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  1. garydm

    starting over with a 55 gallon tank..... after 6 years

    Ok so with your help I built a 55 gallon tank 6 years ago (thank you). Well through my life and divorce and such I moved it to my dads house. Well he maintained it great and so I left it and let him have his fun. Well he started traveling and with that the tank suffered. Well last night the last...
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    Well Lets do it again shall We ;)

    Ok so I set up a 55 gallon tank had it going great. Got a divorce and gave the tank to my dad to keep going till I had me a house. Well at first he was on top of it all and checked and kept the tank great. Over the past 3 years I have been in an apartment and he lives three towns over and life...
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    well its been a year and need to get some new light bulbs

    any suggestions on a good replacement bulb I have 6 54 watt bulbs 3 blue 3 white the bulbs are the ones that came with the nova extreme pro fixture so I want something a little better this time
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    I have a new spunge I think

    anyone care to take a stab on this one its been growing slowly on the back of my rock Thanks in advance and should I keep it or kill it:question:
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    HOLY CRAP!!!!! my tank just split....Help

    yep the cross bar just popped when I was changing water......it was cracking for while and I have been keeping a eye on it for some time but it went about 5 minutes agao.....so as soon as I hit submit Im running out to get another tank, Im going to be moving one tank to the other and need some...
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    have a metal halide question ..........

    Ok my wife has given me the tumbs up to get a 29 gallon bowfront and start another tank for I think our bedroom but that changes daily, ANYWAY Im looking at this as my light 30? SunPod 1x150W HQI Fixture by Current USA* - AquaCave Ok my dumb question of the day is the MH is a white light will I...
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    star fish outbreak in the 55gal aaaaghhhhh

    well I guess the latest addition to my tank was carrying some free loaders.... there was about 5 or six tiny starfish on my front glass greeting me this morning.....I’ve hear good and bad things about these critters......good thing is they eat coralline and leave the rock open and pores and the...
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    mirror back on a tank good or bad for salt water

    I was in pet smart yesterday and I’m looking for a smaller tank for a set up in my dinning room and I came across a sale on a 36 bow front and I went to grab it and take off to the counter and buy it when I noticed it has a mirrored back on it.....my first thought was the fish would beat...
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    need suggestions on a small tank for my office desk

    well the 55 is trucking along and I feel I some what have a handle on the hobby so now im looking at getting a small tank for my office desk.......any suggestions of a self contained unit or can I just buy a 5 gallon tank from walmart and build my own cheaper....any suggestions on what I can do
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    How much Funk do you get from your skimmer

    Well My aquarium has been up and running for a while now and Im just at half a gallon of funk drained from my octo 150 skimmer......seems like I should have more than that running on close to a year.....so I want to see how much you get
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    reef crystals???? anyone know of this magic stuff

    Ok the guy I bought the big rock with zoa"s all pver it Had a Gorgeous tank I mean awesome I wish I had a camera…..he was running tek2 lights about 5 of them and had every sp and coral growing great and I asked if he dosed or what he used and he said he would do 10% water change and use reef...
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    leaning rocks agianst the glass Your thoughts

    well I just brought home a 15 pound rock with alot of zo'as and star polups and a bonus turbo snail on it.....needless to say Im getting crowded and its hard to maintain the space in front and in back of my pile of rocks.......so I was thinking of putting all my rock at the very back of the tank...
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    First time trying to frag a zoa's EPIC FAIL

    well my zoa's split and I had 2 polyps on the side of a rock and thought I would try and transplant them to a different rock......Man are those suckers stuck on there....It was a concave section on the rock so I couldn’t get a good place to get under them.....Then it happened a slip and squish...
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    My zoa's,and shrooms need something just dont know what

    Ok I have a small colony of zoa's the size of a matchbook and I have 2 flat rocks with about 5 mushrooms each on them…..now water quality is good all my tests come back good but the shrooms look kind of bleached out and the zoa’s seem to have stopped growing and don’t open up like they would...
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    can you add sand ?????????????

    The reason I ask is through my battle with cyno and then these purple sponge things and each time I suck out these pests it takes a little sand with it.....well over time in problem spots it has thinned out.......so question is can I add sand to the low areas or can I blanket the whole tank with...
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    have these purple sponges

    well what do you think these are.... there popping up all over and are evan in my skimmer there little fuzz balls
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    lawnmower blenny....need his help but.......

    Well with my nice carpet of algae that grows on the back glass of the DT I was thinking of using a LB to help my problem......The thing I’m worried about is what to do with it once it has used up all its food source....What do you think? Anyone use a fish for a specific purpose
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    Have a reef critter I need help with

    Sorry I tried and tried to get a pic but Ill have to describe it.....Ok its a worm looking thing its as thin as this I and it is white with black stripes....Its seen most around my zoa's.....any ideas
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    cant get my Phosphates down.......need a village opinion

    Ok I have done everything I know of to get my phosphate down Ive done 10% water changes and 20% water changes and cut back on feeding to once a week still Im getting readings.....Im at 0.5 right noe and after my water change 2 days ago it just went down to 0.25......Im having a huge amount of...
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    AAAGGGHHH I have flat worms.......

    Yep I have little tiny ones in my sump of all places.....Have not seen them in the display yet thank god.....My question is if I put in some flat worm killer will it effect the pods I have in the fuge...and what do you use and where do you get it......I looked today as soon as I found out and...
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