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  1. plaidnstripes

    Soooooo now what?

    Great Idea-I think I am going to get someone to put it together.
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    Soooooo now what?

    oooooooo. Thanks! I will try to figure out how to take out the old freshwater housing. Hmmm. then again. They have plastic components in it. I wonder if the T5 would be too hot for it. Oh. I totally misunderstood what retrofit meant. I thought it meant to style. Silly me. I want to keep my own...
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    Soooooo now what?

    So, I am looking at the pieces for the DIY Retrofit T5 lights. Once built-what houses the lights? are they out in the open? Mount it to a piece of wood? Gut out my current retrofit light set up and insert the new ones?
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    Turtle and Bubbles 75 Gallon Tank

    Post #113- 1st and 5th Post #116-The third picture. Post #118 -Third picture I won't bother you for anymore-I reallllly love your tank. Gorgeous!
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    Turtle and Bubbles 75 Gallon Tank

    Gorgeous! do you have the names to some of those corals? I would love to add some of those to my own tank -C-
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    DIY it or Just Buy it!

    Originally Posted by SCSInet The retro kits you buy are pretty easy to put together. You shouldn't have any trouble. Where you can save more money (but endure more technical complication) is if you actually bought raw components such as bare ballasts, etc. Lighting systems can be very...
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    DIY it or Just Buy it!

    I am going back and forth for several weeks trying to find a set of lights to go with my 55 Gallon rectangular tank. So I was looking for 2 (two) 24 retrofit lights. So I have a couple of questions... 1.) Does it take additional tools outside of the standard kit to put DIY lights together...
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    Looking for a local aquariust club

    Originally Posted by florida joe IMO they’re a many many hobbyists standing on the sidelines looking for a club. Take the bull by the horns and start your own. Start one and they will join I will take the bull by the horns. I am just not a Handy Mandy (should I say Handy Amanda). So I am...
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    New Hobbiest, Compatable Fish? Input please.

    Mandarin Dragonet -GORGEOUS fish but needs alot of copepods to survive. So I would wait a little bit to get the tasty copepods population up and running. I made a mistake once and thought I could get it to have a taste for other things but was not able to do so.
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    Looking for a local aquariust club

    Virginia. South West virginia to be exact. Probably the closet thing near me with any recognition would be Virginia Tech.
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    Looking for a local aquariust club

    I tried google. Did not find anything really local-:) BUT I will ask my LFS and see what they say. Thanks!
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    Rain water

    also bug larvae...creepy bug larvae
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    Looking for a local aquariust club

    I am looking for a local club but not having much luck. Is there a online directory or database I can search for? if not I might have to start my own!
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    First vacation in years

    Much better!
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    First vacation in years

    Originally Posted by nissan577 bro dont think your the only one! i love it there! being 17 it may seem like why dont i go island or universal? hell no!!!!!!!!! MAGIC KINGDOM is the best! Bro?! I am a girrrrrlllll . So I will subsitute bro with 'chick' Oh yes, Thats my first stop! Magic...
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    Chromi sucked into powerhead

    awww. sorry about your chromis. So sad to see these little guys die
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    Chromi sucked into powerhead

    I had this happened to a clown fish. I was cleaning my protein skimmer sponge-My clownfishes bonded with the skimmer sponge. Anyways. I should of turned off the skimmer. well the poor little guy. :( my little baby nemo
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    First vacation in years

    YAY! I am going to disney tomorrow. I haven't had a real vacation in yearssssssss. Oh yes, I am 25 and still excited to see Mickey Mouse Even if it was just a 5 day vacation in a nice hotel would be amazing. Can't wait. Work has been making me tired.
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    lets see all the 11+ inch fishies..

    Originally Posted by eelfan77 here are some pics of my porcupine puffer and my niger trigger. The pufffer is around 8 inches and the trigger is at 8.5-9 inches long. That is a GORGEOUS porcupine puffer. I was unable to get mine to eat. So I gave him back to the store and got something else. I...
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    Name Your Least Favorite Fish

    Originally Posted by thatwireguy Diamond Goby. They are cool looking, but mine took all my small black pebbles ( i have pacific sand ) in the tank and put them in one corner, making a huge pile, then the dummy jumped. Trying to escape the 'prison'? hmmm. like a reverse alcatraz prison?
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