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    Hippo Tang with ick

    I got a order of fish from saltwaterfish.com all of the fish are great but I think my Hippo tang has ich. I'm not sure what to do, it looks like he has a light coat of powdered sugar on him. I don't have a Qtank set up but I do have a seperate 65 gallon tank with a snowflaeke eel in great...
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    i think my Hippo has ich

    I got a order of fish from saltwaterfish.com all of the fish are great but I think my Hippo tang has ich. I'm not sure what to do, it looks like he has a light coat of powdered sugar on him. I don't have a Qtank set up but I do have a seperate 65 gallon tank with a snowflaeke eel in great...
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    Trigger need advise

    i would like to have a Trigger only tank if I have a big enough tank can i put 7-8 in the same tank I am thinking of doind a 300 gallon wall tank and thoughts?
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    splitting tanks 150 and a 65

    This is more of a lighting question than anything else. I have a 72 inch 150 with 3 MH250 running on it I would like to have a 65 with clowns and other community fish including anenomies what lighting is needed for this? Do I have to run MH or can I get away with other lighting. Thanks for...
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    4 month old tank need some help with fish

    I'm new wanted to bounce a few questions off of the knowledge of everyone here. I have a 150 tank with 275-300 lbs of LR and 150 LBS of live sand the tank is up and running well. There are 2 clowns 6 damsels a few brittle starts a 100+ clean up crew and a snowflake eel. The lighting is 3 250...
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    Green Tank

    I have a new tank about 4 weeks old. The water is testing fine and the 2 clowns and 3 damsels are happy but there is a grean alge that is taking over the tank. Is this normal for a new tank. I am running the lights 8-9 hours a day. the blue ones and MH. I added the clean up crew from...
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    Power heads

    I have a 150 gallon month old tank. I have 2 Koralia 3 (850 gps) power heads and think I need more flow I was going to add more 2 Koralia 1 (400 gph) is that to much flow or not enough? and thoughs
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    Mantis Shrimp

    I am starting a new tank and with my live rock came a mantis shrimp. right now he is the only thing alive so he is a friend. once the water clears up and i need to get him out does any one want him. he isn't very big maybe a inch or so but he is all your if your interested.
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    i have a few on my new LR any ideas?

    any thoughts
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    How do i save these Corals

    I have new live rock in my tank and it can with some great growth on it. Is there a way to save any of these guys?
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    Dying Live Rock

    I am starting a new 150 tank and ordered 350 lbs of live rock. There was a ton of growth on the rock when it was delivered. I pulled off the huge stuff but there is a lot of growth that is dying.....to be expected should I remove the excess plantand dying alge growth. the ammonia inthetank is...
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    Proetin skimmer question?

    I have a new 150 tank it is going to be a reef tank with a 50 gallon sump I would like to get everyone .02 on what the best skimmers are for the money i hav alot invested in the tank so far and want to get a better skimmer but not just buy the most expensive one. Any thoughts?
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    1 Week old tank water numbers HELP

    alright I did a water change yesterday and here are the stats of the tank today Alk 2.4-2.8 Ammonia 3.0 Nitrite .2 Nitrate 5 i didnt another 25% water change after these readings. any thought on getting the ammonia at 1.5 or less durring the cycle? I have 350lbs or new live rock in the tank and...
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    Sump tank in the garage

    i have a 150 tank and am running a 55 gallon sump. Its loud if o was to pipe the sump into the garage do I have to worry about the cold in the winter? Or does anyone have a good way to quite the sump? it sounds like a toilet is flushing all day long
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    What is this

    Anyone know what this stuff is?
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    I'm new and have questions

    I got this live rock 6 days ago its been in the tank starting to cycle there is alot of growth on the rock and looks to be more then the rock I see in other tanks. Will the rock eventualy settle with less growth?
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    New live rock

    I just started a 150 reef tank and ordered a shipment of 200 lbs of live rock it doesn't seem to be enough rock, how far up the tank should I go it seems that I need about 300 lbs to get to 2/3 full is that to much?
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    I'm Cycling a 150 Gallon Tank Help I'm new

    I am new to saltwater. I am setting up a 150 gallon tank and have 150 lbs of live sand and 200 lbs of live rock. On the first cycle how often do I have to do water changes and when do I worry the ammonia levels are to high.
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