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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    well i have done some testing with the T5s. at 20" below the water line MH and T5s have about the same par reading. you can not go by watts. you must look at the lumen per watt to get the intensity. lets see if i can remember. vho=35 lumens per watt pc=45lumens per watt "vho and pc might be...
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    clown goby question?

    hey everyone how are you? i have a 72x18x20"H tank with 165lbs of live rock. i want to get a green clown goby(gobioudon atrangulatrus) and a yellow clown goby(gobioudon okiwawee). do you think they will get along in this tank if put in togather? i have had many yellow clowns have one in another...
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    ph, Ca+, dkh/alk question?????

    using seatest from aquarium systems manufactured by instant ocean. i tested ph more than i indicated. i tested it at night early morrnigs mid day night ect...it always stays at 8.0-8.1. since i added the new rock. the refugium light is 24/7. main tank, just have 5 fish and couple crabs, getting...
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    ph, Ca+, dkh/alk question?????

    hey everyone been adjusting the Ca+, dkh/alk, ph. will give the going ons during the last month. tank is only 3 months old. i do all readings before the water change. 6-7: temp=79, sal=1.023, Ca+=428, dkh/alk=12/4.3, ph=8.2, 5gal water change. 6-15: temp=82, sal=1.023, 5gal water change...
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    Anthias behavior

    well i read in a book that fish need oxygen to live. does this rule not work because fish dont read it. somethings happend that cant be explainned. but by reading up we can find find the triggers/influences/conditions that cause this or that to happen. if you want to eliminate or alter the...
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    Anthias behavior

    i have heard of this. do you have any big fish in there. i heard if you put something in there that scares them they tend to stay within the group and dont change sexes as readily.
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    red macro algae help??

    i have red gracilaria but want to get something that will root or attach to something. the gracilaria i have is ogo and little peaces keep going in the overflow and while its tumbling it brushes the mud and fogs the tank.
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    red macro algae help??

    hey everyone how goes it. i think i have some Kelp red algae (Rhodophyta) or Haliptilon roseum. i am thinking of using it in my refugium for export. anyone know anything about using this stuff??
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    growing red Gracilaria

    hi everyone. i have been wondering if red gracilaria ogo should be planted or just drop it in the sump and let it float. how should i plant it or get it to attach to rock or just let it float???????
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    what is your dkh level at??

    hey everyone doing a little research need so info on your dkh.
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    coral list advice please

    thanks for the advice. i am interested too. i am aware of somethings and how to deal with it but know better than to see things in just one way. plus i have really no idea which corals are more noxous than others just know some of the them but again no idea who is sensitive to whos secreations...
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    coral list advice please

    thanks for the advice. i am aware of the recent problems concerning the elegance and what to look for in order to avoid the sickly ones. i think i mihgt be one of the not so sensitive ones when handling corals. i think because i surf a lot(have been for about 25 years) and have been stung and...
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    coral list advice please

    hi everyone, hope all is well. anyway i have been working on my coral list and have my first draft/list. the lighting fish list and creatures are staying i need advice with the corals. i know most of the ones that need room or cant be touched but not sure on which are cool with being touched and...
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    new fish list

    yeah i put the wrong snails on the list just want 1-2 of those plus 10 astraea sails, will add more as needed as i go. yup your thinking is like mine 2 good size fish cuts into the mix pretty hard. the way i build my rock is more for the fish with lots of big arches, tunnels and a 2 foot area...
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    new fish list

    i think your right. i put out 2 schooling type hoping someone would give my an idea for one of them or another schooling fish i might not of though aboout yet. always thought getiing 2 clowns just put 1 on everything but the schoolers. starting to think of 5-7 green chromis and no lubbock...
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    new fish list

    hi everyone. i had a change of heart. i started to think about schooling fish the came up with this list. Group #1 1-green clown goby (gobioudon atrangulatrus) 1-yellow clown goby (gobioudon okiwawee) 3-4-lubbock’s fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lubbocki) Group#2 3-4-green chromis...
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    FINAL FISH LIST(i hope)feedback please

    I have a 72x18x20H tank about 150lbs of live rock with ½” sandbed. 45 gal sump with 30lbs of miracle mud and caulerpa. A sedra 1200gph and 586gph pump for the returm. Total circulating water 140gal. currently have 5 damsels in the sump. Will run like this for 3mo. Then add half the crabs and...
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