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    What do I need to upgrade?!?

    Running your protein skimmer in the refugium will decreas ethe amount of pod life the refugium produces, but it will not affec the nutrient export of the skimmer or the refugium. I have done what you are suggesting myself and noticed nothing wrong with it IME. I was using a Remora in a 20g...
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    What kind of mushroom would you say this is?

    IF you have been in love with the coral for weeks now, I think $40 is a good price if you can afford it. Price is relative. I'm not so good with IDing the coralmorphines, but it is a very pretty mushroom. If I had the cash and space, I'd get it. Just me. :D
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    Digitate Hydroids

    There are chemical remedy's such as panacur but unfortantley the medication is abosrbed into the rocks and can leach out over the course of many years. The chemical remedies are fatal to inverts for many years. Don't know if that helps or not? I have had a 6 line wrasse who thought thye were...
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    Brine Shrimp or Ghost/Mysis Shrimp propigations

    IME attempting to propagate ghost shrimp it was not worth the time or effort. The parents and offsprings are cannabalistic, they do best at lower temperatures, the return for the effort was minimal. I did better with mysids keeping them in water that was 1.017. I kept the parents in plastic...
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    UV Sterilizers

    If a UV is run at a flow to kill parasites it will kill pods as well. Idealy a UV should only be run after a prefilter so that no detritus passes through the UV allowing bacteria to only be partially exposed which can lead to mutations and stronger bacteria, in which case, pods would not pass...
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    Lighting :-$

    With the lighting and tank you currently have IMO you could keep many things. Several species of macro algae are pretty and desirable. They add a nice color, would demonstrate good growth and are very decorative. There are a few species of carnation corals that would do well in there. Some...
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    Mistake with Flower Pot?

    sihaya, in Australia it is much harder to get certain species of corals then in other places. :D All of our tanks are exotic in there own right.
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    Neospongode

    Thanks Anthony, I would like to move it to from my reef tank to the future seahorse tank. I have have a 156w T5 fixture and 192w of PC. Do you think mid tank in a good flow area would be a good place? Also I know it is a part of the neptheids family so I am assuming that they have no sting...
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    What do I need to upgrade?!?

    Noteworthy, glad to hear your tank is doing better. Kudos on the large waterchange, glad to read it worked so well for you. Sometimes they are a chore to do, but if you adjust the levels properly they are great for the system. I have a friend who is a commercial breeder who uses 100%...
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    Neospongode

    I've been in this hobby to long to do this but I was at a LFS a few weeks ago and saw something I had never seen before. it looked like some type of capanella coral, but it was bright purple. I later had it ID'd as a neospongode. Thing is amazing. Anyways without knowing anything about it, I...
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    What do I need to upgrade?!?

    Liverock itself is not going to help you to reduce your nitrates, especially with so much of your plan revolving around dead rock. The anaerobic bacteria in liverock is what converts the nitrates into gas. Dead rock contains no anaerobic bacteria and the anaerobes can take years and years to...
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    You know your a dedicated reefer when...

    When you go to the grocery store buy shrimp, octopus, and scallops for the tank, and mac and cheese for yourself. Damm I wish I lived in my reef tank.
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    Quiet External Pump Suggestions?

    I like my Quiet One pump a lot. Took about two weeks for it to be silent. Guess there is a breaking in period.
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    Please help...I'm sick over this!

    IME there is no problem if you have exhaust fans. JME
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    Every Reefers Worst Nightmare come true -Warning graphic photos

    Sorry man that sucks.
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    Atlantic Tropical Aquarium-Artesia, California

    I'm sorry you had a bad experience with him. To bad you didn't research his store beofre making your purchases he has a long standing repuation for such actions. IME I would also stay away from the fish store off Alantic and Beach Blvd in Huntington beach. Compared to my experience with them...
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