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  1. eric

    Dosing Kalkwasser

    kent aqua dose 20.00 works like an i.v. an no metal
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    Survey: Favorite additive for Coraline algea?

    I use coral-vital with kalkwassar and many natureef products. My tanks turning purple dudes.
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    Substitute For Calcium Additives

    Wow I certainly can't dispute this seeing how kalkwasser is also called lime water but the natural acidity of citrus fruit may cause problems. Next time you do a water change save some and add the lime juice and monitor the water conditions. This also might be a good way of batteling unwanted algae.
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    Red slime Algae

    Gentelemen I would be very intrested to know about your calcium levels and how much kalkwassar you are useing. also if you are using any addatives to promote coraline algea. I had a huge problem with red algea slime, discusting it was everywhere rock,substrate,glass powerheads,I mean everywhere...
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    green cocoon

    This is cool, things like this can make you lose sleep and or race home after work just to keep up with the actions. the only thing that would bother me is the unknown a cocoon can have 1 living organisim or thousands and if it is undesireable man what a mess. I do beleve I would quarantine the...
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    temperature problem

    I agree with claton on the 1 degree change but with the heat in your tank you are stressing the corals any way, you have to get the temp. down or risk loseing all your stuff get a long tube and a bucket fill the bucket with water at a temp. 4 deg. lower than your tanks temp. coil as much tubeing...
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    live rock turning white

    coraline algea is a living organisim and needs to have an inviroment in order to survive lighting and minerals are an esential part to its health.There are several products on the market that can help, but it will take a few mounths to get the color back. I personaly use a product called coral...
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    I can't believe no one here knows.....

    the biggest problem with lighting times is that they are generaly made for lamps ie. two prongs while any thing around water really needs to be grounded [the third prong] so you should make sure that your timer is a heavey duty out door type with a ground. for a few $$ more
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    HIGH NITRATES HELP!!

    vacume the U/G real well using either a syphon or a canaster and a diatom filter get everywhere even if you have to move rocks or anything else.
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    Ground Fault Interupters

    Actually under the right conditions 3 volts a/c can break the normal rythem of your hart causeing death.
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    Ground Fault Interupters

    Also if your going to Install a G.F.I. you will have to know the supply [line] side of the circut and the outgoing [load] side, or the side going to the rest of the recepticals on the circut.Remember That green or bare wires are the grounging wires and the whites are the nuetrals and all others...
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    Ground Fault Interupters

    As an electrician I strongly sugest ground fault circut interupters, they have saved many lives. however they can be wired wrong, and I do suggest that you find a quilifed electrician. but knowing that some of you will do this your self you should know that you can purchase models that will...
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    Nuking Aiptasia w/Kalkwasser

    depends on the sive of the anamal.my wife found a web site this morning lots of info. try http:/ hooversaquapuppies.com
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    Nuking Aiptasia w/Kalkwasser

    you have to ask questions to get answers.the best discription is that they are mostly light brown to clear and a flower looking polyp that set on a tube or intestine with long sweeping tentacals. but I recomend looking for pics there are several in the mag. that I mentioned at the start of this...
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    Sally Lightfoot Attacking Snails???

    I use a regular net I put a piece of fresh shrimp in and put it close to the crab I want to catch and then wait. I have caught 3 crabs like this.
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    Nuking Aiptasia w/Kalkwasser

    Aiptasia is a glass Anemone and considered to be a weed by most hobbiests. they sneek in on your live rock or corals. and can spread quickly in your environment. they are hard to kill and carry a powerful sting, Endangering your valuables. The really bad part is that if you try to cut, pull, or...
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    Nuking Aiptasia w/Kalkwasser

    I just read an artical on aiptasia, in april 2000 Freshwater and Marine Aquarium. where the author suggests "Nuking the zoophytes with a consentrated kalkwasser mix" now this seems a little radical to me. But considering the alternatives it might be worth a try, I imagane using a vial with a 1/8...
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    my hammer thanks you

    thanks to halaide even though a large portion of this coral died a small aprox. 1-1/2" section seems to be doing well. I ended up moveing it out of the strong flow inorder to catch a 8 lined wrasse and noticed it protruding from it skellaton and decided to leave it in a low flow area it seems to...
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    Tounge Coral

    water is ok? what is ok? tell us about everthing
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    u/g filters

    Everyone says they suck, ditch them, get rid of it. but no one ever says why? when I started this hobbie or should I say addiction. If I would have had to bye an expenseive wet dry filter, protene skimmer I probably would have never started but I did and with an under gravel and it worked fine...
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