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    Purple Tang with Ick?

    My Purple tank has developed white/gray blotchs on his body and around his eyes. Is his ick? If so, any suggestions on how to treat it?
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    Purple Tang

    My purple tanghas developed white/gray blotches on his body and around his eyes. Any suggestions on how I treat this? Thanks in advance
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    Replacing Substrate

    TO be honest, I have let my tank go, well you know bad animal husbandry. Anyway, I now have that urge to get it going again and I want to replace the substrate. I have crushed coral, which is about 5 years old and very dirty looking. I was thinking of replacing it with the white sand I see...
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    DoubleHelix UV

    Does anyone have any experience with the Double Helix UV? I am thinking of replacing my older Emperor Aquatics primarily for the bulb cost .
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    A School of Yellow Tangs

    Jawfish: Thanks for the input, that's why I asked the question, before I go do something dumb.
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    A School of Yellow Tangs

    ALthough I have and support the fact of 1 type of the same fish per tank, I have also heard Yellow Tangs can school. I was thinking of getting 4, all at the same time. Current fish, Large Maroon clown, small Picaso trigger, small Blue head Wrase. Tank: 90, FO. Thoughts?
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    Grounding Probe

    Inside of a GFI is a sensor that detects changes in current to the appliance by comparing the current flowing to the appliance and the current flowing from the appliance. A drop off in the current equivalent to about 5 milliamperes turns off all power by tripping a relay within the GFI within a...
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    Grounding Probe

    I use a grounding probe and am also an EE (electrical engineer). The ground probe will ensure any stray voltage emited by heaters, pumps, etc is returned to ground, the main purpose for the ground probe. It has nothing to do with protecting anyone from shock. To protect yourself from electric...
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    crushed coral vs sand

    I have had my tank 4 years now. Its FO, 90 gallon,with crushed coral. A local aquarium staf suggested I replace the crushed coral with sand. Also, another staffer said the crushed coral loses its buffering power. The tank was just moved and all the crushed coral rinsed thoroughly with hot...
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