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    Algae growing out of rock?

    Can someone please identify this for me? I don't know what it is. It's green and almost floss like, It has broken off into several pieces, and started expanding across my tank (piece on snail, broken and attached to other piece of rock) It doesn't like my Koralia at all...when it's on, it...
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    Which RO/DI unit?

    Hey all! I'm gettin tired of drivin to the LFS store to get 5G of water every week. I decided i'm going to buy a RO/DI unit from purewaterclub.com. I have a 45G tank, but dont believe that I need one of the 100GPD units. I'm looking at the portable 50GPD unit that is 60.00 shipped from them...
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    Koralia 3 too much flow?

    I just got my two Koralia 3s from Marinedepot.com and installed one of them. I think it's too much flow! I put it in and stuff starts moving everywhere, sand is moving around and such. Do I maybe have it in a bad spot? Where is a good place to put these? Is this going to be too much flow...
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    New Water?

    Hey all! Question for ya. So when needing to add water to my aquarium, do I add freshwater or saltwater to the aquarium? I've been adding RO freshwater w/buffering agent for the evaporation in the water. If I get the freshwater is it ok to add my reef crystals plus the buffering agent to the...
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    2 showed up on my LR

    Hey all, two of these showed up on some LR I bought the other day. What species are they? are they good or bad? Mine look exactly like this. Sorry my camera died. Thanks! Josh
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    Blindloser1080's 45G reef tank build

    Hey everybody! I'm just getting back into reefing, and am totally excited! I actually just got my setup completed this evening! (11/19/2009) (dating because, cant wait to see what it looks like about a year from now!!!) Here is a list of what I have for equipment: 45G tall tank Lifereef...
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    New Octopus BH300f

    Hi! I ended up getting an Octopus BH300f to replace my Prizm skimmer.....was going to get the 800-s a few months ago, but it's been on backorder for ever! Just got the skimmer, and I'm missing a tube that helps start the siphon, how do I get it to start without the tube to go to the valve...
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    Selecting a return pump

    Need some input on return pumps. I recently purchased a Lifereef overflow for my 45G, and am trying to decide on either the Mag Drive 3 or Quietone 2200. I have a chance to get a Mag Drive 3 for $40 w/shipping. Following the guide 45x5=225GPH so a 350GPH should do me just fine. Anybody had any...
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    Octopus BH-100F vs BH-300F

    Anybody know the difference? I've read some reviews on the 100F, but havent found many on the 300F. I'm getting rid of the Prizm and getting one of these. Is it worth the extra $45 for the 300F? Or just save that money for some LR.
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    Tragic loss....rebuilding from the ground up

    Keeping a long story short, my room-mate was cooking with her new wok, heated it up too fast, put in oil which created a fire. She put in a bit of water to put the flame out, which caused smoke and the fire sprinklers to go off in our apartment. We had 2" of standing water in our living room...
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    Setting timer for new light

    I took everybody's advice and purchased the 36" Nova Extreme 4-bulb for my aquarium. It comes with the lunar lights :) My question is, how do I go about setting up a time schedule now for the lights? I am going to Lowe's tomorrow and getting 3 individual timers (one per set of lights, and...
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    It's been a while...help appreciated!

    Hey there! Let me introduce myself first off! My name is Josh, I live in Lynnwood, WA (about 15 min north of Seattle). I used to be an avid aquarist, but have pretty much forgotten almost everything :( I used to have a 38G reef setup, I moved out of my sisters place, taught her how to take...
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