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    Starting Over and need to eratticate Aiptasia now

    I think when the world finally ends, the only things that will survive are cockroaches and aiptasia. I've had really great luck with an aiptasia eating file fish (and I swear I saw one at Barrier Reef today, but I didn't look too closely). Mine just seems to love them. I've got a main...
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    Slightly different ich question

    So I've got ich in my quarantine - broke out at 19 days! I'm going to treat w/ hypo-salinity. My question is this - I have a very small cleanup crew in there that I need to get out. If I move a few snails to another tank is there a chance that some ich cysts could get transmitted w/ them?Thx,-Don
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    No love for hermits?

    I've never had too much problem with hermits other than they're clumsy. I think the biggest problem is overstocking - I've seen some literature/adverts that "recommend" something like 1 or 2 hermits per gallon which I think is beyond crazy, but I don't see much wrong with just a few. They do...
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    In dire need of a chiller!

    I found that that the Hammerheads really put a lot of heat into my tank, I have two of them on two closed loops. Ultimately I had to go with a chiller myself. Things that helped was opening the stand doors if you're hammerhead's in the stand, and also can you cycle it on and off? You're...
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    Looking for some one that can do my water changes

    Would love to get together sometime and meet a fellow local reefer! Alas, my tank crashed in a big way a few months ago and then I had an Ich outbreak, so it hasn't been a happy 6 months for me hobby-wise - and my tank is really, really unimpressive right now as it's just finally gotten to the...
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    Looking for some one that can do my water changes

    I'd also throw in for an automated WC system, I've got a 375G and no way do I want to deal with buckets! All you need is a pump in the sump with a quick release valve that you can hook a hose up to - just turn the pump on and put the other end of the hose in the sink or something. I've got a...
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    carpet Anemones

    I've seen them at Barrier Reef from time to time, I'd think any of the LFS' could order one for you - Blue Sierra in Issaquah may be closest to you. Online I've had good luck with Bluezoo (Collector's Choice for WYSWYG) or Diver's Den for general livestock ordering. -Don
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    New Website Launched

    Looks very nice - easy to navigate. One suggestion I would have is maybe a little more in the way of descriptions. For instance, in your cleaner crew packages, maybe a quick blurb about what is actually in them, I know there's a little picture that helps, but I'd like a list of the critters...
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    A fast way to scrape coraline on Acrylic

    All right, based on the discussion I joined the club here and must say the algae dozer totally rocks!! I've got a peninsula style tank, and trying to clean the back panel has been a nightmare (front and side panels were bad enough!). Thanks for sharing. -Don
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    Switching to Salt!

    Welcome - glad to have you here. Well mandarins are green, if your daughter can wait a little while until the tank matures. I was reading somewhere online where somebody made a little mandarin feeder out of an olive jar. He'd lower the jar into the tank with food and that'd give the mandarin...
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    New Era for CFI

    Welcome back buddy - glad to have you back in the biz! -Don
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    aquascaping

    My artsy friend helped me with mine. She had three main suggestions. 1. Visually, odd is better than even. So three rock piles is better than 2. 2. Vary the height and depth so it's not just straight across. Again, 3 peaks is better than 2 - all should be noticeably different heights. 3...
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    Interesting thread on RC (reducing photoperiod)

    I like the idea of mimicking nature as closely as possible, but how do you translate natural photoperiods to tank-life? You'd have to factor in clouds, cloudy days, less intense sun early in the morning/late afternoon, sun spots, eclipses... the list is endless. Our tanks typically are either...
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    IT'S A GIRL!!!! (We knew that.....)

    Congratulations! How totally cool.
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    Rescaping my tank

    My artsy friends gave me three pointers from an asthetic standpoint: 1) Humans seem to finds odd numbers more visually pleasing than even, so three stacks of rock instead of two for instance 2) Try to vary the height so your rock isn't just all the same level 3) Google the Golden Ratio of...
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    Member of the Month - September 2009

    Congrats Chris. I love the aquascaping! -Don
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    Movin’ on up (on the East Side) to a 375g

    Thanks for the comments. The rock racks are great. I didn't have to do any drilling either, just one zip tie threaded through "natural" holes on one of the higher pieces. -Don
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    Movin’ on up (on the East Side) to a 375g

    And finally, the longways shot. 8 feet of depth from this angle (and 30" of width!) -Don
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    Movin’ on up (on the East Side) to a 375g

    And since this is a 3+ sided viewing tank, here it is from the backside. What's great about this shot is the really good view of the wires!
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    Movin’ on up (on the East Side) to a 375g

    What a difference some livestock and lighting makes! In my old tank I was having trouble finding places to put more coral, my new baby here looks barren. This is just some temporary jury-rigged lighting more for asthetics than anything else. I'm particularly fond of the wires hanging down the...
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