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    Green Birdsnest

    I have never have had an sps coral. I wanted to try one so I got a small frag of green birdsnest. The one i got the little polyps(if thats what they are) are more blue than green. The guy said it was cause of his poor lighting. I have it at the top of the tank under 4 t-5s and an led strip...
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    Baffled, fish acting differently

    Ill try to make this as informative as possible. 29g reef w/ octo hob skimmer 78.5F 1.024salinity 8.2ph and zero ammonia trite and trate Tank has been up for 2 months now. Fish are about 3 weeks old and acting very normal the entire time. Except today. I just got all the above info 5...
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    Questions regarding...

    I have an emerald crab that today i noticed laying upside down in the sand and legs slowly moving...so i know its not a molt. i flipped it right side right and he is upside down again. is he dying? or did he attempt to molt and fell and now just trying to finish a molt? What should I do...
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    Searched but just want to make sure before i order

    I have a 4x24 t5 i want to put over a 29 gallon. I want to go with ATI and I am about to order my lamps. 2ATI blue plus 1 ati aqua blue 1 ati purple plus then I searched here and came across the combo that another memeber suggested best combo hands down from back to front ati blue...
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    Back Again

    It has been a long time since I have been on here. I have never lost my love for salt water aquariums. I have forgotten a lot, and a deployment and other unfortunate events I am back. I need some general questions answered again, and I want to keep it simple. 1.I have a 30in 29 gallon...
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    Oh boy the wife is gonna shoot me

    Dont get me wrong my wife is very supportive of most everything i do. And she is even getting her hands wet in the hobby! I told her I would cut back on the spending till xmas was over but just as i told her this not 1 but 2 people in the area are having killer deals on coral!! I know i should...
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    How long does it take?

    Well ever since i got my mushrooms ive had a burning question. How long does it take for them to split and make new ones? My guess is it depends on a lot of things. BTW the new spots i put them in they must love because both have opened all the way up:bounce: and my rock with the purple...
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    Correct me if im wrong

    I was on rc website the other day checking out there totm thread. What is it with the SPS tanks? Trust me they look great but it seems like that was 90% of their totm winners. Are LPS and softies not good enough? I love the way softies look and am not the biggest fan of sps. Is it hard to...
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    So I got tired of the lights

    I had on my aquarium 2 18in 15w lights on my tank.grrr Everyone knows im saving up for my lights. But in the mean time I being an electrican have a bunch of old 4ft t-8 fixtures and lamps. So I put on top of my tank a 1x4, It has 4 32watt t-8 lamps. they run at 3200k. It def put light into...
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    Im bored and need opinions on my tank

    Right now i have 2 skunk shrimp a occ. clown(which my lfs swears is a percula but is not) and a royal gramma. We want to eventually get more fish. But undecided. 1. Would a coral beauty and a flame angel fight to much? should i introduce them at the same time or does it matter.(yes i know 8...
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    Skunk cleaner shrimp

    I have 2 of them and now whenever i stick my hand in the tank they come running to me and practically jump at my hand. I have let them sit there and pick at my hand but my question is, could that be bad for them? Im not exactly there normal customer. I know they eat parasites off fish and i...
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    Reading is not always understanding.

    Well now that I have my aquarium up and running, I am realizing I dont understand the whole process as much as I had originally thought. First water changes are a pain in the ass. I have ideas how to make it easier but I need 2 buy some things to do that. Next when I just had water and rocks...
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    Blue legged hermit crab question

    My wife and I were looking into our aquarium when we see a hermit with no shell. First off how long will he live like this? 2nd question do hermits molt? Because we found in the back of the aquarium hemit legs...so did something go down? Did we have a murder or a molting. needless to say i...
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    3 questions.

    first question. Octo 150 It doesnt seem to be constantly making skimmate. It goes in spurts. Is it because My live rock is been established in a tank for 2 yrs and there for there isnt alot for the skimmer to pull out? And when it does pull it out its not that dark filth i see some of you...
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    Weighing my options

    I thought for a while that when i get my lights i was going to go with the nova extreme pro or those catalina lights. Well when i got my 90 gallon it came with another stand and a canopy. Im thinking to myself being an electrician and all i can probably get a hold of some metal halide...
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    Id needed hopefully with out a pic

    I was checking out my live rock last night and btw there is an absolute ton of stuff going on there!!:bounce::^: Snails.. ampihpods(i believe tiny fast semi clear shrimp looking things) and a few bristle worms. But i saw something last night and is still there tonight. its in the back of the...
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    Need help asap!

    Okay so i got some live rock today. I was told i could have his live sand for free well come to find out it is real fine crushed coral. Should I use it. He said it was just as good as live sand(there were a ton of critters in there) and would hold my ph better. So should I use it??? Also he...
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    Help! Octo nw-150 wont make bubbles!

    Hey im sure this belongs in the filter section but this one gets more attention. I filled my sump and decided to put salt water in there oceanic and got a specific readin of 1.024 (first try!) but i cant seem to get my octo to make bubbles. I was told it only needs salt water to make it so...
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    Straighten me out

    Okay i was wondering a few things. Im about to order a RO/DI and was thinking about getting it here. http://www.purewaterclub.com/ There are so many which should i get? Also should i use RO/di water for my my initial fill up just to cure rock? Next question i want to buy oceanic salt. Do i...
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    Max water height

    Just got my octopus nw-150 and man is it big. I just couldnt imagine it being as big as it is. blows away that proclear thing i thought would be suffecient. My question is my skimmer is sitting in a sump on about 12in of water. Is that too much. seems kinda high for the skimmer. So i tried...
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