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    1st attempt at pictures

    My first try at pics. Let me know what you think. Any suggestions. I just used auto focus with the flash off.
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    trachphyllia

    This is a tryachy correct?
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    Critique my setup please

    And some more
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    Critique my setup please

    I finally got some pics to follow up.
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    Let's See Some Zoos!

    A pic for your viewing. Finally.
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    Have a few questions in regards to this setup.

    Well I just set up a 47 gal fish only for my dad. He had the tank/hood already. I spent about $50 on LR as I got if from other hobbyist/my stockpile. Used a regular old FW over the wall filter, that will have carbon from time to time. Heater was used, but would have been $20. I mean...
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    Have a few questions in regards to this setup.

    I'm working on a cheap setup myself. If I come across any great cost saver ideas I will let you know. I am doing it cheap just to try to figure out if any profit can be made selling frags without doing it on a huge scale. Anyways with the lighting you are talking about shrooms will do well in...
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    Clams in a mixed reef

    Hello everyone. This is my first post in the Clam forum. I was hoping to get a clam for my tank but wanted to bounce a few questions off of you guys and gals first. I'll start by saying that I know some of the clam basics. I have MH and am running 8W a gallon so I think I have enough light...
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    Help critique my system

    Yeah its not that bad. It is taking me a while to get rid of my softies. I don't want to sell them to a LFS for next to nothing so I am taking my time shopping them. I have a friend who is thinking about starting and I much rather help get somebody else into the hobby and be able to make sure...
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    flouro lighting question

    Congrats on being member of the month. Hip hip horray.
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    flouro lighting question

    We have home depots all right. Chicago proper doesn't have Walmart or many other big chains like that as they keep passing crazy legislation to keep them out. But in the suburbs they are like a plague. If you run a major street every 4 miles you will pass a area with a walmart,HD,BB,CC,lowes...
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    flouro lighting question

    Thanks Ed. That sounds like a decent idea. Do you use a hood or just hang overhead?
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    flouro lighting question

    As I have an overflow of softies and empty tanks my friend is considering starting up a softie prop/fragging tank. The goal here is low cost/low maintenance. How it looks won't be as important. He doesn't want any fish which makes it a lot easier. Also since looks aren't an issue BB is also...
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    My 55 gal

    A sebae was one of the first things I bought and it only lived a few months. Everything in your tank looks great though. I've just heard those sebae's are really hard to take care of. And in time it will move around/sting your corals. Generally anenomes and coral don't mix well, but some...
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    New tank setup question

    The tank was crystal clear the next morning before he added the fish so that was good. He used to be an engineer at the Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago so he is an expert on lighting/filtration, but doesn't know that much about actual individual species. He knows enough not to have put those...
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    New to reef and Corals are dying....

    Good to hear that you've gotten it straightened out. Marine Depot is the only mail order place I have used and the service/product was really good. Also I suggest you use my water testing procedures. I start by never testing my water. I then declare my water perfect as no one can prove...
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    New tank setup question

    The tank was setup on Sunday. Used 1" CC on the bottom. Just regular floro lighting. HOB filter. 2 med powerheads (no sure what brand). Put in about 15lbs of LR. I told him to call me on Tuesday to tell me if it cleared as it was a little cloudy. I brought him a damsel to use as the...
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    Bare Bottom or Not ??

    I have about 1-1.5" and do great with nassarius snails, six line (over 2.5 years) starfish and such. I do notice that I have a little detritus buildup under the rear rocks, so this concerns me. However the previous owner had the exact same substrate, and the tank did well for the 8 years he...
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    Help critique my system

    Nice pictures. You summarized my points well in your reply. I hope nothing I said was offensive?!?, was just trying to provide constructive criticism. I am really hoping to get a new battery for my camera so I can get some pics up soon. You will be able to see what that tank is going to...
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    Help critique my system

    I don't want to put any words in Anthony's mouth, but I again I have a very similiar setup and asked him the same question about 2 weeks ago, so I will try to regurgitate what he said. The most toxic softies seem to be green star polyps and nepthea. Cabbabge leather is another big culprit, as...
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