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    should I see life in my live sand?

    I used Natures Ocean Bio-active (in a bag) and seeded it with a couple pounds of sand out of my LFS tank. Then added 25 lbs or so of live rock and I have worms and pods that are visible. Tank has been going for a couple of months. zfd6
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    Killer bristle

    Tonight shortly after lights out I was checking out my tank with a small flashlight and noticed some slime in my tank? I then noticed my green brittle star all wrap up on something. That something apparently was my Talbot's damsel fish! is this common or was I not feeding the star enough? I fed...
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    What are these on my new rock?

    sorry, my circle was to big. see enclosed. it's the two little green mushroom looking things zfd6
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    What are these on my new rock?

    bought some new live rock and these were on it. What are they? There were some bristle worms in the rock too. I read that these will benifit my dsb and they only eat something that is dead or near death is this true? In the past a lfs told me that bristle were bad? Just wondering.......... ZFD6
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    what are these? worms?

    i know it's not that good of a pic but what are these? I have seen a few of these in my dsb. One of the larger ones kinda leaves a trail in the sand (when he gets against the glass). zfd6
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    skimmer experience?

    The sump mode Amiracle I had was on a previous tank. I have a 40 breeder now that's using 2 Pengiun 400s, LR & LS. I want to remove a penguin and add a hot skimmer. anyone else with personal experience with any of the models I mentioned? zfd6
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    skimmer experience?

    In the market for a skimmer. Anyone with AquaC, Cpr, Prism or the cheaper visi-jet skimmer experience? I fugure you get what you pay for. I've had an amiracle sump skimmer before that performed well but have never had a hot model. Any comments on your experience with these models are welcomed...
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    cycle ? worms and stuff?

    I'm right down the road from you, in Winchester. We moved here a couple months ago. What lfs you frequent? The only one I have found thats decent is Best Pets off of Harrodsburg road.
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    Will ordinary aragonite sand turn into LS?

    whitecap4u, i lived in Austin from 92 till last year. Have you been to Partners pet store in Round Rock? They were pretty good to me up there. They have an awsome display tank, it takes up nearly half their store. In Austin there was one at 183 and Duval that was real good, i forgot the name...
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    cycle ? worms and stuff?

    ok it didn't hurt! ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate maybe 10 using fasTesT kit. do you think the bio-sand is keeping the ammonia from spiking? Zfd6
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    cycle ? worms and stuff?

    my tank: 40 breeder 60 lbs of natures ocean bio-active live aragonite 5 lbs of live rock 2 penguin 400s ( will remove one and run skimmer at later date) 2 rio 600s 2 damsels After of about a week and a half my ammonia was at .02 I haven't measured agin and it's been three weeks. the damsels are...
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    seeding sand bed?

    I've put 40lbs of Natures Ocean bio-active live aragonite in my 40 breeder set-up and was wondering , insteaded of seeding with live sand to get the worms and pods etc, is there another way to do this? I thought I've read somewhere there is a fauna package available? is this right or is it...
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    options on seeding sand bed

    I've put 40lbs of Natures Ocean bio-active live aragonite in my 40 breeder set-up and was wondering , insteaded of seeding with live sand to get the worms and pods etc, is there another way to do this? I thought I've read somewhere there is a fauna package available? is this right or is it...
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    live sand/rock ?(new to forum)

    Thanks for the replies, I'm starting to have second thoughts about live sand. The reason being that my 40 breeder is only 16" high. With 6" of substrate I woundn't have much tank left. From the links provided by NM reef it seems 6" should be the minimum. Can you get away with maybe a 4"...
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    live sand/rock ?(new to forum)

    I'm in the process of setting up a 40gl breeder salt water tank. I've had a couple sw tanks before but never used live sand. What would be a good set up for a fish only with live sand and rock. How thick of a substrate do you use? What are the benifits of live sand? Does in break down nitrates...
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