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  1. thang45

    Identify this snail please.

    Is this Nassarius Snails? I have so many of them in my tank.
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    Leather coral, dying or forming a new coral?

    Can some please tell me if this coral is dying or forming a new coral? thanks
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    MSX200 skimmer making a lot of noise, why?

    I have a problem with the MSX200 skimmer making a lot of noise which I could not figure it out. This unit came with the Sicce PSK-2500 pump, when using it with mesh wheel the noise level is acceptable, but as soon as I change it with the needle wheel the whole unit rattle and vibrate the house...
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    Modify HQI fixture help

    Can anyone please tell me how to modify my coralife HQI fixture to accept IceCap 250W ballast? Someone told me to remove something from the fixture but I don’t what it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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    Red Sea Salt use for reef

    I have 3 boxes of the Red Sea Salt 200gal. Can I use it for my reef tank? I'm planning to mix it and then add calcium, Alkalinity, and Magnesium before doing Water change. Is this a good idea or should I buy IO salt? Any help are greatly appreciated.
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    crab to avoid

    Hello everyone, I purchased a hard coral yesterday and the lfs owner found a crab in the acro. He told me that this is a bad crab and I should kill it or else it would eat the coral. What kind of crab is he talking about? FYI, I have another crab stuck inside of my other acro that I have...
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    Mixing leather with acro

    I was told that mixing leather and acro not a good idea, because leather will release "something" that might kill the acro. Is this true? should I remove all leather corals? They told me adding carbon will help.
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    Recommend calcium reactor

    I have done a lot of research on this forum about calcium reactor and found that most people prefer the Korallin Calcium Reactor 1502. Here are my questions about this unit. 1. Is this unit still the best to buy with its current price tag? 2. Do I still need to add alkalinity part separately? 3...
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    Acro bleaching

    My acro is bleaching. I think this is because of the brass valve I installed couple of weeks ago. Should I cut it off the bottom where the bleaching starts? My other corals I think are recovering ok.
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    Help corals are dying.

    Hello everyone, I'm not suppose to use brass valve? I think my coral are dying because of it. Please advise.
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    Is Nitrate bad for corals?

    I've added 6 small fishes since 2 weeks ago, and now I have noticed that the corals are not open up like the use to. Is this because of high Nitrate? Usually my Nitrate is 0, but the last 3 times that I check it is 25mg/L. Is this the problem? How can I lower the Nitrate quickly?
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    baking soda, to bake or not to bake?

    I have done a lot of reading on this forum and I still don't understand the baking soda part. I'm hoping someone can clarify this for me. I have been using 2 part from Randy for about 3 months. The first batch I baked the baking soda for 1 hour, and use it for 2 months and my pH is always at...
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    Any recommend for frozen food?

    I need to buy some frozen food for fish and coral, can someone please recommend. I have been feeding them a lot of pellet food.
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    I need to replace my RO unit, I'm thinking RO/DI

    Can someone please help me. I have a Pinnacle Series 35 gal RO Units. For the first time last month I replaced the carbon and sediment cartridge because the water output was low. But after a few weeks running with the new carbon and sediment cartridge, the water output is low again. I think...
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    Reef safe fishes to add

    I have 9 fishes total in my 90g tank. Can someone please recommend new fishes for my 90Gal tank? Hopefully it would be compatible with my current stock. I wanted add 2 more orange clownfish, but I read on this forum it is a BIG No No to mix with different clown in the same tank. Current stock...
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    adding additives schedule

    Hello, I saw BigAls feeding schedule and took a picture. I would like to create a similar table for my reef tank. Can anyone help me modify this for my 90GAL tank? Do I need all the additives on the list? what do you guys use to does your tank daily, weekly? My currently schedule. - Add 60mL of...
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    Is 75-76F too low for reef?

    Should I increase it?
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    Coral ID please.

    Can anyone please tell me the name of the following corals. Thanks.
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    How do you guys remove this algae?

    How do you guys remove this algae?
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    Is this bad Algae?

    Should I leave it or remove it?
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