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    sunslighting

    I have had no problems them. My corals all have grown so much that i have had to take and give some mushrooms and other soft corals away to keep them from over running the tank. My true carpet anemone even split under the light and now i have two of them that are about 10 inches i got 2 of these
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    1000gal fish tank

    You have to use some thing like pond coat to make it water tight. Must make sure that water can not come in contact with the wood at all or it will leak someday.
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    copepods question(s)?

    you should turn you wet/dry in to a furg with cheto and put reef pod in their to help jump start you pod population.
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    if not for bad luck would have no luck

    I did a 20% change yesterday, and going to do another one in a couple of days after i build a housing for my pump to go in so nothing gets stuck in it again. my clowns are lost with out the BTA
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    if not for bad luck would have no luck

    After getting my new coral I started to feel like crap. After about a week went to the hospital and found out my gailblater had to come out, after being in the hospital for 3 days came home and every thing in my tank was doing fine. Three days later I am back in the hospital with a infection...
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    copepods question(s)?

    a UV does not actually kill anything. It alters the proteins and makes the living sterile so it cannot reproduce, in some cases it alters it so much it can no longer feed. If you really want a UV on a reef tank you should have it hooked to the overflow coming in to your sump so any pod in the...
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    my first coral order

    getting those was the highlight of my week, than after having to go to the emergancy room and having my galiblatter removed any thing could have been better.
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    my first coral order

    sorry took so long to get pictures has not been the best week for me.
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    Lighting for 75 gallon.

    48in Metal Halide HQI System Advance Plus
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    Coaxing True Percula to host GBTA

    A trick to get your clowns to host your bta is take a plastic dish ( i used one that pre packed hillshire farms lunch meat comes in) make lots of holes in it so water can flow through it. Put your bta in it and your clownfish put cover on and let it set in the tank for about 3 hours. The...
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    clowns and gbta

    only time they leave it is to eat. They will chase away the other fish if they come near it.
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    how often do i feed my bta

    if it is spitting it out then try once a week and smaller amount of food. but like bl1 said you should not have to feed if it gets the right light. A trick to get your clowns to host your bta is take a plastic dish ( i used one that pre packed hillshire farms lunch meat comes in) make lots of...
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    my first coral order

    it is Ulva Lettuce Algae have some in the sump and keep some in the main tank for the tang to eat
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    my first coral order

    this is what i have for coral right now and it was given to me also put a fts in for you guys
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    my first coral order

    will be nice to have some color in the tank wife has been saying it needs some color
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