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    what makes KH drop quickly?

    well i tested everything on saturday...and thought mag. was low so added some sechem mag. buffer what was recomended was 25g at most. and every 5g would raise it by 5 so i did the max of 25g so it would raise it 25points figured idd do that for the next couple days...then tested it 2 days later...
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    what makes KH drop quickly?

    tested my KH on sat. and it was at 9.5 and tested yesterday and droped down to 7.5.....what would cause this drastic of a drop? other params are: salinity 1.025 ph 8.2 alk 8 (today) calc. 425 mag. 1100 nitrate 0 dose kalk in my top off to keep levels maintained...after this drop in KH ive...
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    I have a question

    i just did this a week ago worked wonders on the dinos...how i could tell it was dinos is was told its stringy and can hang off corals what i had was on the rocks the back wall and would hang off my sps like a long string...didnt matter if i had just done a waterchange it would only be gone for...
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    very fast growing algae.....

    i kept everything the same just turned the lights off....seemed to work good
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    very fast growing algae.....

    ya the 3 days no light definatly works and really i have clams,lps,sps and everything is just fine
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    very fast growing algae.....

    decided to go ahead and do the lights out for 3 days today was the first day that lights came back on man not sure if its due to the fact that the algae isnt iritating my sps or what but to be honest everything looks much better after having lights out....much more polyp extension on almost...
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    stray voltage.....

    was wondering how much stray voltage can fish take? my brothers tank recently all of his fish died all at once only three but they where fine one day then the next afternoon dead...so he tested all the params and everything is good. bought another fish and started over with it...just last night...
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    very fast growing algae.....

    definatly sounds like the dinos. what would be the cure for them? cause ive had cyano before and it defiantly doesnt seem like it at all....
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    very fast growing algae.....

    just recently ive seen a problem with a bit of algae its not alot but its very stringy and is upsetting quite a few of my sps ill blow it off with my baster and its back in about 30 mins...would this be red slime? or just a diatom? its brown like a normal diatom algae...ill get a pic soon
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    what shrimp get along?

    IME i would say no on the coral banded...all the others i think would get along i have a coral banded in my tank and if the shrimp you decide to add is smaller then it he will eat it atleast mine does....
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    Can I replace the Current Outer Orbit fixture ballast with an ARO

    what would be the reason for changing out the ballast? just wondering cause i have the same fixtures does the icecap ballast drive the bulbs with different coloration than the current?
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    dipping sps

    what does everyone have the best luck with without stressing out the frags...i have lugols iodine solution that was told is good to use just dont want to ever have to deal with getting bugs transfered from someone else into the tank atleast not too soon lol
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    upgrading/combining tanks together....

    those two lights actually work out perfectly together so wont be changing anything soon atleast lol got the stand built,stained and clearcoated along with everything setup this weekend LONG LONG weekend lol ill get some pics up asap pretty much going to have to start over with all new sps from...
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    upgrading/combining tanks together....

    went out last night and picked up all the wood for the stand...going to get that started tomorrow evening other then that been trying to figure out a cheap way of expanding my sump...the sump is only 20 gal. and kinda small so was thinking of somehow connecting another tank for the fuge....bad...
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    upgrading/combining tanks together....

    ya i ordered a 75 RR from BR today for a pretty good price. getting that hopefully this next weekend then gotta get going on the stand cause thats whats going to take the longest...other then that its just getting everything switched over to the new tank ill be posting some pics of progress once...
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    upgrading/combining tanks together....

    allright sounds good going to give BR a call tomorrow and see what i can get from them..all im looking for is the 75 aga RR tank so even petco might have that....ive been doing good just real busy with work and moving and everything lol and another reason that i need to do this is the tank was...
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    upgrading/combining tanks together....

    hey all, just recently moved into a new place and in the move my 32 gal. sps tank decided to pretty much crash...only have a few corals left so at this point im debating on upgrading to a 75gal. reef ready aga tank since the 32 just isnt big enough really anymore anyways...and it would be a...
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    light cycle too long?

    is this light cycle too long... i have a 250w DE 20k helios with 4 T5s on a 32 gal. hanging about 6 in above the tank cycle: T5s on: 10am halide on: 12pm halide off: 8pm T5s off: 10pm is this too much light? the tank is (SPS/clams/acans only) thanks :D
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    polyp extension....

    im not sure what they are...but it seems like there only on the corals that look sickly....nitrates are under 10 now and still going down so starting to get that under control.
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    polyp extension....

    due to some further research ive found some sort of bug that is on my corals....what it is is a small black bug that looks exactly like RBs and the corals that have these black bugs on them arent looking too well its on all the corals that are receeding.....so has anyone ever ran across these...
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