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    H2Ocean salt question

    DH2O Sea salt is produced through evaporation of seawater, usually with little processing, which leaves behind some trace minerals and elements depending on its water source. These minerals add flavor and color to sea salt if you eat it as we do here and give us the little bit of a...
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    H2Ocean salt question

    Red Sea Salt Mix I think Red sea "Coral Pro" is a good (as-in "OK") salt mix for reef aquaria, one of the better that I've used. Be sure to get the water temperature in your aquarium and the ambient room temperature to 71F or about 22C before you check specific gravity. I have and use a...
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    H2Ocean salt question

    I like D&D H2Ocean because I culture various species of greenwater to supplement feed filter feeders such-as porifera and radiating filament fanworms in the saltwater filtration of my research systems. Also, I use it for water changes. I'm home in the Philippines now and the salt we get here...
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    cryptic zone filtration

    Scallops & Oysters Members of the bivalve class, scallops, oysters, and mussels belong to the Limidae, Pectinidae, Ostreidar, and Mytilidae families. All have a two-part shell with a hinge and foot, and have no true head. Found in most marine environments, those that burrow into the substrate...
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    cryptic zone filtration

    Fan Worm, Feather Duster Worm (Annelids) The plume of Fan Worms can measure up to 10" in diameter on some species, while the worm may range from 2" to 7" long. Primitive eyes allow the worm to quickly withdraw its plume if it detects motion (usually a predator). Which makes them efficient filter...
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    cryptic zone filtration

    Sea Sponge Reproduction First of all Ses sponges can reproduce sexually or asexually. Asexual reproduction is through internal and external budding. External budding occurs when the parent sponge grows a bud on the outside of its body. This will either break away or stay connected. It goes...
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    cryptic zone filtration

    Sea Sponges Sea sponges are the simplest form of multi-cellular animals. A sponge is a bottom-dwelling creature which attaches itself to something solid in the sea bed and filter nutrients from the water that they force through their porous bodies with flagella. The scientific name for sponges...
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    cryptic zone filtration

    Water Flow and Light I don't think this one is going to give you what you want either. Algae really need a ton of red spectrum and the cryptic species need slow flow so that they can eat the small POM out of the water. Water flow so slow that only the smallest POM will stay in the water...
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    growing corals in sun light

    Sunlight and Shade Cloth In Calfo's book and the last time I was able to hear him talk about using the sun he warned us to use shade to keep the light level down. You must do that. Also in the 5 aquaria that I keep in full or partial sun heat is the only problem. See my post in the Mandarin...
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    Mortin Salt for Water Softening

    I use a special aquarium (and have used a trashcan set-up in the back yard) full of Caulerpa racemose to condition tap water; no RODI, no chemicals, nothing. Just don't add more that 1 gallon tap water to 30 gallons of conditioned water in 1 day.
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    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    220 Volt Hi Just thought I would let you in on a little trade hush-hush. So don't tell anyone; OK? If you're going to use 400w MH HQI's then use 240 volt electronic ballast rather than those 120 volt ballast and you'll knock your electric bill down to just above the level of using the same...
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    QT a mandarinfish??

    Mandarinfish in Small Quarantine Aquaria Your Mandarin fish will be dead in a few days if you try to quarantine it in a small aquarium with nothing to eat other than brine shrimp. You may be able to get it to attack inert feed rolling across the bare bottom of the quarantine aquarium. Your...
  13. McDonald Hatching Jar

    McDonald Hatching Jar

    The McDonald Hatching Jar is also inharmonious with Mandarinfish eggs as this hatching jar comes with a top screen that prevents the loss of eggs. Mandarinfish eggs strick the top screen and are damaged.
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    Comment by 'jeffkeith_us' in media 'Mandarin Dance 2'

    This Pair were at Yap Island.
  15. Mandarinfish Husbandry

    Mandarinfish Husbandry

    Mandarinfish are distinctive due to their unusual shape and intense coloration. They have a broad, depressed head and are primarily blue with orange, red, and yellow wavy lines. Mandarin fish are small, reaching a maximum length of 6 cm.
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    Comment by 'jeffkeith_us' in media 'Hatching Jar'

    This Hatching jar cannot be used for Mandarinfish eggs also it's priced far above justification. Mandarinfish eggs only need calm water to float in.
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    Refuge methodology questions

    To food farm or not to food farm; that is the question. Hi If you put two female Mandarinfish in the same aquarium I think that all you'll get is one dead one. Regardless in order to keep 2 or 3 Mandarinfish (which do don't compete with other species very well for pods) you'll need to food...
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    Mandarin larvae

    What Size Aquarium A lot of people have asked me about what size of an aquarium should a Dragnets have. So over the last two years I've undertaken a quest to give that very good question a correct answer. First let me say that while we can get Mandarinfish to eat inert feed, frozen food, and...
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    Mandarin larvae

    You're very welcome.
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    Blue Gigas

    Wow I would to have a beautiful Gigas like yours in my 480.
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