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  1. bswe22

    DIY Refugium

    Is there a certain kind of plastic you need to use for a refugium? Will the stuff they sell at Home Depot work? Thanks
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    Lighting Schedule

    I just got my new light. It is a 4 bulb 24 inch T5HO. It also has a timer on it so I can set the blue light to come on before the white light. What kind of schedule should I run? What are some of you pros doing? The light fixture also has two 1 watt LED lights. Do I leave them on all night long...
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    First 10 Gallon Saltwater Reef Tank

    I have started a 10 gallon reef tank a couple monthe ago. I wish I would of been smart enough to psot pictures of the progress I have made. Well I am going to start now. What I have is a 10 gallon tank with about 12 pounds of live rock. I did not want to start with too much because I knew I...
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    Water Change and Acclimateing

    I am going to be adding a couple things to my tank today and wanted some opinions weather I should do my water change before or after I acclimate the new tank inhabitants.
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    Protein Skimmer

    I am using a Penguin 170 Bio Wheel HOB filter on my 10 gallon reef tank right now. I was going to get a protein skimmer for my tank and wanted to know if I should run both filters and just the protein skimmer. I have about 15 lbs of live rock in the tank for the biological filtration. I also...
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    Shipping Livestock

    I have never ordered livestock online before. My question is how long can livestock be in the shipping container? If I have everything shipped to my place of work, will everything be OK in the bags and cooler until the end of the day when I get home? I would receive everything by 10:30am and not...
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    Bristle Worms

    How many bristleworms are too many? I have seen 15 or more in the day. This is in a 10 gallon tank with 15 lbs of live rock. I have only seen them within the rock. If this is to many, how do I catch them?
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    Water Testing

    I have started a 10 gallon tank that I am going to turn into a reef tank. I test the water for the four basics and all is good. When do I start testing for Alkalinity, Calcium and anything else I should test for? My LFS says I don't need to worry about it right now.
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    Too Much Light???????

    Is there such a thing as too much light. I am looking to get a new light for a new 10 gallon reef tank. I was looking at a 24" 4 tube T5HO light fixture that has a total of 96 watts. Is this too much light for a 10 gallon tank? Here is a link to the light fixture I was looking at...
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    Where's my new Fish?

    My tank just went through the cycling period and I went to the LFS for my first fish. I put him in there and he went under some rocks and I have not seen him. Is this normal for fish to hide for a couple days? My African's have never done anything like this.
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