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    Parasite or algae

    Do they cause problems?
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    Parasite or algae

    That's the one
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    Parasite or algae

    I have something in my tank and I don't know what it is. They are red-orange in color, flat and about 2mm square. They are on both rock and glass.
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    Just joined. Newbie with used 240 gallon.

    nice looking tank!
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    need help fixing pump

    thanks Duane. Was the problem lateral movement?
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    need help fixing pump

    I had to shut down the pump the leads to my chiller. When I plugged it back in, it wasn't working. I took it apart and everything looked OK. I could not see any damage to the impeller. I cleaned off the deposites on the magnet and put it together. It now makes a loud ratcheting sound and...
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    how do you fix high alk?

    Thanks all, My salinity is a little higher than I thought 1.025. Duane, why do you ask? The story goes that for years I had only softies and had been told to keep alk up. I didn't pay any attention to ca and never dosed it. When I started monitoring ca and raising it, I found out that the...
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    how do you fix high alk?

    Since I now have SPS I'm trying to get my levels in line. My ca is 380; alk 12.8dKH; and mg 1450. How bad is this, and are water changes the only way to get the levels better?
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    milky substance from sea urchin

    Thanks, everything looks OK today.
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    milky substance from sea urchin

    I was just in the middle of a water change and saw my urchin releasing long strings of a white substance. I've read the threads with clams releasing sperm and it's detrimental effects. Is this the same thing, and what is the best thing to do now? Rich
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    Breaking in new bulbs

    I thought there was some kind of technique using a screen between the bulb and water that cut down on the light and after a certain amount of time it is removed.
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    Breaking in new bulbs

    I killed a bunch of things the last time when I tried to shorten the amount of "on" time with the intention of gradually increasing it.
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    Breaking in new bulbs

    What is the best way to break in new MH bulbs? Thanks, Rich
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    feeding a longnose butterfly

    Thanks Lee, I know I broke the rules by not quarantining the fish. I used to always do it, but had some bad outcomes I attributed to keeping the quarantine tank seeded. I'll try your sponge filter idea. Do you have a good commerical option to train him on? I'm currently feeding the other...
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    feeding a longnose butterfly

    I got a longnose butterfly about 2 months ago. Initially, he eliminated all of the small tube worms in the tank and continually picks at the rock. The only thing he'll eat otherwise is frozen mysis. Is that enough for its diet, or is there something else I could try? Thanks, Rich
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    Special Election of President of PSAS

    My wife is a determination agent at the IRS for non-profit organizations. She said she has approved another aquarium club in the past. There are criteria which need to be met that she can help with if it is decided to go that direction. BTW, the government just raised the application fee to...
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    MH bulb problem

    Thanks, The ushios sound like a pulsing sound. I didn't know there were different types. I'm not sure why one of the bulbs would start and the other two didn't, but i'll try probe start bulbs next. Rich
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    MH bulb problem

    I'm having problems getting my new bulbs to fire. I have a ballast that will run two 175W MH bulbs. My old bulbs were grossly overdue to be replacedto the point that one of them burned out. They were both corallife 10,000K. I ordered three new ushios. I intended to replace the working...
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    January 19th PSAS Meeting: Fish Food Making

    anyone on the eastside want to carpool to this? Rich
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    PSAS is proud to present Jake Adams on May 19th, 2007.

    carpooling Are there any other people who want to carpool on the edmonds ferry tomorrow? Rich
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