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    Overly Frustrated...Salinity Level

    Check your swing harm or whatever your testing your water with. That was the first thing that came to mind when you said you can't get your salinity up. Not to scare you but it could be sky high if your adding alot of salt and not seeing any results. You could also give your tester a good...
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    Need Your Input

    I'll still give you credit for not jumping into setting up a tank. You already saved yourself alot of trouble by reading a few books and asking question on this forum too. It really hard to say what your going to want to keep in your tank when your first starting out. So if you haven't...
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    Closed Loop Pump Size

    I think you will be ok in my opinion. The trick is to get the current so it's not directed at corals 100% of the time. If your not shooting corals point blank with 3600gal an hour you should be ok. The ocean motion should do a great job of that. But you still don't want to have your outlets...
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    basement tank pros or cons?

    I've had my tank in the basement for 2 years now. I'm in michigan so during the winter I do have a heater but in the summer even with the ac going my tanks stays in the high 70's without a heater. Some people use heaters year around just in case but I don't see any cons of haveing a tank in...
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    New at personal RO/DI unit

    I just got my RO/DI from http://www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/index.html and I'm not sure about a few things. How do I flush it? Do I just let it run for out of the valve that my hand is on for awhile that is after the carbine and sediment stages? Plus one othere thing. I'm making the unit...
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    Let's Talk About ~Crabs~

    I had a larger emerald crab awhile ago but after seeing him move a larger pc of LR back and forth trying to get under it, I got him out of the tank. He also liked to move my frag around on the rock work. Ate up a few of my hermits too. Also I notice that emerald grow really fast. The one I...
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    Anyone keeping Blue ridge??

    Mine is smooth. But at times it looks like it has goose bumps. It looks kinda like my skin does at time. Every now and than it sheds and becomes really reflective purple. It grows rapidly for me and I have had great luck with this coral. I have them under compacts and at one point VHO. I...
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    Turbelle 6060 placement

    The dimensions are 5/8" x 4" x 4-1/2" The clip that you attach the Tunze to the rail is the same clip that you attach to the magnet. I have the Tunze on the end but facing on a angle toward the back of the tanks rockwork. Here is a few pics
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    Turbelle 6060 placement

    I have been really lazy and haven't been posting. I was looking at your pics and thought the tunze were really cool. So I looked them up online. Ended up driving 1-1/2 hours one way to get one. Needless to say I ended up taking all my powerheads out and replaced it with the 6060 model...
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    Turbelle 6060 placement

    Hey min, I think you might want to cross current them. I'm not sure on your dimension on your tank but I think if you face them towards each othere than you might kick up alot of your sand bed. Even if your using a timers your going to be moving alot of water. Might be a good time to play...
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    Overflow boxes

    http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=KTALP This is just in case your siphon breaks on hang on overflows. It works really good. I have tested it a couple hundred times in between my power going off and me pulling the wrong plug. I would say it would be easier to buy an...
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    Power Head Placement

    Some also say to point the Powerheads towards each othere and place some pointing towards the glass/corners. The idea behind this is so the water move in several directions vrs just the one direction that the powerhead is faceing. I only have a 50gal but this work out good for me. Even my...
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    RO/DI and algea blooms

    Thanks for the replies I'm planning on getting a RO/DI for myself for christmas. LOL. I just have to figure out what I want and what I need. I tend to go overboard and get everything befor knowing what it really does. I'm looking at a getting eithere a 4 or 5 stage RO/DI and getting...
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    i need some clarification about uv

    I have heard to if your water goes still that your tank has a better chance of surviving a longer time. If your not using a UV and your water goes still your tank could go anarobic. Which from what I understand everything that you work hard to keep in water quility goes bad. Some also say to...
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    Vacuuming the DSB

    I like it too. I always spend more time looking at what I'm pulling out and not how much wate is in the bucket. JK
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    Let's Talk About ~Foods~

    I thought I would share that I look at the ingredients that are in the food that I'm feeding, there is copper sulfate in it! How could this be good for my reef? So I'm going to look for some new foods tomorrow. 1/4 of the foods I was feeding doesn't have copper in it. Can't really be a good...
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    Let's Talk About ~Foods~

    I thought I would share that I look at the ingredients that are in the food that I'm feeding, there is copper sulfate in it! How could this be good for my reef? So I'm going to look for some new foods tomorrow. 1/4 of the foods I was feeding doesn't have copper in it. Can't really be a good...
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    Let's Talk About ~Foods~

    wow I have so many question now as I always do. I really need to work on food storage and food prep. As some of you might now I have a blue tang that is looking unhealthy. The blue tang has caved in spots above the mouth and below the eyes. I have forgotten the Sciencetific name. But I will...
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    Let's Talk About ~Foods~

    wow I have so many question now as I always do. I really need to work on food storage and food prep. As some of you might now I have a blue tang that is looking unhealthy. The blue tang has caved in spots above the mouth and below the eyes. I have forgotten the Sciencetific name. But I will...
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    Show me your full tank shots

    My tank is a 50gal breeder and has been up and running for about 1-1/2 years Forestal- Good to see you pics of your tank finally. Glad you decided to join the party.
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