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    fathead anthias is this normal???

    hey i just got a new sunburst anthias. from the start it was in the bottom coner of the bag. acclimated over the next 4 hours, slowly. put him in and he went straight to the bottom. i see him swim a little but never more than a 1/4" off the bottom then rests between some rocks. been sitting...
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    wrasse mystery death????

    it was a filimented wrasse female. water parm: temp ranges 80 peaked day time and 78 peak low at night. NO3=0.20 ph. stable at 8.2-8.3 ALK=3.35 Ca+=405 sal=34 phos=0.0 silicate=0.0 NH3/NH4=0.0 NO2=0.0 the wrasse was the only fish in the tank. other tankmates are mixed snails cerith, margarita...
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    wrasse mystery death????

    hey everyone. my wrasse died last night i am trying to figure out why. i had her for about 3 months. i have been trying to catch her to remove anyway but still want to find out why. she was fat and alway hunting finding lots of pod and mysids. the tank has been going for a year. only change i...
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    greenbanded goby how long do they live??

    hey everyone. so does anyone have any idea how long a greenbanded goby (Elacatinus multifactiatus) will live??????
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    changing my filtration how would this work??

    yeah i agree. decided to go with out the plenum. i have asm G-3 skimmer. thanks for the reply. the only thing i am deciding on now is if i should still use the Miracle mud for the substrate about 2" or go with a fine grain sand bed 2-3" or mix it. or a little bigger grain and go 4-6". thinking...
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    changing my filtration how would this work??

    need to rebuild my sump to fit my new asm g-3 skimmer and was not happy with the miracle mud i have been using over the last year. so changing the whole sump around. in the display tank i have 1/2" sandbed and 140-150lbs live rock. o tank is 120ish gal. the sump will made out of a 45gal long...
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    new T5 lighting set up configuration??

    thanks, ok check this out: aquable center blueplus to right side aquable to left side daylight center blueplus left side aquablue right side my overflow is on the left side.
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    new T5 lighting set up configuration??

    hey everyone, getting ready to install my new T5 lighting system. the lighting is 6X80watt bulbs 60" long retrofit. they will goi in my 72" canopy. i will putting them in the following order, starting from back to front: -aquablue -blueplus -aquablue -ge 6500k daylight -blueplus -aquablue my...
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    blenny copatibility question?????

    thanks for the input. seems no one knows. posted this on many sites. guess i will just have to try it out and find out, just hope its not the hard way. i think your both right though.
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    blenny copatibility question?????

    hey everyone. i have a lawnmower blenny already in my tank. he is only about 2 inches now. has been in the tank for about a month. the tank is 72X18X20. i want to add a cannary blenny. do you think they will get along. i know the cannary is venomus, so thinking if the lawnmower goes for it, it...
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    i thought we were talking about what impedes denitrification. you keep talking about how the anaerobic envirornment is created. i am refereing to the envirornment needed for the proccess of denitrification. which needs to be acidic. why i say ph and CO2 create this environment. but you say the...
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    no i was refereing to the concentrations not actual gas exchange, read the post before that. i just mentioned the gas exchange. but the concentrations are what i was talking about and that effects the pressure.
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    this is what i read perhaps i misread this.
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    That has very little effect in the micro world. About 1500 pages of advanced microbial biogeochemistry books and pH is nowhere in the discussion. It is not even in the indexes. But yes there is a pH limit for bacts. Like most living things in an aquatic environment there is a preferred pH, if...
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    i believe your lost?? if you think CO2 does not affect ph. and even more lost if you think O2 dosent affect CO2 these are basic gas exchanges. basically a wet/dry doesnt impede it. in fact it produces the compounds that feed anerobic bac. anerobic bac. use the acidic enviorment to break the...
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    never said it worked better.
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    because in a closed system it just cycles the same water=same concentrations.
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    percula clown question?

    lol, i like that nah2o. it might cause a growth spurt too.
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    i think you misunderstood everything i said.
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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    no not at all. they dont impede it. if anything they aid with it. will expain below. yes. but its not so much the O2 as the CO2 levels. creating the envirornment. its more of a ph issue. well we are working with a closed system nitrates levels will not very that much even with in low flow...
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