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    Phosphates

    So I think I'm understanding things a little better but was wondering this question, I haven't seen much coral growth in the 6 months I've had my tank, everything comes out but nothing really grows or spreads,I'm pretty sure my phosphates are the cause since I realized they are about 2.0ppm...
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    Suggestion

    So I came home today to something new, my porcupine in my 150 gal was nowhere to be found and I finally see him hiding in the live rock with his tail curled something he's never done before, so I reach in to get him out of the rocks to see if there's something wrong, he comes out and is scared...
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    Salty critters vs mr corals

    Wanted to get a nice order of the $5-10 corals from one of these sites to get my tank some color, I know they are gonna be small and I expect that but just wanted to know if anyone preferred 1 of the 2 or even had another one to suggest, there's alot of mixed reviews for mr coral and I couldn't...
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    Kalkwasser

    I'm reading into dosing this in my tank but I'm wondering if I'm getting a little ahead of myself. When should I start worrying about This? I currently do 20% weekly water changes and my tank is only stocked with about 7 frags, and a large colt coral, I'm thinking maybe I'm not losing enough...
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    Blue tank

    I always thought that the 2 actnics t8 weren't strong enough, I bough the whole set up from somebody and they really don't make any difference with the metal halides on, i always wondered what the purpose was because i dont think the wattage on thr actnics go any higher for the size,should I...
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    Blue tank

    Hello all, so ive had my tank up and running for a couple months now, everything looks great but I'm wondering one thing ,how to get my tank to get that really nice blue tint to it like I sed in videos(mr salt water guy) and other member post, I'm unsing 2 12000 k 150 w mh and 2 30 w azoo...
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    Old salt water

    Can I keep old salt water in between water changes to use with rinsing filters etc.. Or will it go bad?
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    Tank question

    Sometimes I read about corals or fish that do better In a established tank
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    Tank question

    I bought my tank from a lady who had it up and running for 2 years, I transferred everything to my house and everything looks great, water levels were good and didn't seem to have much die off as we kept everything wet. Its been about a month now and all seems good.My question is can I consider...
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    Live rock removal

    Hey guys I've tried everything in the book to remove a domino damsel from my tank with no luck, I'm gonna go home today and start taking live rock out and maybe drain the tang a little, how should I go about this causing the least stress on my tank & fish and prevent as much die off as possible...
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    Heating

    My tank is having heat issues and the temps creep up to 85 I have 2 metal halides(1 fan in hood) that I've slowly moved up to about 18 inches above the tank, it got a little better but not perfect but u was wondering how hight can I go up ,I think if I went up another 12+ inches it would be...
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    Actinic problem

    Having trouble with my lamp it's 2 metsl halides sandwiched by 2 t8 bulbs 36" actnic bulbs , the 2 actnic bulbs are very dim when the mh are off you can't see in the water at all, any idea what this could be? Do I just need new bulbs?
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    Topping off

    So how do I know how much I need to fill?
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    Topping off

    So when exactly is the longest I go without topping off, I notice water going down in the sump but my salinity is fine should I wait untill it changes? Also do I top off directly in tank or in the sump
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