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  1. alsie

    Pics of 54gal corner units lighting -please

    Could you please show pics of your 54gal corner units lighting and details please. Needs help to get enough light plus actinics also. I now have a 150W-10,000 aquaspace pendant 24".
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    Red Anemone

    Do the Red Mann's Anemone host clownfish? Can someone give me feedback if they have one & if they are hard to keep. I see SWF has them.
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    Salifert calcium test help!!

    Can someone straighten me out on a test reading? I did the 1.5ml test and did 3 drops of Ca-1 and then 1/2 spoon of Ca-2 and with the CA-3 regent came up with 0.34 reading when it turned blue. It then states that if I did test using 1.5ml of water multhiply calcium levels by 2. Does this mean I...
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    Water temp 82

    Added a refugium which has lights on 24-7 and water temp is now a constant 82 up from 79 in main tank. I run my aquaspacelight 12 hours a day. My Mags ( return pump & skimmer pump ) are not running hot. House temp is in the 70's. Inhabitants do not seem bothered. Am I in trouble? Can anyone tell...
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    How about emergency plans for loss of power????

    Reading many a horror story from some that lost everything due to ice storms causing loss of power and the now 03 power loss how about some plans that can be given to all of us to give our tanks and inhabitants a chance to make it. Ya, I've been searching the net for low price generators but...
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    Sand question

    Was starting a sump/fudge aroind 3 months ago and my skimmer went kaput and had to redoo everything due to the new skimmer was bigger and had to take sand/gravel out of it and made it just a sump. I am now going to put a hang on Aqua Fudge and want to use the sand that has been out of any water...
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    Miracle Mud ???

    Has anyone used this from ecosystems? Would appreciate feedback. Want to try in my 15gal high tank sump.
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    Can you use carbon without a filter?

    Before I had a predrilled tank setup which had a hang on remora pro skimmer I was able to drop a small bag of carbon in the skimmer for a few days a month. Now that I have a different tank and setup with a sump I would like to use carbon a few days a month but am at odds on how to do it.(if I...
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    Clam placement

    after seeing many pics of tanks I've noticed that clams are always in a sand bed but some are placed flat down on it's side;; and others are with their openings facing the top ot the tank. Is their a proper way to place a clam on the sand bed. Is a clam like a anenome and will find it's own spot...
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    Fish food

    Curious about frozen brine shrimp for my 2 hippo tangs and tomato clown. I ran out to local store (instead of regular reef store) & got frozen brine shrimp (San Francisco Bay brand) and gave them a treat from the usual seaweed and flake food and woke up this AM and when lights went on I had...
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    How do you feed a anenome?

    I see threads that they are hard to keep and need feeding daily etc. Am thinking of getting a bubble tip but want to know if I have to feed them or how I would feed it.
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    changing tanks - needs advice

    Finally found another 54gal corner bow tank with predrilled corner overflows and want to switch over and needs some advice. 1) Want to add sand & have a thicker base (go from 4" to 6") Should I put new sand on top or bottom? Should I try and clean sand base when I take out? (do have some...
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    Shrimp compatability ???

    Question is whether I can add a couple of Blood Shrimp along with 2 Peppermint , 1 Cleaner , and 1 Coral Banded shrimp if they would be compatable. Exising shrimp get along fine in 55 gal reef.
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    Nitrates up & water change

    Added livestock and nitrates have shot up and I want to do a 10% water change but just made salt mix - question - how long before I can use mix? Have airstones and circulating pump running in it.
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    What Salt Water mixes do you prefer?

    Am using coral life. Any feedback on whats the best for reef??
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    Pics of RO setups

    Purchased a RO setup (Typhoon 2) and its on the way. Would like to see pics of different setups if anyone can oblige me. Where I would like to set up (furnace room)I have access to water but no drain available. How do you have automatic shutoff if using trash barrels? Would have to pump waste...
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    Mixing salt in new plastic gas containers

    I have been mixing in 1 5gal & 2, 21/2 gallon cans and usind a air bubbler to mix. Is their any pump (cannot be a submersable) that I can get to circulate the water to mix instead of air bubbles?
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    when is tank ready to try a Clam

    How do you know when your system will be able to substain adding a clam??
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    coral banded shrimp & anenome

    Will the coral banded shrimp eat a anenome ???
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    ??? Blue spotted jawfish

    I had one for 3 days and he made it out of the tank during the night. Really enjoyed watching him burrow and eat. I am in the process of making the tank secure. He had very little space to make it out but he found it. Has anyone seen how high they can jump?? I can secure area where he got out...
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