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    Sid the Tiger Conch

    I love watching my new tiger conch
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    Please Critique my light Schedule

    In talking to the professionals at my local saltwater aquarium store, they recommended that I cut my light time to 8hrs/day. Below is my light schedule and was wondering what is the best light setup. I use a single Aquaillumination Hydra for a light. Should I get a second light?? My tank is...
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    What the #%$ is this?

    Hey just to update everyone on this algae. I went to our local saltwater aquarium store and showed the guys there a picture of the algae. These guys are very good with aquariums and have always been a good source of knowledge for me. They immediately identified it a Dinoflagellates. They...
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    What the #%$ is this?

    I do use RO/Di water and a skimmer although I would have to admit I do not have a change "routine" just change on a weekend if I have time and top off when needed. Do you think water changes and getting the nitrates down will get rid of it?
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    What the #%$ is this?

    The only thing that I dose is Iodide and no vermetid snails that I know of. I haven't put any in there and haven't seen any.
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    What the #%$ is this?

    Can someone tell me what this stringy (algae?) is? It started about a month ago and has seem to have gotten worse. I clean the tank and scoop out the strings which breaks apart very easily but the next morning it comes back. What is it? and How do I get rid of it? 0 Nitrites 8.0 pH 80ppm...
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    Ordering fish online

    I can second the shipping costs. I was going to order a $17 coral online then found the shipping was over $40. pfft. Find a local business that deals in aquariums, not only do you save in the shipping costs but they will also help in how to care for the fish and will help make sure your...
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    Live Rock Questions

    Good call on the reefcleaner.com website. Lots of good info there.
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    Live Rock Questions

    We have been using regular tap water but everything I have read in these forums say to use ro/di water, so I will be going to get some tomorrow. Good thing is I can get it from work because we have our own di water generator from Culligan for some of the machines we run. I did notice that the...
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    Live Rock Questions

    Thanks guys for your responses. I did a water test yesterday using our API 5 in 1 test strips. My results (not that good): KH = 120ppm NH3 = 0 NO3 = 160ppm temp = 77.4°F pH = 7.7 NO2 = 0 S = 1.024sg Inhabitants is 1 clown fish and 1 blue fish, I don't know what it is but here is a picture of...
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    Live Rock Questions

    Hello, I have recently took over our aquarium from my wife. She was frustrated with the algae that kept coming back and finally just gave up. She was going to toss everything and stop, so I told her I would take over the care of the tank so I am having to learn from basically ground zero. My...
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