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    help with ducan prob

    I recently put some gfo in a small filter bag in the filter
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    help with ducan prob

    I don't know how to post pics,the small heads are starting to like break off the stalks,I'm gonna remove one pd
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    help with ducan prob

    I have a ducan two big head 9 small,a few of the small head are coming offits in a 24 gallon cube,with two 500gph pd,I added the second one a week ago,the ducan is placed on the sb,any help please!!!
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    lighting question

    I have a aquapod 24 with stock lighting,but want to upgrade it.what would be a good light for it ,I would like to be able to keep the stick hood .any ideas?
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    Setting up a aquapod 24

    I also wanted to thank all of you for all you help and input,with my last tank,it was a loosing battle and figured I'd just start over and keep reefing up,any good books anyone would rec?
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    Setting up a aquapod 24

    When I transported the aquapod we kept it half full and brought a little extra tankwater,I let it go for a week put my livestock in right away the guy I got it from had way more fish than me,the water per are great ammonia 0ppm nitrites 0ppm nitrates at 20ppm gonna work on them to get to zero,my...
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    want to mod my aquapod 24 to led

    I have a fully cycled aquapod24 I am wondering how many and what kind of leds I would need to be able to keep any type of high light needing corals,I saw on rapidleds they have a biocube24 kit would that fit on my aquapod or would something else work better,I'm trying to do this on a budget,but...
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    Setting up a aquapod 24

    Im gonna be setting up a aquapod 24 tonite,im getting it tonite,its been running for over a year,its running till i pick it up tonite so the sand and media will be fine and kept wet,I have a 20long that ive had problems with the water quailty so im gonna take it down,im stumped the guy i got the...
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    aquaclear 70 use as filter or furge?

    I have a 20 long with a fluval c5 hob filter,still struggling with bad water,should I use my aquaclear as a filter or fudge or use me c5 as a furge,I'm asking some advice
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    water quailty is bad

    The filter isent a canister,its hob,has a sponge and biomedia I'm also confused,I spend so much time reading and trying to figure this out,I get so I'm ready to get rid of it but not the type to quit,plus the tank is a memorial to my mother that passed,the corals open up nice and the fish and...
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    water quailty is bad

    I have one small clown,5 reef hermits,2 bumble bee snails,small toad stool,two med size Kenya tree,I feed the fish once everyother day I feed him just what he eats,he gets frozen brine shrimp that are rinsed ,small bit of spritla flake,if I see anything left over I remove it but I feed pretty...
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    water quailty is bad

    I have tested it a few time with two different test kits and at the lfs,I can't figure out what is causing this,its also feeding the hair alge that I've been pulling out,I bought a coralife skimmer that broke on my from cl
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    water quailty is bad

    I have a 20 g long,its four months old,my water quality has went to dirt my ammonia is at 1ppm nitrites .50ppm and nitrates 40ppm ,I use ro water period,do weekly 5 g wc,I'm stumped on the water being bad ,my fish hermits snails and coral seem fine,I've been trying to figure out why thing are...
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    gonna start a 55 gallon

    The sump will fit under the stand its an old piece of furniture that has been customized,right now there's a 55 on top(African cichlids) and anouther 55 underneath tryed it there to male sure there plenty of room has 12" above 8" extra on width and 6" on length
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    gonna start a 55 gallon

    I have a 20 long right now,still pretty new to reefing.I want to make my 55g a reef,with a refuge skimmer,reactor,what I need is advice on what what equipment to get ,I don't have a ton of cash but gonna keep saving and buying part buy part,I want everything I need and no garbage equipment,I...
  16. M

    aquabella bio enzymes

    Has anyone tryed this stuff? I highly doubt you can go a year without a wc.my friend gave me it ,so I figured why not give it a try,I have no corals in my tank as of now,just a clown and lr,I'm on day three,just wondering if anyone else has tryed this.I know when I get coral nutrients need to be...
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    how do i set up a hob coralife 65 skimmer

    I bought a coralife 65 skimmer from a guy on cl,the prob is I don't have the instructions,I've never set up a skimmer,I placed it in the tank and it over flowed,the pump and other hose were down in the tank pretty low.the other hose not the pump was blowing crazy bubbles in the tank,can someone...
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    could my tank be cycleing again

    The tank has been set up 3 months and close to a week,I added all my liverock at once,when I set up the tank,it cycled.the liverock was bought from a person on Craigslist,brought it home and put it in the tank ,waited till it cycled did a big waterchange,then waited two more weeks for the cuc a...
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    could my tank be cycleing again

    I cleaned the sand for one of the first times ever,I took a small sipon over the sand to get the dead alge and poop off the sand,also found a dead hermit under the rock ,over all I just try to leave the sand bed be,I figured the snails and hermits turned it enough,I did a wc and still have high...
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    could my tank be cycleing again

    I clean the sand as good as I could lastnite and a wc,gonna form the sand again tommarow when my water is ready and the sand again,I wish I would've went bare bottom,the readings were a little better,also been picking off all the alge I can
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