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    What have I done?!?

    I live in Tinley Park, so its a moderate drive. My buddy did come last night and picked up the copperband butterfly so that is step one. I couldn't find the trigger this morning, I fear he may have gotten himself stuck in the rockwork again. I searched for 15 minutes but then I needed to...
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    What have I done?!?

    First off these people weren't my friends. A friend of mine was at their house when they were draining the tank and he called me a and said you may want to come over and get these before they flush them it probably worth your time. I do have a plan now though. Some how I am going catch the...
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    help doods/doottes

    I'll spill a little of my 40oz on the curb for your sixline. They are my favorite small fish. A least they are rather inexspensive.
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    Bad MH bulb??

    This may sound dumb but I assume you made sure not to touch the bulbs when you put them in correct? Finger oil on the bulbs can cause them to heat incorrectly or break. You should always handle them with a towel or such. As towelie would say "don't forget your towel". But I assume you...
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    What have I done?!?

    On Saturday I heard from a friend that was at somebody's house who was about to flush their fish. He knew they were valuable and figured I may want them, so he give me a call. I rush over (about 40 minutes away) and collect up these fish. These people gave me, for free, the following fish...
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    Clams in a mixed reef

    No they are different. There are squamosa, deresa, maxima, crocea. These are the "smaller" clams. Squamosa and deresa prefer sandy bottoms, maxima and crocea prefer the rockwork from what I understand. There are also Gigas clams which are the truly giant ones. They are also bottom dwellers...
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    What are these?

    That tang is totally fired!! What a slacker.
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    Acro Crabs

    I got one in an acro colony the other day. Didn't know they were good. My LFS store guy assured me they weren't a pest, but you never know. Give me your address and I'll throw him in an envelope.... Oh wait it might need water. If you were local I would give him to you, but even if I knew...
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    soft coral id

    I'm just getting out of soft corals, but I am not sure from the pic. In one pic they look pink and in another they look orange? Definitely a "tree" coral. Kenya trees are usually purple. So it could be a colt or nepthea both of those are normally pinkish and have that general shape. If the...
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    Low Tech SPS tank

    I am just getting into SPS. I have had my tank for 3.5 years, but it has been 85% or more softies/LPS up until now. I have been selling/trading my softies and replacing with SPS as I go. The whole right half of my tank is now SPS except for a few brains. So far the pieces of SPS I have been...
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    Something is eating my corals

    Well I'm not sure what to do about your predator. I too have tons of stuff in my tank and it makes it hard to pin down the source of a problem some times. I recetnly introduced a copperband butterfly to get rid of a few aptasia's. Well he did that in short order, but now I think he may be...
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    low budget tank

    This is an update on a low budget tank I put together for someone to get rid of my extra soft corals. I had an extra 29G tank and he had 5 flouro 20W lights he mounted together. I gave him a few pieces of live rock and his cousin donated a few pieces of LR and some base rock. I gave him 2...
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    Interesting Linkia story

    Well I only have a 75G. Lots of mature live rock though. About 125lbs and when I got my tank the LR came with it and it was a local move so the rock was kept in tubs instead of newspaper and had heat/powerheads while the tank was being set back up. So overall that rock has been in the tank...
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    Clams in a mixed reef

    Hi guys. Finally got my home computer fixed this week so I promise pictures are coming shortly. The squamosa I bought is doing well, and 2 weeks ago I picked up a derasa. It's got black and gold stripes running down the main part of the mantle with a little blue rim (about 1 MM) all they way...
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    Rockford Frag Fest

    How do they transport them and what do them keep them in throughout the day? Just wondering as I have never been to a frag swap. I have some pieces I am looking to get rid of as well (shrooms, hydornophora, lobo brains). Do you think they are worth bringing with?
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    Interesting Linkia story

    I had a similiar experience with my orange one. I found it in a powerhead intake. 1 leg was totally ripped off and another was down to a nub with exposed skeleton and tissue. But when I got him out he was very active so I left him in like you did. The entire legs were grown back and healed...
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    What to get for 1st SPS

    The first SPS I tried was a montipora danae (superman red) I have had it 8 months and it is doing great. It is 8" by 5.5" now, I'm not sure how big it was when I bought it. I've also got a greem slimer acro about 8 weeks ago and it is also doing well so far. I don't even have enough flow...
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    Coral help needed desperately!

    Colt coral is one of the hardier corals out there. I would go ahead and put some of the LR with the colts in your main tank. If after a few days the braches are extending and the start to look "fluffy" and full then put the rest in. Don't be afraid you need to start sometime, and there is...
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    almost a complete loss

    Condolences to everyone for their lost livestock. With so many on here concetrated in the Washington area it seems like many are suffering from the power outages.
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    How many times do shrimps live????

    I've never seen info on this, but my Coral Banded shrimp died at about 3 years and he was big when I got him. I think most large shrimp live 3-5 years??
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