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    polyp extension....

    see i dont think it is...just dont know how to tell...going to read up a bit on them and check out some pics of them dont see anything at all on the corals just overnight one acro went from great with lots of polyps to this afternoon whole branch is bone white with no flesh.
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    polyp extension....

    well checked for pests...with magnifying glass dont see anything at all...when i had RB i saw the RBs. so i know i dont have them but how small are AEFWs? you should be able to see them with a magnifying glass right? cause whats wierd is one of the acros i had up top thats always done awsome...
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    polyp extension....

    im pretty sure im RB free ive checked pretty closely i need to go get a magnifying glass lol think ill do that today. yeah im just going to keep maintaining the tank the way it is and see if things stable out i think they will once nitrate is down and i keep doing 10 gal. weekly changes.
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    polyp extension....

    eh its roughly the same, some days it seems a bit better...but then others i see none at all on a few of the corals.
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    polyp extension....

    yeah ive been also thinking it could have been some sort of outside polutant....cause we have landscape come around couple days a week and not sure if they spray anything and the tank is in the dining room right next to the window we allways open....now dont have to worry about that due to we...
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    polyp extension....

    well i had a bit of hair algae and a small amount of phos. so started using rowaphos and that got rid of it so figured idd keep it going but if i dont need it i figure why use it now unless i see phos. lvls start to show up on my kit. the light is hung about 3" off the top of the water and...
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    polyp extension....

    yeah its been just recently that the polyp extension has stoped within the last 3 weeks or so..tissue recession has only been at the base on a few corals...that a few weeks ago where fine...i have a chiller that keeps the tank at 77-78 never goes out of that area...my alk ive tested days in a...
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    polyp extension....

    i got the lights about a month ago or so upgraded from 150w to 250w my tank is 24" deep but from top to sand is about 18"... t5s on from 10am to 10pm halide from 12pm to 8pm
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    polyp extension....

    and its kinda wierd how its just select corals and there not all the same type....like one is a milli that just doesnt have its color at all and its base is white...the other is a echino that is losing its color and turning white...the other 3 that are doing it i belive are acros. the phils...
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    polyp extension....

    doesnt seem to be browning out at all my cali tort is a little brown on the bottom...thats only corals that are brown...the rest are either perfect or a small amount of stn on the bottoms also 1 of my echino is starting to get white/bleaching and my tri color is getting pretty white on top of...
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    polyp extension....

    ? =P dont have a 155...32 gal w/20gal sump in the tank i have two tunze nano 6025s modded along with a closed loop system hooked to a eheim 1260...cant remeber what turnover was but it was well over 70x and have a 250w HQI w/4 24w T5s equalling out to 350ish watts...my bulb is a 20k helios.
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    polyp extension....

    doesnt make any sense...some sps are starting to have a bit of stn on the bottom of them...im wondering if im thinking im doing everything right and unintensionally screwing things up.... i do my waterchanges/change carbon weekly and mix the water and salt mix together in (2) 5 gal jugs. 24...
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    polyp extension....

    sounds good thanks for the help kevin ive done everything you have told me to do also ordered a new 12" PC light fixture from curent for the fuge so hope that will help a bit... also checked out reviews on Elos pro skimmer, AAs and found that they seem to help everyone that has used them with...
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    polyp extension....

    allright ya i curently run the refugium with a little shop light with a flo. daylight small bulb in it...should i switch to compact flo. light thats actually made for it? and ive been running it on 24/7 should i switch that up to go on when lights go off and go off when lights come on? seems...
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    polyp extension....

    what effects polyp extension...ive been trying to figure this out for awhile...as of right now my params are: 32 gal. custom. 20 gal sump (tunze 9010 skimmer, phosban reactor (1) for carbon (1) for phosphate media, closed loop tons of flow from that and also (2) tunze powerheads, 24" outer...
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    Fixing my acrylic tanks seam!

    just filled it....but for safety decided to clamp it with a decent cloth clamp...but i think it would have been fine without its pretty good stuff...
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    Fixing my acrylic tanks seam!

    weld-on 40 2 part
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    Huge problem! acrylic tank seem seperating....

    talked with jason @CFI and decided i would fix it myself...have full post in DIY forum check it out its fixed just need to work on the cosmetics now need to sand it down and polish it up and should be pretty decent looking all i can say is im happy it isnt leaking anymore...
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    Fixing my acrylic tanks seam!

    well i tried to contact the guy i got it from but there was no reply here or by phone so he obviously doesnt back up his work....i bought this tank about 6 months ago and it started to split its seam so talked with jason at CFI and he was awsome and very helpful =P. So i decided to fix it myself...
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    Mini Sale July 4th Weekend!

    if i had the cash right now man there is alot of stuff up there that i would get TONS of very nice pieces! if you can get over to this sale man the good stuff im sure is going to go fast!
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