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  1. travis_

    Kalk reactor as top-off?

    I will take a picture tonight, but it is not very complicated. I have a ~25 gallon rubbermaid tub that I cut a small hole 1" off the botton and siliconed in a piece of hard tubing with flex tubing running to my tank. The tub is at a higher elevation than my tank and the kalk is gravity fed. I...
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    Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN)

    Man! These kits are very expensive! But I will bite the bullet and order one next time I place an online order.
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    Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN)

    I had one frag under an older 400W MH (~10k) and the other under a new, 400W 14,000k bulb and they both shed their flesh overnight. THe system is all tied together. I have a combination of LPS, softy and SPS neighbors. I did supect my lobo brains at once point, but I had none of these in one of...
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    Kalk reactor as top-off?

    this is how I have my kalk and ATO setup and it is very simple and works great. Running the kalk through a float valve will probablly cause issues, this way I only run water through the float valve and drip in my kalk at a constant rate.
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    lets talk about magnesium?

    what is the cheapest way to dose magnesium? I have a firestarter block made from magnesium, could I add some shavings to my water?
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    what would be best to stock my 2.5 gallon pic?

    here is a closeup pic of my pom pom
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    pOm PoM cRaB

    Here is a pic of my new Pom Pom crab. I have him in my 2.5 gallon pico tank. I am feeding this tank with coral frenzie and cyclopeze, anyone know what else I can feed him? from what I have read, he is a filter feeder.
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    what would be best to stock my 2.5 gallon pic?

    thanks, I love the pom pom crab, and he would get lost in a tank mush bigger. I think he is perfect in this tank. There is enough flow that the temp is maintained in my unheated basement with no insulation. Now I just have to convince the wife to let me put it upstairs....
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    what would be best to stock my 2.5 gallon pic?

    Here are some pictures finally. For lighting right now I am using a 60 Watt compact Bright white (6500k i think). It is like a x-mas light bulb. I actually have part of the bulb submersed in the water for heat and more intense light. THe zoas seem to be doing well under it. I have a pompom crab...
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    what would be best to stock my 2.5 gallon pic?

    I will take some pictures tonight, but here is a quick explanation. I bought a small, plastic tank from Petco for under $10. I found a bulkhead fitting with a hose barb for 1/2" tube from Pacific Marine Exchange for $1 each. I cut the right sized hole in the pastic tank using a jacknife and...
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    what would be best to stock my 2.5 gallon pic?

    I tied in a 2.5 gal pico into my 200 gal system. What do you think would be most interesting to stock this tank with? I am thinking maybe a seahorse or a couple small, sexy shrimp. I am going to suck up some of my mysis shrimp from my sump and see if they will live in this tank. I will keep it...
  12. travis_

    ??Best lighting for a nano tank???

    I have a 90 W equivalent flouresent flood light, it is the natural daylight series which is 6500 K i believe. Works well for a 2 gallon. I have been growing corals under these lights for several months in my refugium and they are growing.
  13. travis_

    Is it cheating

    I have a 2 gallon plumbed into my system. I am just trying to figure out the overflow. Right now it is very hard to maintain the correct water level. How do you plan to plumb it?
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    Looking for the best Refugium

    I think your best bet is a remote refugium, and as big as you can. You do not need a lot of flow and it is cheap to run tubing, put it under your house, in your garage, wherever you can. I have mine in my unheated basement with great sucess (i even have mysis shrimp gorwing on their own). Even a...
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    can you breed emerald crabs?

    one of my female emerald crab's abdomen looks extended, like there are a bunch of eggs or something under it. Does this mean she is going to lay eggs? Should I remove her to a tank without preditors? Maybe the one that the my mysis shrimp are living? thanks for the help, Travis
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    decorator Crab

    I love my new decorator crab, except I can rarely see him. Today I thought he was one of my frags becasue there was a polyp on him, when to grab it and was surprised to find it was him. Just curious if I should do anything special to keep this guy happy? thanks,
  17. travis_

    Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN)

    what happened with your temp that casued this? I normally keep my tank from 76-79 F.
  18. travis_

    Baby Shrimp

    well, my shrimp are continuing to thrive and multiply. They actually respond when I approach the tank and start swimming crazy and skimming the surface as I sprinkle a little coral frenzie in the water for them to eat. Pretty Neat. If anyone wants to improve their diversity and would like some...
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    medical grade supplements

    I think my fish are a little stressed, can you send me some of your "waste" valium and morphine to setup a stress relieving drip? I will trade you a frag :)
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    Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN)

    I had one of my blue tort corals shed its tissue over a short period of time. I had 2 frags in different tanks and they doth died. I feel this is RTN. What can I do? What should I test for? My Nitrates/ites and NH are always undetectable. Calcium around 400 ppm. Alkalinity at 11, salinity 1.025...
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