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  1. kilofey

    has anyone ever seen a tank dedicated to nudibrances?

    I absolutely adore nudibranches. I get lost on pinterest sometimes for like an hour just looking at pix of them. I know some eat corals, so obviously it would have to be Fowler. Also, I know they have different feeding requirements, but surely there's enough different nudis to have quite a few...
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    dosing calcium. never done it, just want to make sure im doing it correctly.

    Currently, my calcium is at 340 ppm. It should be 400-450 right? I bought Kent calcium... they had red sea as well, but the LFS guy reccomended Kent if I've never used calcium products before (they were the same price, so I trusted the advice). Do I just dose the tank and test it the next day...
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    prized coral taking a nose dive or splitting??? i cant tell (pix)

    A few weeks ago, we had a major power outage due to someone hitting a telephone pole. The power was out for about 12 hrs, thankfully its summer, so the temp didn't drop, but there was no light or water flow. All my other corals, sps, lps, and softies have all recovered except my absolute...
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    i want to upgrade to 125gal with sump. should i be worried about putting it on a wood sub floor?

    I'd like to upgrade from 75 gal reef with 30 gal sump, but would a 125gal with 30 gal sump be okay? I have wood sub floors not concrete. I'm not sure if the wall it sits on is a load bearing wall, but it Seels like it would be. Its basically in the center of the house. What's the biggest tank...
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    will my urchin die??? pic and info included

    my urchin got herself stuck halfway out of the water between my egg crate and tank wall. i didnt notice she was there until i went to go rearrange a coral that had fallen. one side of her body looks healthy, tenticles out, moving all over the place. shes also cruising around the cup i put her...
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    foxface dying.... feeding problem?

    My foxface is currently on the brink of death and i really dont know why. He eats fine, gobbles everything up, and my water is good. I feed him formula two pellets, which is what the store had been feeding, so he was used to it. Ive only had him a couple weeks. Could i5 be the food? He seemed...
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    Striped squirrel fish and one spot fox face. Compatible?

    I never see my squirrel fish, so when considering compatibility, i completely forgot about him. Now i have a new foxface, hes been hiding behind the rockwork since hes so new. My striped squirrel fish (named "beer nuts") is chasing him a bit.... are they compatible or is he just upset that...
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    What fish can go with a dottyback and 2 oscallaris clowns

    And a striped squirrel and blue spotted watchman goby and a coral beauty (but they arent the problem). I was thinking a 6 line wrasse? What else is bossy enough to hang with my dottyback and clowns and is reef safe? I have a 75 gallon reef that looks very empty, fish-wise. My dottyback and...
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    with these test results, should i dose at all?......

    My dkh is 9-10 (i dropped 2 drops in at a time, so im not sure if its the 9th or 10th drop that changed the color of the water) My calcium is between 380 and 400. The calcium is the one i question. I know its on the lower end of the safe range, but i dont get the growth i should be getting. My...
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    most low maintenance reef tank EVER! i thought this was super neat, check it out!

    http://www.flickriver.com/groups/hookthereef/pool/interesting/ everything in this reef has been knitted... well crocheted. everything looks exactly like what its supposed to replicate, the lady even made a humuhumu, a nudibranch, various anemones.... .... just check it out... heres a quick shot...
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    do my new corals look like theyre doing okay and id a few sps corals please!!! :)

    ^^^^^^ id this sps please???? its growing well in my tank and everyone that comes over asks for a frag of it and wants to know what it is (this is not a new coral) ^^^^ is this sps frag too please... is it a montipora digita of some sort? sorry for the bad pic, also how does it appear to be...
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    huh oh.... did i just crash my tank? (Temp swing)

    So i went to do a water change, the way i have it set up, i basically dont have to ever touch water except to get the siphon started that is taking the old water out. For the new water, i just drop a pump with a hose attatched and let it fill the tank back up... I didnt realize my heater stopped...
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    Is this normal coral beauty behavior?

    The other day, I did a freshwater dip on my red velvet fairy because every new fish gets a little ich when they go into my dt, but it usually goes away. He didnt take the dip very well, he was rigid and not moving or breathing but he was behind my rock work. I could see him but not get him...
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    New-ish plate coral isnt flattening out

    The person I got the plate from put it in a little tupperware container for transport. It was a teeny bit too small. When I got it home, it had raised up on one side as if you pinched it into a little peak. Ive had it about 3 weeks now and it still hasnt flattened out. it looks healthy in every...
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    What is the name of the classification of fish who swim in open water?

    Fish like cardinals, clowns, and chromis. Ones that tend to bring other hiding fish out in the open. Im looking for the name of the classification so that I can find a list of fish who will help bring others out of hiding.
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    I might have cooked my corals and my carpenters wrasse now has pop eye :(

    The temp outside was about 105 yesterday, I came home and my tank was 85.5!! Either my heater is bad or it was just too hot in my house, or a combination. I bought a new heater today just in case because I had neglected to look at my temp for about a week. My frogspawn didnt look happy and...
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    Small ammount of hair algae and bubble algae, should I just learn to like it?

    I know there is no magical cure, I mean you can keep your tank PRISTENE but even then it might still be there. Is there anything else I can do that wont harm my corals? Like turning off the lights for a certain ammount of time (if so, how long before my corals suffer). If I pull it off will it...
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    Carpenters fairy wrasse: is new life spectrum and mysis an ok diet?

    Just got a carpenters yesterday. I know they like meaty food, but is new life spectrum and mysis okay? I do have a home made food which is pure meat, it has all kinds of shell fish, squid, octopus ect... I usually dont feed it very often because i forgot to add any vitamins or seaweed or...
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    Super glue not working, how do you attatch your chili corals?

    Super glue will only hold my chili in place for a few weeks at most. Is there a better way? Im about ready to sell the thing cause its really annoying.
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    How to make a medicated food with metro-pro (for hexamita)... Doseage & number of treatments pls!

    I bought a sailfin tang a week ago and after close inspection, he appears to be showing the beginning signs of hole in the head. He is still in quarrantine right now, so my other fish are safe. I need to know how to treat him orally using medicated foods, like how much to disolve in how much...
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