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    Getting out of the hobby! Anyone in the Toronto, Canada area send me a PM!

    I'm breaking down my tank! Lost interest in the maintenece of saltwater tanks, I think for now with school and all I'm just going to sell everything and have a 30g freshwater community tank. If anyone is in the Toronto area send me a PM might be able to sell you some stuff. got about half a...
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    ID no photo, black clawed crab spotted.

    I found a black clawed, red eye small marbled (black and white) crab in my rock... I know there is a larger one because I found a bigger claw (molt) in the sand.
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    Light schedual

    I was wondering what was the bare minimum time the light has to be on each day? I have a 10g with 150watt MH (3 sps corals, zoas, shrooms, xenia, favia, kenya, blastos) I'm getting killed on evapouration, I loose about 5gallons per week, and no I do not want to put a cover on the tank. Just need...
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    ROCK NEM. OR ZOA?

    What are these? They appeared to pop out when I got my metal halide lights. they arent attached with a mat like zoas are, and the tubes seem to be comming out from the rock. I'm leaning more towards some pest nem then zoas. What do you think?
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    MY FIRST SPS! 10G 150WATT MH

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    Need some quick advice on a metal halide fixture.

    Can someone give me the advantages/ dissadvantages of the Aquatic life swing arm fixture 150W. It will be housed on a 10g tank at the moment but then I will be converting a 20g TALL to saltwater and putting the light on that. I hope to have an anenome and SPS corals. I think it would create a...
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    Shroom eating nudi?????

    Before I went to bed lastnight I saw a yellow sea cucumber looking creater near my shrooms but then it dissapeard. When I got home today from work I noticed the same little creature and that all my hairy mushrooms are laying in the sand with the mouths ripped out. I got the creature out, and I...
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    Question regarding open brain coral

    Hey, I wanted to get an open brain coral which my LFS was selling. I currently have 2x40watt pc lighting on a 10g tank. I was wondering if this would be enough light for me to have one. The coral will be on my sand bed in the middle of the tank. They have multi coloured ones and then the...
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    Consumer Alert API SAFE&EASY SPRAY

    I purchased this to see if it can get rid of the salt that always leaves streaks on my glass and equipement (outside of tank), and its complete crap! I dont reccomend buying it. It makes the glass look like you washed it with mud when it dries. That is all lol.
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    Anyone use reef roids?

    I'm currently putting together a shopping list online for supplies and I was wondering if anyone has used reef roids and if they are a waste of money. Heres my list (Yes I know no links, but I live in Canada and you guys cant get this stuff anyways)...
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    Help!! Somethings Wrong With My Filter!

    I have the filstar XP1 cannister filter, and I'm in the middle of a water change. I changed the filtr media, and now every time I hook up the hoses to the filter box, water pours out from the sides, and doesnt stop. What could be wrong?!?!
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    Food question? Marinesnow, zooplex, phyto, reef roids

    I have just recently ran out of marinesnow and phytoplankton, so I was about to place an order when I saw zooplex and reef roids. Has anyone used these particular products? Are they wroth buying them? Should I buy one over the other? Ect. I also heard marine snow is pointless to a closed system...
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    Id On Eggs

    Found some eggs stuck on the glass. They appear to be clear bloobs. with soem sort of thin strings floating i nthe water colum (not long). They also have white specs inside the clear bloobs. It almost looks like a nucleous (clear bloob) with DNA(white specs) inside it. (I know that isnt what it...
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    Worm ID plz?

    Hey guys, I'll start this off by explaining that I dont have a proper camera to take a picture. I use my g.f's camera when she come sover but other then that I just have a cellphone cam. Therefore I cant get a clear enough/ worth while picture to post. The worm extends from what looks to be a...
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    HELP, with Red Gorgonian

    Like the titles say, I need some help with my red gorg. For the last 3 or 4 days its polops havent been extending. Before that It was doing great, 90% of the time they were out. Now only one or two will pop out. I cant see any visible algae on it, and I also have a powerhead pointed directly on...
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    What can you tell me about sun corals?

    I just got a 40+ head of suncoral. Right now I have it positioned in the shaded area of my tank next to my coco worm. I dont think stinging will be a probelm, since the coco isnt coral, right? How often should I fed it? What do you usually feed it? Do I have to feed it at night when its open...
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    New tank. Need help.

    I was thinking of setting up an old 3g (Not sure if thats its acctual size) tank. I was going to fill it with LR and use LS and water from my already established tank. I was thinking of stocking it with a shrimp, Preferably a Randalls pistol shrimp since the max size they get is .5 inch. Would...
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    Help on buying light bulbs.

    I need new lights for my current 2x40watt pc lighting. The bulbs are 40watt double bulbs. The stock bulbs are these: http://www.bigalsonline.ca/edealinv/...950&scId=17950 http://www.bigalsonline.ca/edealinv/...950&scId=17950 I want the light to have buler colour(I believe it has soemthing to...
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    Questions about serpant star eating habbits.

    I just bought a serpant starfish, and I've been feeding it chunks of king grab. Today when I fed my tank, the starfish got ahold of a chunk of my home made food. It spat out the crab meat (which was still whole) and put the new food into its mouth. How do starfish eat? Do they put the food into...
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