BUT since then we used a couple of table...
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    New Lionfish won't eat

    Our new Lionfish won't eat, Is their anywhere that Live Silversides can be purchased, Any suggestions ????????????? John & Sherri
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    Live Silversides

    Can Live Silversides be purchased, If so where ?
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    Hatching Brine Shrimp

    We purchased a Brine Hatchery kit so we can feed them to our fish, 1st question is once they are placed into our tanks per instuctions, Whats to keep them from being immediatly pulled into the filter system thus ending the feeding before it begins & should we leave them in the container to grow...
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    Freshwater Spotted Puffer

    Can anyone inform us on aclimating a freshwater spotted puffer to survive in saltwater tank, we were told you could since they require low levels of salt anyway? Thanks John & Sherri
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    R O Systems

    K, Guys, We have heard alot of talk about R O Systems, The lfs has water that can be purchased, But we go through alot since we now have 5 tanks, Any idea's on an inexpensive system for the house that may produce just a few gallons per day, We have ZERO knowledge on this subject, Any feedback...
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    Lionfish act'n weird

    We got up & We got up & turned on the lights & noticed that our Lion (which we've had for about 8 month's) Was doing vertical circles & sometimes either running head 1st into a rock or the glass, We immediatly ck the water perimiters in which the Amonia was only up 1 level BUT did a water change...
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    puffer's eye's look different

    We have had our Porc Puf for about 5 month's now, & he's been in our 47 gal tank from the get-go, We just got home & was ck'n out all our fish & we noticed that his eyes looked like they have a clear film over them ( as if he were blind ? ), We checked the water levels, They were just a little...
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    Lion Fish acting weird

    Hey Guys & Gals, We've had our Volitan Lionfish for about four month's now, He was very little ( 1 1/2" long ) when we got him, He started out in a 30 gal. octagon tank till we got our 75 gal. cycled out & he's been in there for about month & he has just recently started hanging out at the top...
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    our clown looks funny

    We have had several Clown fish, But our newest Clown appears to be shedding ???????, Do Clown fish shed their outter layer or is something wrong ???????? Please comment on this, Thanks
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    What is our Huma Huma doing ???

    We just got our small ( 1 3/4" ) Huma Huma & about 2 days ago we noticed that he will get next to a rock or shell & he appears to be trying to scrub something off of himself, Does anyone know what he's doing, could he have parasites on him, We got him through the mail along with a dog faced...
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    filling a saltwater tank

    We are about to start up a new tank at the studio, & there is no sink close by, except there is a water spiggot just outside the front of the studio and when I told the people at the LFS that I was gonna use it with a water hose they suggested that i buy a clear hose to use instead, So can...
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    ? Tank Size ?

    My friend just called me & said he found me a large tank, BUT he doesn't know how many gallons it is, He said it is 4 ft. long X 20" wide X 18" deep, does anyone know what the formula is to convert these dimensions to gal. He thinks it is 100 gal. I haven't seen it yet but I'm gonna check it...
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    Crazy Puffer

    K, We now have a new problem, Our other puffer (white spotted toby) was moved from our 47 gal. tank cause he was nipping the fins of our maroon clown & rabbit fish, now while in the 20 gal. where he has been for about a week, He just started nipping little bites out of our bulb anemone while...
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    ? sick puffer ?

    We have 3 tanks (3 month old 47 gal.)(1 month old 20 gal.) & (2 week old 29 gal.) We were just sitting here watching our fish when we noticed that our saddled puffer that we have had for about 1 month was sitting on the bottom on his side, he never was too active but this is very different, we...
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    Cleaner Crew

    We recently purchased a cleaner crew for our tank & we have atleast (14 crabs & 8 snails) that have died, should we remove them from the tank to avoid contamination, any advise would be greatly appreciated.
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    New Predator Tank

    We are presently cycling our new predator tank which is only 1 week old now with damsels, once the tank has matured & we remove the damsels we plan to have 1 green wolf eel, 1 niger trigger, 1 huma trigger, & 1 puffer (porcipine or dog face) haven't decided yet, Now we are also thinking about...
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    New Predator Tank

    We are presently cycling our new predator tank which is ( 1 week old ) with damsels once the tank is ready & we remove the damsels we plan to have 1 green wolf eel, 1 niger trigger, 1 huma trigger, & 1 puffer ( either a porcipine or a dog face ) haven't quite decided on that yet, now we want to...
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