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    tank to withstand quake

    3.0 no way 1.0 maybe. You should of seen my eyes when i finally figured out what was going on :shock:
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    tank to withstand quake

    Hey Crazzyreefer, about that 1 1/4 plywood under the base what do you think about attaching a piece of neoprene foam to the top of the plywood for the tank to rest on and to absorb some of the vibrations. Good question NaH2o I hadn't even thought about the seams. Also another threat to glass...
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    tank to withstand quake

    Hey Chris thanks for the advice sorry about the elegance. i have talked to so many people today and read every thing i could find about this and got some good advice and not so good.The one im not so sure about is hanging the tank from the ceiling? The other good one is building a isolated base...
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    tank to withstand quake

    ok well it is a 55 gal glass tank, mostly soft coral. The main problem is my house is elevated 4 to 5 feet off the ground,on a standard foundation. Both quakes made the house sway back and forth, which made a really cool rhythmic effect until the water started coming out of the tank. I like...
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    tank to withstand quake

    I was wondering if anyone had any information on securing a stand and tank to withstand an earth quake. I never thought I would ask this question but in the past 4 months we have felt the reprocussion of two nearby earthquakes one was a 2.6 and the other a 4.1. I figure it is time to look into...
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    just reading power outage thread and...

    These battery pack things sound great. I will have to go get one this weekend. Along the lines of what NaH2o said. A generator is useless without fuel, because two years ago we had 100 mile an hour straight line winds come through Memphis. Which the city named Hurricane Elvis. It knock out power...
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    mistake you dont want to admit

    I have one similar to Nikki. i had been in the hobby for about three months and couldn't get my calcium right, so one day before work i decided to test it using the Red Sea test kit. After adding part A, i went to add part B and nothing would come out. So I squeezed really hard and the entire...
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    Purple Ribbon Gorg. shedding

    Hey Aaron How is the 10 gal tank coming? As for the purple ribbon gorgonian shedding, I have one in my 55 gal that sheds about once every three weeks. I have read in a couple of books that the reason this is done is to protect the gorgonian from fouling algae. Water motion is critical in...
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    Picking a new fish

    lizardarm, The royal gramma is on the top of my list, the jawfish i like but woud it have territorial issues with the goby? Thanx
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    Picking a new fish

    Hi was looking for some help on a great fish for my 55 reeftank mostly softcoral i already have a tomato clown and a orange spotted goby i want one more but just cant decide on a fish i like them all!
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    My 100th POST!

    Don't know of any fish stores but try surfing its great get a fish taco from the nock off taco bell cant think of the name of the palce but ther every where.
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    Rotifers and Gorgonian Care

    Hey Aaron check out garf.org and go to all about corals not much but its something also The Reef Aquarium volume two should help. Its great you are doing so much researching but don't just read about it try it the best research i have found is waching the gorgonian...
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    Rotifers and Gorgonian Care

    Hey Aaron I am partial to gorgonians and non photosynthetic soft corals myself. I have a 55 gallon softy/gorgonian tank with 5 different species of gorgonian- 3 photosynthetic(pelxaura spp., pseudopterogorgia spp., peterogorgia spp.) 2 nonphotosynthetic (diodogorgia nodulifera, and another one...
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    Anthias with taste for Gorgonians!

    Yes impressive but it about got her sold. Just shows waching your tank and being patient with it will show you somthig new and impressive about every day.
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    Anthias with taste for Gorgonians!

    Well I have been waching the problem anthias for about nine days and I found the problem or should I say the smart anthias! She will stay in her favorite cave during feeding time and casually pic the food out of the water column but when all the commotion from the other fish has stoped she comes...
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    Anthias with taste for Gorgonians!

    Well I noticed yesterday that my anthias(Lyretail Anthias) has developed a taste for Gorgonians! Wich my tank happens to full of five differnent species but only has a taste for two of the five. The Purple Frilly(Pseudopterogorgia elisabthae) and Purple Ribbon(Pterogorgia anceps) but leaves the...
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    Adding Sand and Shrimp questions

    Hey were realy good friends with sueann at something fishy and they have a good selection of fish. Looking forwared to their new predator room coming soon to take the place of the fresh water section! But hands down Kermit's has the best selection and quality of corals anywhere in the area.Good...
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    Adding Sand and Shrimp questions

    Hey about the sand I just added about a 1/2inch to a inch to my girlfriends tank last month using sand form my tank.We just removed it while doing a water change on my tank and added the sand to hers about a cup at a time.No real problems except some spooked fish from a snow storm that hit them...
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