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    May/June Issue of Conscientious Aquarist

    cool site policy and cool publication - excellent article on live rock Steve
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    new tank setup and cycling

    Hi - Aitkenreefnuts - Im not sure taking the rocks out and scrubbing and drying will help as although the tank looks cleaner , the fact is the diatoms are still there and will quickly re colinise the rock again Leave it and let nature take its course Steve
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    Propogation of A fenestrafer (elephant ear)

    Brilliant thank you - Will let nature do the rest for me Steve
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    pink tail trigger

    Hi Bigfoot brown I know of two reef keepers in Uk who both have pink tailed triggers in their respective reefs and one who has had his for 6 months now Both report no incidents of coral nipping (1 did report incident of finger nipping though) Steve
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    mistake you dont want to admit

    Thus far most have relayed incidents that are embarrasing - I have one that I do not like admiting for moral reasons About 12 years ago when I was first into reefing in UK I had niot gained enough knowledge really and I now know that during the 1st year i threw out some perfectly healthy soft...
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    Propogation of A fenestrafer (elephant ear)

    Hi Anthony - last night whilst ear was almost fully closed I made a single cut towards centre mouth using sharp scissors - Today the ear has again fully opened and I notice the cut I made stops 2- 3 cm short of where I had thought - Its about 2 - 3cm short of teh mouth will it still be able to...
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    Live rock

    Rubble piles I think Jiddy - Rumble piles are areas of aggression between Boxer shrimps and every other crusatcean in the system One of the Steves
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    why do my snails die?

    doh - yep missed them shrimps sorry but did notice hermits and IME a hermit survived a copper based treatment in hastily converted hospital tank - I had intended to remove all inverts but missed 1 hermit and he survided the course and is still with me today a Steve
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    why do my snails die?

    Another possibility to add to the list above would be Copper - do you test for copper was copper used in the tank or are any of the rocks from a system that may have been treated with copper Steve
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    Can I add more sand?

    Im in this one for the ride - as I have both BB and SSB tanks and have never tried a DSB so am interested in the pros and cons as Im confident they will come up on this thread Steve
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    reefkeeping trend

    trends in UK - Trickle filters were a big hit until people remembered to measure Nitrates Miracal mud was in vogue until many realised play pit sand would do as its the miracal critters that colonise the mud thats important And ongoing - all reefers on 2 forums in UK are directed towards 100%...
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    Live rock

    Thanks again to all for their comments - My next question is do you believe I could establish a Berlin type system relying on heavy skimming and live rock as the biological filtartion without the need for 100% live rock to start with Or would if using dead rock albeit with some live rock to...
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    POll: What type of corals are you keeping

    I keep mostly softies and LPS in 2 x tanks - 70 and 90 UK gallons ( 4.5 litres in UK gallon) LPS - 3 bubbles and 2 euphylia - and 1 torch softies - shrooms, ears, buttons, toady and leather fingers I do not have Halides and as such maintain species I know are OK under tubes SPS corals are...
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    Propogation of A fenestrafer (elephant ear)

    Thank you again Anthony OK I will cut through this weekend while it is in tank same location and not move either peice until full healing has been achieved Steve
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    brown algea taking over substrate need input ASAP

    Hi Jonathon - Sounds like typical new tank syndrome diatomic algae to me - tank was set up in Feb but with no lights until 3 weeks ago - with no lights there was nothing for the algae to feed on thats why it has only just developed Diatoms and Cyno (which may be the bubbling you describe) are...
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    Jiddy for december MOTM

    Cant get my head around time zones as there must be many in the USA alone its 3.33 pm here - so some of you must be posting in the middle of the night?
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    Propogation of A fenestrafer (elephant ear)

    Thank you again - Ok 2 halves it is should I still leave in main tank or would they be best protected a little from main flow using the plastic sandwhich tub idea Do I need to remove it from its base rock to cut it or could I cut it using a scalpel while still on its rock and allow the 2...
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    Jiddy for december MOTM

    Thanks Elmo - from England but living and working in China Steve
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    Jiddy for december MOTM

    some of the newer ones on the other side of the world are using the time to read 135 posts on skimmer comparison - Ow my head hurts Steve
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    Propogation of A fenestrafer (elephant ear)

    Thank you Anthony - tanks set up 2.5 years - Am - 0 Nit- 0 Nitrate- less than 5ppm (salifert) PH 8.39 (IKS) - SG 1.024, KH 9 , PO4 - 0 (Rhowphos) - CA 4OO ppm Can they be quartered though the central mouth so I end up with 4 specimens? or is it best just to divide by 2? The method I was...
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