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  1. Jmck

    Who's here from the old days?

    Hey all, It's been a long long time since I've been on here! I'm coming back to the hobby and I've bought a 5ft red sea tank (picking it up in 2 weeks). Who here is still from the good old days of this forum, probably 5 to 10 years ago? Cheers!
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    New to LF - Need help raisin' ma fishes

    Hi Yall, Looking at starting back up with a mini tank, I used to have 60g, maybe something 30g would be good to start with? What would you stock it with, corals, fish? Yes I know, I should screw the little tank and go straight to 500g, where do I sign?
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    Got the ICH!!

    to start another reef tank ... What do you guys think would be the best way to go size wise? I don't want to spend 24 hours on my tank this time :P
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    Cloudy Water

    Ok, My turn to be back to a newb :) For some reason, the last 3-4 days, my water has been very cloudy. I have introduced a new skimmer, setup a dosing pump and my DT is just majorly cloudy for no real reason! Every parameter is in check, except my alkalinity, which im slowly brining...
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    Worried for my tank :(

    Well, ive been away since the 28th of june. I have my uncle coming to top up fresh water, but he cant come often so my sump is disconnected. Luckily I dont have a heavy bio load but ive been fighting some algae and winning. Im hoping things arent terrible when i get back and that all my fish...
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    Guide to adding fish, corals and inverts.

    Keeping livestock So this is a follow up to my original “how to cycle your tank” I have seen a lot of questions which say, ‘can I put any fish in yet?’ and ‘how many fish can I actually have’. So the aim of this is to address some of these questions as I see them come up. If you...
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    Zoos not opening

    Ok, so this is my third type of Zoo I have in the tank. And from the day I got it, about 1 week ago, it hasnt opened! I dont understand why. Ive been fixing up everything and all my levels are great after the work ive been doing. My cal, alk, and mag are correct, my nitrates and ammonia and so...
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    180g Stock list

    To start with, I will be moving my existing clown pair and mandarin pair from my 60g to the big tank. The other fish I was thinking of are below. Are there any other large reef fish that arent super aggressive and would be considered for a predator tank that you would recommend? or maybe even...
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    Making an LED for my Pico :D

    Ok, im not the most handy of people, but I dont think the wiring for this is hard, I will probably struggle more with the fixture case lol. Planning to make it out of wood and paint it black, it will have 12 LED's, 6 royal blue and 6 cool white. Will most likely install a dimmer so I can...
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    Couple of new corals

    I just negotiated for a couple of gorgeous looking corals One is metallic zoas and the other is a superman ric :D he wanted 320 for both, and said he would take 50 bucks off! so thats 270. Then when I said I wont take it for more than 250 he said nooooo the ric is worth that much. Fair to...
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    Mandarin taking a beating!

    Ok, so last night, I added 2 corals, snails and a male green mandarin for the female I already had ( I love those fish) The corals are in my build thread if you want to see, 2 nice sps :) But, today when He came out, the first thing I see is my dam female clown beating on him. That fish is...
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    360 day coral growth

    Acropora cervicornis 330 Day Aquarium Growth Video basically, took a picture everyday and here is the video :D the stag in question is rare and protected with few being allowed to have and grow them in captivity.
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    180g On its way :D

    I know ive said this before, but this time my parents have given me permission :D In November, my 21st is coming up, and my parents have said they will buy me a reef tank. At the moment, im looking at a 6x2 rimless tank :D So its time for me to start shopping!
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    alkalinity

    Ok, so my alkalinity is low, but my red sea supplement kit says for growing sps frags you should get your dkh all the way to 12.4?!! this seems really high to me? Most people here keep it around 9dkh I believe
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    Thought I would do a full barage of test and see what everyone thinks.

    Calcium: 450 ppm Alkalinity: 5 dkh - needs to go up magnesium: 1000ppm Nitrates: 0 Ammonia: .05 Both nitrates and ammonia are being dealt with but said to be low because of the high levels of algae in the tank. I have an iodine test which I have never used, dunno if I should conduct that as...
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    Scrubber growth

    Alright, this may as well be a noobie section, plus, I like asking things here :D I just got my scrubber installed yesterday because I have a bit of bad algae in the tank. I want to promote the scrubber as the best place for it to grow. The ideas ive had are... 1. Remove as much algae from...
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    New Red Sea nitrate remover?

    Ok, so as I was explained to by my LFS who is incredibly reliable. This stuff is made to be used daily and to grow bacteria to eat the nitrates and phosphates. HE said it is like vodka dosing but better. the stuff is from red sea, its here Red Sea Reef Care Program and just click algae...
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    Less fish?

    Alright, Ive been working with my tank and its getting harder to keep it up, so im thinking of getting rid of a number of my fish and moving more towards an accro tank, because fish make that really hard. What do you guys think? im thinking of getting rid of the damsel and the one fish that...
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    New wrasse increadibly sick :(

    Hey everyone i think my wrasse is on its way out but i had a question with my urchin. I put this six line wrasse in last night and straight away one of my fish, the dottyback, had been pretty feral towards him. This morning when i woke up, he was underneath my urchin stuck on the glass, no...
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    Jmck Deco contest :)

    Weeeeeoooooo time to get this tihng going XD give me a start date so i can do it! :bounce::bounce:
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