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    Best Controllers? Aquadyne?Neptune?DigitalAquatics?

    I am leaning twards the Aquadyne's Octopus 4000 . I like the scientific grade probes... Still think that there is still lots of advancements that can be done to make all the monitors work better. (Just my 2 cents)
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    Hawaii's new fishing regulations

    I have seen this coming for quite sometime... I agree we all need to do more to ensure that all ocean species will survive and be treated with respect . I work alot on breeding and propigation . I hope that one day we will have no need for harvesting out of the ocean. I am working to make this a...
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    QT a mandarinfish??

    I agree mandarins do get ick and many other infections.
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    QT a mandarinfish??

    I can get mandarin's eating brine shrimp. it just takes time. although time seem like a thing you do not have much of. How bad is the infestion of ich. Are you sure it is ich and not something else.Do you have any cleaner shrimp ( they might help).What other fish and corals do you have incase...
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    purple up

    I am usally a sceptic when it comes to new products but when we set up the 4-125 reef tanksin the store We used purple up from day one and we have amazing coraline growth. I like the product alot.
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    Coral ID Help Please

    I just got in the neon for of that.
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    need i.d. and help

    I would normaly feel the same but I have been using meds sparingling in reef for 10 + years .It kills the cyno cause it is both a Bacteria and Algae. I works quite well. you are not using it as a medication dose just enough to kill the cyno.I have been doing reef tanks for 10 years and never had...
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    need i.d. and help

    It is Cyno Bacteria. You need to use straight erythromycin. put one pill per 25 gallons .Turn off your skimmer and let med run for 2 days .Then do a 25 % water change add carbon .When you turn your skimmer on it may over skim just watch it for a couple of days
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    Long term effect of devastating hurricanes on coastal ecosystems

    We have had lots of hurricanes but we always come back. So does the marine life.
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    additives

    Is it true that a substraight such as crushed coral will lose it's ability to leach calcium,strontium, and others once it is covered by bacteria
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    To Bio Ball or Not To Bio Ball that is the question.

    I would also suggest taking them out . The bio in your live rock is all you need. Bio balls trap all kinds of particles that will effect your levels. I have four 125 plummed in one sump with no bio except the live rock .I have about 144 lbs.of live rock in each tank. That gives me pleanty of bio...
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    Strontium is a major component in the skeleton of calcareous algae and stony corals and occurs in the skeleton up to 2-10 times above natural seawater levels. It is a very important requirement for many stony corals. There is some dispute on whether it is a requirement for growth. It is depleted...
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    The Acropora Corals prefer a high light level combined with a strong, intermittent water current within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will require the addition of supplemental calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. Small Polyped Stony corals (SPS) are...
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    Do you use a Phosphate Remover?

    I use some phosphate removers but I find the best results by using R/O water .
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    Molybdenum can cause algea growth in a tank that is not well populated with corals.Strontium is very important in SPS corals . It helps the soft tissue adhear to the coral skeleton .Turbo Strontium is a product from Kent Marine. It comes with out molybdenum in case you are worried about algea...
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    210 Reef Tank

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    Red and Green Blasto's

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    4-125 Reef Tanks

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    Red Modern

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    Sweet Tank Frank! it's going to be a great reef
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