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    Filefish and butterfly not eating aiptasia

    I have had both fish for about two weeks .They both eat frozen food and pick at the rocks but they are not touching the aiptasia. Its an aiptasia eating filefish. Thought that was a sure thing. Anybody have or had this issue ?
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    LED for 5.5 gallon help please

    I have a tank 16" long 10" high 8" wide. I would like to start a reef. No sps but mushrooms, lps, zoas. Would a 12" 50/50 stunner strip work or Trulumen ? Any suggestions ? thanks
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    help with tiny ricordea

    I do not know anything about ricordeas other than they are supposed to be easy to keep.I bought an orange ricordea that is attached to a ceramic disc a few weeks ago.It looked bigger on the website. It is tiny and started to get bigger.It is back to being tiny, a little bigger than a pinhead...
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    compatible fish with clam

    I have a copper banded butterfly, flame angel and a coral beauty angel in a 125 gallon. Would any of these fish bother clams ? thanks
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    help with coral, being eaten or too much light ?

    I just got this , I think it's a finger leather. It looked good last night, polyps were out. Today there are 2 fingers ( on the right ) that are white now. Is it from too much light ? I have 3 rows of reebrite xho led's. I have a flame angel and copper band butterfly, I havent seen them picking...
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    Trulumes Pro Strip...Opinions please

    I need opinion please. I want to get rid of my MH lights and CF fixture and replace with LED. I cannot get canopy led because my wife doesn't like the look. The trulumens look sleeker. I ordered one 4' 12K led strip to try. I turned off 2 150w MH to compare. As you can see the MH on the left is...
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    How long can I leave Derasa clam in bag ?

    How long can a Derasa clam be kept in a shipping bag from SWF.com ? thanks
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    SWF order delayed due to Fedex

    I ordered from SWF yesterday and order is stuck in Memphis and won't be to Connectcit till tomorrow. To make matters worse I won't be able to put stuff in tank till late afternoon. I ordered a watchman goby, clean up crews, royal gramma, deresa clam, orange sponge. I spoke with SWF and they will...
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    Fish stuck in power head

    I just purchased a hippo tang because the one I have had for many years died. The new hippo is or was about an inch. I came home yesterday and it was stuck against a power head. I have 4 hydor koralia power heads. I shut off the two power heads where the hippo hangs out. It survived and was...
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    Hippo tang hiding

    I have had a blue hippo for many years now. It is about 6" inches. It would always be out swimming and was a very good eater. Last week we had a few power blinks and lights, equipment had been suddenly going off and on. Hippo seemed to be freaked out and since has not come out of rocks when...
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    Hippo Tang question

    I have a hippo about 6 inches and have for about 5 years. SWF has a special on hippos. Can I add another to my 125 gal tank ? thanks
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    Moving tank

    Good evening, I need to do some renovations to my family room but I have a 125 gallon tank in the way. I built a pretty sturdy cabinet that is sits on, I have wood floors. Is it possible to drain 3/4 of the water out of it and slide the tank ? I only need to move it away from the walls for a few...
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    Tang Compatibility

    I have a powder brown tang , can I add an orange shoulder tang ? I have a 125 gallon tank. Does anyone have a brown tang and orange shoulder tang in the same tank ? Thanks
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    Bulb color question

    I have a 125 gallon reef. A lot of nice size soft corals. I have the corallife aqualite fixture. It has 4-96 watt actinic. I have a 20k 150 watt MH in the center light and 14k MH on the 2 end lights. Its time for a bulb change, can I replace the 2-14k bulbs with 10k bulbs without damaging any...
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    Aggresive Powder Brown Tang

    Are powder brown tangs usually aggresive ? I just added a Yellow and the PBT has been attacking it all day. Do I need to get the yellow out or will this eventually stop ? thanks
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    Hard to get lenses out

    Can't slide the plastic lenses our that cover the compact fluorescents in coralife aqualight hood. I have to take it apart and it is still stuck together with salt. Any ideas ? Does anyone coat the sides with grease before putting it back in ?
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    toadstool

    I got a toadstool from SWF last week. It is an awesome deal, about 4" high and 4" across for $ 30 It stood up staight for a couple of days, but for the last few days it is slouching.I have a 150w halide right above it. The toadstool is on the bottom of the tank. I have been turning that halide...
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    killer snail ?

    is this some sort of killer snail ? I brought this sand sifting star home and the next day this snail ate it.
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    mushroom size

    just got a blue mushroom rock from SWF a couple of days ago. It is a 4" rock with about 8 mushrooms on it. ( great deal)The issue is that they are tiny. About a quarter to a half inch big. Will they get bigger or is that the normal size ?
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    copepods

    I have an order coming from SWF tomorrow. I ordered 200 copepods for my manderin and it says to pour right into tank. Does that mean the water too ? thanks
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