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    HELP clams all dying

    it is protozans that is what I was trying to tell you earlier that you are trying to get rid of if it is pinched mantle. I know there are other more expensive things you can buy to treat but ich attack has that listed as one of the things it kills I had my only successes with removeing the clam...
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    HELP clams all dying

    I had the same issue a while back with pinched mantle and ended up loosing 6 out of eight clams.. I would not recomend fresh water dips as I lost many of my clams only a day after doing so and I think the extra stress of the dip put them over the edge. If you dont know what is causing the...
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    One more Q. Are these PPEs?

    No ppes have only green on the slit of the mouth opening not any flesh surrounding very cool none the less
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    Seahorse

    I have kept them as well as pipe fish and I would not recomend keeping them in your reef tank with other fish etc. they do not do well with flow as they are not strong swimmwers and are easily sucked up into powerheads / overflows and intakes also they do not compete very well when it comes to...
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    Cleaner shrimp

    I had the same expierence in the past week I lost 2 of my large cleaners with in 3 days with no reason that I can see maybe old age for one and the other got lonly or possibly something else funny going on but I have sexy shrimp as well that seem fine so the possibilty of a poisoining is...
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    aussie acan rics and cuttle fish at indoor??

    I was in at indoor reef today and saw some of the new stock and fish order for tommorow I know all of the rics got bought up at 15 a polyp for oranges and blues I saw 6 go with one person they also have a nice orange aussie acan like is on ebay right now for 130 + shipping a bunch of blue...
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    question about pigment in clam color

    well I did read the info off the net and it indicates that the alge insie the clam may be dieing I have been feeding them and they are under a brand new bulb I will keep an eye on them. I did transfer them to a holding tank for a week and transfered them back but that was 2 weeks ago wonder if...
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    question about pigment in clam color

    ya I need an expert and just let me know when works for you in the pic with the blue clam is the piece of red echino about the size of a half basball picture just dosent do it justice. all fish are in tank now so any time hes ready for eviction
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    question about pigment in clam color

    you can see the edges of the blue clam are white and there is white spot in the middle the squmamosa has almost a light haze in the middle up close it looks like little lines between what used to be all brown color
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    question about pigment in clam color

    I dont know how well this will show up
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    question about pigment in clam color

    I have a couple of clams and I had read somewhere that if the mantle looses its color as in gets white edges or white pigmentless stripes that the clam was not getting enough light is this the case or is there any other reasons for this? sps seem to be doing fine I have seen this in other clams...
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    Question on flow -- Dart closed loop VS. Tunze Streams

    Well In my opnion the dart is the way to go I have a 270 and use it for my closed loop with 2 - 1&1/2 intakes and 4- 3/4 inch outlets and it pushes alot of water,looks clean and has been quiet and very reliable with no maint. yet, also I have it plumbed in appeox 10 feet away from my tank with...
  13. WA coral

    nano tank crashed everything dead

    wow that sucks was it that nice pair that was at indoor ?? has the lookdown come in yet??
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    no I didnt leave a mesage at either # I figure I wont be able to fix this till after thanks giving as I have about 25 people coming over but I will call on monday to get some advice and maybe some help and I think the tank will hold but just a little scary. So far the plan is to scab a 120...
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    I tried to call both of the references but they must be closed today
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    thanks I will check into it.;.... Does anyone know how long weld on 40 takes to setup I mean how long do you have to position the piece of acrylic in place and how long till it is cured enough to put everything back in??
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    I know I know I should have listened. I have investigated the other seams and they are clear but this one in particular was visably cloudy. do you think that if its patched like you said that it will hold for a long time I mean all the other seams look OK not perfect but you can tell they are...
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    Did you try it with water in it ?? or was it empty I am afraid that just sealing the leak wont be enough I could probably get the leak to stop but structuraly if the bottom seam lets go I dont think just sealing it will stop it from blowing out I just thought if I could get away with not...
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    Well I guess I was hopeing for the magical acrylic fix not the spend 3 days emptying fixing and setting back up thing but I think its is the only way. Any other ideas??? Any one good with repairs willing to evaluate /glue in pieces if I have it empty/dry I would rather not cut all of the...
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    Acrylic HELP needed Please possible blow out

    Well I am just going to put this out there for any ideas and or possible help I have one idea of my own but not sure if it will work... Any way to the problem at hand I have a 270 gallon acrylic tank and I just moved it everything seemed fine but now I am seeing some salt creep out of one of...
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