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    kpiotrowski's 300DD

    I'll keep that in mind. She is currently 5 months pregnant with my son so there are some wild hormones going on there, but Ive been trying to include her more in the hobby with picking out coral and fish and getting her opinion on the tank and all that. She enjoys looking around the tank just...
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    My New 75 Gallon Reef lots of pics

    A couple updates I had to move a handful of stuff around because the light was too intense and polyps were coming out and it was starting to bleach a bit. Now all is well with that but a few pieces of sps are starting to recede from the bottom up. Trying to figure out what it could be. Would...
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    kpiotrowski's 300DD

    Wow my eyes are getting sore looking through this amazing build from page one! Truly outstanding setup, hopefully I will get to see this here soon. I have to ask how you get your wifes approval.... My gf lives 3 hours away and I still get crap for new goodies in the tank and the "i dont...
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    Need a mentor breeding clowns

    Yeah definitely so far the closest person I trade corals with are in Puyallup/Sumner area. Always down to meet more reefers in the local area. I actually live and work up at Crystal Mountain.... Probably the highest elevation tank in most of the PNW! 4500 feet :) good to meet ya.
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    DBM's DSA NEO 105

    Awesome build! I wish I had the ability to run the plumbing through to a fish room, seems like a lot of work up front but so beneficial in the long run. I have to mop up saltwater out of the carpet just about everytime I do a water change haha.... Sucks when you just put on a clean pair of socks...
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    Need a mentor breeding clowns

    Here is a good little read, but I have a friend who has successfully hatched a number of clowns and currently has a dozen that are about 1/2". Seems like somewhat of a pain but I would start a rotifer culture asap or plan to buy live ones. And you will need a separate tank that you move the eggs...
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    My New 75 Gallon Reef lots of pics

    So finally getting this thread posted. Its been a very busy last few weeks and Ive been meaning to post this but life just gets in the way. So I went from a 27 gallon cube and a 27 gal bowfront to this 75 gallon which I love so far! The space alone is awesome and now having a sump instead of...
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    Awesome ill have to check it out. Been busy with work this week but got it all set up and looking great. fish seem much happier although I have a pair of 3 stripe damsels being jerks. I will be posting my build thread probably by this weekend. Thanks again for all the help you guys have been...
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    Yeah that's what I was thinking. I have probably 40lbs of LR right not and will be getting another 30-40 tomorrow. I'm trying to figure out placement so I have a good variety of placement for stuff since right now everything is kinda bunched together. Got my feet wet with sps and I really enjoy...
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    I have a question for you guys I've been trying to get some ideas on good aquascape layouts and I'm not having the best of luck. I find plenty of pictures of tanks with rock work setup but I want to find drawings of some ideas like islands and placement as far as front to back of tank goes. I...
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    Need advice on setting up a new refugium

    Yeah idk I tend to steer away from people saying one way is bad this is better because each way seems to have benefits/problems. I only have maybe a 1/2-1" bed in the fuge and like 1.5 in the display.
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    Ok very cool! Thanks a lot for all of the info! I've been adding some water from the display tank that's about 9 months old, to the 75 and just making sure everything else is alk, cal and all that are up to par. Going from 150watt mh to a 716watt mh/t5 setup hopefully I won't cook anything...
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    Ok cool well ill just swap everything over once my levels drop. Sucks waiting but it will all be worth it soon
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    Need advice on setting up a new refugium

    I honestly don't really know how much it actually benefits but it's 80% ocean mud and 20% nutrients and trace elements. I only used it because I had it laying around and wanted a substrate in my fuge. I thinl of it as the plant substrate you can get for freshwater planted tanks. I've used it...
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    Barrier Reef's 7th Anniversary Sale - With Guest Dana Riddle!

    Bummer I just caught this thread! I will definitely be there on the 2nd for some goodies for the new 75! You guys are awesome should be a fun weekend!
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    Ok I was under the assumption that moving a bunch of fish over would cause a spike due to low to high bioload. And I meant a matter of an hour tops on laying the rock out. Already have a pretty good idea just wanted to be able to set it out and see the whole thing. I guess I can just place the...
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    Moving fish and coral from multiple tanks. Help please!

    So my 75 gallon is coming up on the end of its cycle and im going to be moving fish coral and LR from 2 other tanks into this one. So my questions are I want to be able to lay out my aquascape on a table outside the tank just before placing the rock in the 75. Only issue I see with this is I...
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    Need advice on setting up a new refugium

    I just setup my sump as well im using some miracle mud i got from a friend and a bit of live sand I had left over with one piece of LR just for somewhere for pods to hangout. Idk maybe thats not right but just one more spot for bio filter
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    Where to get a Water Tank for storing extra RO/DI water?

    Feed stores as well as the specific stores for growing veges and whatnot, my dad said they have 30 something gallonm food grade barrels for like $30-40. I bought a brute commercial grade 32 gal and the coaster and it works great. probably get a food grade for water storage and just use the brute...
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    changing out live rock

    If you get dry rock you would want to seed it for a while with some already cured rock, either existing rock or some cured stuff from you LFS. I would suggest treating it as if you were cycling a tank and just check water parameters. Is there a reason why you dont want to get cured LR from the...
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