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  1. dirk_brijs

    need help from someone with paypal

    I need someone to help me get an international order through for me. if someone can help me order something for me I will deposit funds to your paypal account and you could forward it to my international address in Australia. If you think you can help me contact me and I get you all the details...
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    the ultimate sturofoam question for my build.....to styrofoam or not to stryofoam??

    Ok guys some of you who followed my build know then now my new 400+gallon cracked on the bottom https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/389589/the-upgrade-has-started/120#post_3483665 for those who didnt here a little insight Now before I will start the repair or just build an entire new tank I want...
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    Help with final designing stage

    OK guys 9 more days to go before I get back home and will start my large upgrade. Before that I would like to post this thread where I would like you guys to help me out with certain question I have about my final design stage before I actually start my build cause of things I might have...
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    what waterblaster pump to use?

    what waterblaster pump would be the best for the following set up for a double closed loop. Hy5000-7000 or 10000? both loops will run through a 4 way oceans motions wavemaker. some more info the return will be a Barracuda pump the corals in the tank will be mixed but mainly softies. would a...
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    Xenia dissapearing

    I had a large very fast growing very healthy colony of Xenia in my tank All parameters are good ot almost perfect ( maybe only Phosphate a bit high at .10 This morning the wife feeds the tank no problem and a few hours later almost the entire colony has gone??? Just a few strains left and they...
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    what overflow design to use?

    can anyone help me choose an overflow box for my large DT and can you please give me the reason on why to use which one or why not the other option? Option 1 external overflow box coast to coast along the short side of the tank Option 2 2 overflow boxes along the long side of the tank Option 3...
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    Temperature or Filtration??

    Ok here is the issue. Had my chiller broke down on me last night. Now this morning I did get a spare but way too small to chill my entire system. So now I have the choice. 1 Shut down my overflow to my sump/Fuge set up, day and night till new chiller arrives (Hopefully tomorrow??) so the total...
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    coral ID please

    12 34
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    Magnesium - Calcium - Ph - Alkalinity

    Ok this is the situation My system consists of - temporary DT of 151Gl Total water volume - Sump of 187Gl total water volume and about 150Lbs of life rock - Fuge/ Seahorse display of 105Gl which makes the complete system a 443Gl system. I use fresh Ocean water which comes out of the gulf of...
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    CaribSea Phos Buster Pro

    Bought me a bottle of this product and getting ready to use it. The label write to add the solution into a high flow area but does not state into any form of filtration? As I believe it is Lanthanum based(is it?) and read about guys treating their Lanthanum Chloride into a filter sock? would it...
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    can anyone ID this please

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    a day ( or should I say night) at the beach

    Went to the beach tonight as it was low tide to look for snails, Hermits and some crabs to add to my Sump and Fuge set up. Found allot of life there. Saw some nice anemones (which I decided not to touch) caught a little octopus but decided to put it back as I dont think it is something for the...
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    How long without skimmer?

    Both my skimmer pumps are making a terrible noise the last few days. I want to put my skimmer offline for as long as possible and give the pumps a good vinegar bath. I clean my pumps on a 4 month base normally but with just short term vinegar baths which leaves most of the tough coraline and...
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    Caribsea Phos Buster Pro

    anyone in here used the product? Cant seem to find too much info on the product except from sites actually selling it? Any experiences?
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    Phosban

    I had some high readings of Phosphate over time and as I posted in a another thread ( https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/389589/the-upgrade-has-started ) upgraded my entire filtration system with the eye on my final large upgrade to a 500Gl DT. Anyway with the changes I added a small Phosphate...
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    the UPGRADE has started

    OK finaly got things going a little on my as the tittle said 165Gl display I have now to a 1000Gl total system upgrade. The new DT tank would be a 600Gl 118" x 40" x 28" a sump of 187Gl and a 150Gl Refugium will be completing the system. 2 water change tanks will be built as well of 120Gl each...
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    can anyone ID these fish please

    can anyone ID the fish on these clips. Please turn down your sound as I dont have an idea on how to get the sound off and it is horrible.
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    How to remove silicone

    Found an old tank in my storage that I used to use as a Sump/Fuge setup. I thought it would be the perfect size to set up a small Seahorse cubicle to attach to my system I have now. The question now is how to remove the baffles without making too many scratches on the outside glass. Baffles have...
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    concerns about new tank design (need your help)

    Whatsup all, A new tank design I came up with and want to know from all of you what would be the main concerns I will have to be dealing with or elliminate before I start building the design. I know for now no overflows etc installed in the design due to reasons before want to wait all of your...
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    can anyone help me out placing an order?

    can anyone help me out? I am a Belgian national living in Thailand and some websites (like Aquacave) do not allow international credit cards or International Paypall accounts if the Billing address is not the same as the Shipment address. Now I am currently not in Thailand as I work on a cruise...
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