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    Hagen Nitrate Test Kit, Lost instructions

    I have the Hagen master kit and to test your trates you add 5 drops regent 1, 5 regent 2, then shake and then 3 of regent 3. Wait 5 minutes then shake again and check with your colour chart. Hope that helps
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    Electrical Warning can of worms

    The post I put out yesterday was to let all know what I am experiencing,and perhaps get some positive feedback. Well it seems all it has done is open a can of worms and an argument who has the most electrical knowledge,when I opened SWF.com this morning and saw so many replies I thought their...
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    Electrical Warning

    I have seen a post on this BB about this subject before but now I am experiencing it first hand, I wanted to let others know and possibly help them from going through the same grief I am at the moment.Yesterday I did my monthly mantainence routine and everything was fine afterwards,I did notice...
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    Bubble Algae ???????

    Could somebody please give me some info on bubble algae.I thought the small bubbles I had in my tank were from my bakpak return, but have noticed that some of them aren't going away and seem to be sticking to my LR and multiplying fairly quickly. Any info on where,why and how it starts and how...
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    HEEEEELP

    I have a 140lt tank, 2200lph back pack filtration with skimmer, 2 x 802 powerheads, 2 X 30w flouros 12 kg LR,25kg SG,1 green polyp,1 christmas tree, 1 anenome,1 pecula clown,1 fiji damsel( who is out real soon)1 blue damsel,1 talbot damsel. temp26o,SG1.022,PH8.1,ammo0,trite0,trate0,phos0.25,free...
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    Clowns not surviving

    I recently added 2 Perculia clown to my 30gallon tank, 12kg live rock.The tank has been running for 8wks and my water is fine, SG 1.022, PH 8.1,Ammon 0 Trites 0, Trates 0 I even took the data I keep to my LFS to show them before I purchased my new additions, they were happy with what they saw...
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    Stainless or not

    OK,I'm confused,I posted the question, Can I run marine grade stainless(titanium to expensive) in my DIY chiller to help the pull down? I am now getting conflicting answers, some say yes, some say no,can anyone who has maybe used ss before let me know, aren't the pins in all our power heads not...
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    Chiller Description for Jester

    140LT bar/dorm fridge,20lt bucket full of water,20m poly pipe coiled inside,pulled from tank with 2200lph power head and returned to tank.
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    Cycling and Stainless

    I am curently cycling my 30gallon tank with live rock and have a couple of questions. 1. Skimmer on or off? 2. Algae starting to take over,do I leave it or siphon off? thus doing a water change at the same time, or wait until cycle is complete, then do water change and add cleaner crew? Also...
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    Thanks Deuce Biggalow

    Justin, thanks for steering me to the DIY CHILLERS posts,it was a smorgasboard of information and will save me big bucks. I'm a happy man and my livestock will be even happier when their introduced to the tank. Thanks again......Saltwaterfish.com rocks
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    Cooling my tank

    I have a 30gallon tank that is mounted in the wall of my home, the back of the tank is in the garage and the temps in their are getting quite hot.My water temp is now fluctuating between 28-30 degrees c.I have only just started my tank back up after a couple of years away from the marine setup...
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