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  1. naclh2o nut

    Ok I give up, Help with a float valve/switch

    I have a RO/DI filter and a bad memory. This does not make a good combo. I have read about putting a float valve/switch on the filters. I am assuming it goes in front but I can not figure out where to get one. Please post pics and locations that one can buy them. I am allowed back in today...
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    Fire red dead

    I just added a fire red shrimp, 5 year old picked it out. I have no research on this and LFS said it was reef safe. I already have a pep. and cleaner, so why not. well it is on it side today. No movement and it is not a molted shell. The whole shrimp is there. What would/ could cause death...
  3. naclh2o nut

    Dear wife is going to give me nightmares over sand.

    I have a very thin layer of CC. I have seen many tanks with a deep sand bed and I do not like the look of the nasty layer as the tank ages. However DW wants my to add sand to tank. So since I have a 1/4" layer of CC is there a need to remove it? How does anyone keep the sand looking good for...
  4. naclh2o nut

    Pros and Cons of a two tank sum/fuge

    Here is my option, I have a sump with bio balls and a return pump. No room for skimmer and/fuge. I want to add a second tank(20/29) and use it as a fuge. I want to move the return to the new tank, add my skimmer back to the sump. So I would have a drain going to B/b into sump and over to...
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    Wife picked up a Duncan, help with care- was $$$

    Wife bought a 12 head Duncan last night for my B-day. However I haven't read alot on their care. I know it was a nice piece in the LFS and the mother is about 65 heads and the size of a basketball. Im hoping for some tips, placement, flow and feeding? I have 2 x 150 M/H and 128 w of...
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    Do you see pods during the day?

    This morning I took a peek in the tank with a flashlight. I have pods!!! However they hid when I hit them with the light and they are not out during the day. I have seen them in tanks during the day, whats up with this. Does it take a while to see them in the day or what? Still I am...
  7. naclh2o nut

    one dollar food

    Well I did it. I went out and bought 6 uncooked shrimp,1 clove garlic and 1 small head of broccoli. I added some seaweed that I had for feeding and put them in a food processer. I now have enough food to feed my fish for well over a month. And they love it. The clowns and chromis will grab...
  8. naclh2o nut

    Just picked this up Help Identify w/pic

    LFS thought it was a hairy mushroom. Someone brought in L/R and it looked bad. After a couple of days looks great to me. Nice $5 find? I want more I like it, what is it and what would be a good price for it. This one is about 3" across.
  9. naclh2o nut

    What did I do- water was crystal clear now cloudy?

    Tank has been set up 2 months and real good parameters. Last week ph dropped a little. I am guessing because I had glass covers, running lights with no splash guard. So I added three spoons of 8.3 buffer over a 5 day span. Ph is back to normal, lfs tested water and found that ALK was high, did...
  10. naclh2o nut

    Do you have too little or too much flow?

    This flow thing is tough to grasp. I have what I consider good flow, I have to be careful where I place rocks or they will get blown off the ledge. Yet when I read what others have, WOW. Lets hear and see pics of everyones flow rate. Size of tank, number and size of PH, direction of flow and...
  11. naclh2o nut

    going from pcs to m/h how far from water

    My M/H will be here Friday, DW wants to put a shelf over tank to hang lights. So how high should they be mounted first. Then how long and how low should the go? I am guessing I can lower them every week a couple of inches, just not sure of the starting and stopping height. 90 gal bow, 28...
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    I know there is a reason for skimmer to do this but what is it?

    I have a seaclone 150 and it is acting a little odd. It will produce about a 1/4 cup of the blackest gunk at night and nothing during the day? The foam comes up and looks like it is trying to push the cap off after lights out, then sometime around 8 am it just falls back into chamber and there...
  13. naclh2o nut

    Good or Bad

    is this neon yellow/green algea good? Just put coralife PCs on and this is starting to cover the highest rock in tank. Pic is not real good on the color. It is in all parts of the tank, like a neon yellow/green crayon. It is more neon green the farther down it is in the tank.I have never seen...
  14. naclh2o nut

    Help on what is this?

    Really neat looking pink thing. It is very tiny, about the size of a needle eyelet. It is growing today it is about twice that and has looks like 3 or 4 points sticking up. It is very bright pink/red and the points are the size of the end of a large needle. Looks to be hard. It just showed...
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    problem on lights for 90gal bowfront

    I have been looking for some lights for my 90g but so far the metal halides light kits are atleast 12" wide and my tank measures about 11 3/4 along sides before the curve starts. Has anyone overcame this issue? I would like to p/u a 2x250 w/2x130 PC and lunars.
  16. naclh2o nut

    my new 90 gal bow

    Here is my new 90 gal. it is about 8 weeks old. it has almost 200lbs of rock about half was LR. I have started with some small corals that are low light and they are growing faster then I thought. The green mushroom was about the size of a dime 3 weeks ago and now atleast the size of a 50...
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