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    affordable lighting

    I have had my 120 gal set up and running since March of 09. I am anxious to add corals but need to upgrade my lighting. I only have one strip light now. Fish and live rock are doing great. My question is what is an affordable way to upgrade my lighting? I can not afford the $600 plus to...
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    Coco Worm not looking so good

    I have had a Coco Worm for about 3 months now. He has been doing great up until now. He has added about 1-1/2 inches of new tube in the last month. Now he seems to go into the tube more often and when he is out it does not extend it's feathers (for lack of better terms). It stays compact...
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    unexpected cloudy water and Nitrate increase

    For some reason my water has become cloudy. Started two days ago. Nothing has changed. I did a water change 1 week prior. I noticed after that water change an algae bloom. Sand turned brown. Water was fine. Prior to water change perameters all good 0 Ammonia; 0 Nitrites and trace Nitrates...
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    info on RO/DI unit

    I want to buy a RO and or RO/DI unit. I am not sure what ones perform the best. Also, how would these be installed? Most provide GPD to reference output. Do these store water in a tank and you draw from that tank? or do you simply install them and they produce water as you need it. I have...
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    Octopus BH-800 HOB with tons of bubbles

    I just purchased the Octopus BH-800 skimmer. I was concerned I would have issues getting the siphon and starting the flow. This was actually quite easy. My issue is the unit produces so many fine bubbles they get exhausted in the tank. So many bubbles I can not see the back of the tank when...
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    120 gal startup advice

    I have started my 120 gal tank. I have added aragonite sugar size sand the water 35# of base rock and 13# of live rock so far. I am going to add more rock to get to my 120#. I am only seeding it with the 13#. This should work right? I have had the rock in since last Sunday. i wanted to...
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    conflicting informtation on start up

    I have a 120 Gal tank on order and thought I had a good plan after talking with my local fish store. I want to have a natural fish tank with fish and invertebrates. No corals for now. May change in future. I have been doing much reading and was talked out of my initial plan by the advice of...
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