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  1. cmn3

    ID please

    this is the first time I have seen it.. yesterday there was nothing in that spot and today there it is I will watch to see if somthing comes out of it
  2. cmn3

    ID please

    dont know what this is it just kind of showed up
  3. cmn3

    small crab living in my war favia

    yup was just down there checkin him out and all he does is pop his head out far nuff to eat still cant tell what the heck it is... so small about the size of an eraser
  4. cmn3

    small crab living in my war favia

    no QT tank but he does not seem to be a travler. just stays in the safty of his little hole so it would be easy to kill him if need be.. and I will not be camping out all night or emtying out my tank any time soon.... I hope
  5. cmn3

    small crab living in my war favia

    I am not even sure its a crab it has little tiny claws and keeps poping up and ducking back in the emty hole like a wack a mole game??
  6. cmn3

    small crab living in my war favia

    was watching my tank and noticed my war favia seems to have a small crab living in a dead hole in the coral how do you extract it or should I leave it? cant get a pick or even describe it. damn thing only sticks its head out enough to tell that its some kind of crab only way I noticed it was...
  7. cmn3

    a few questions on algae and filtration

    ok then good info I will limit my use and see how things go
  8. cmn3

    a few questions on algae and filtration

    so the system should be fine or even better off without the canister... I do change it out every two to three days but would rather just use it as you said for water changes it does work good for removing and adding water
  9. cmn3

    a few questions on algae and filtration

    ok so here is my set up I have a 45g tall 60lbs live rock 40lbs caribisand no sump a hob swc skimmer two hydor evo 750's and an old 301 powerhead I like it cause I can use to add air.. so here are my questions since I started my system I have been running a magnum 350 with a micron cartridge and...
  10. cmn3

    Light change and its effect on corals

    ok I will give that a try.. things dont look as bad as they did at first. I started using it on friday and could not figure out what happened never would have guessed it was the light change but everything else is good ph is a little low but not enough to make anything angry.. btw the hammer I...
  11. cmn3

    Light change and its effect on corals

    just changed the 250w in my tank from 10k to 20k and now things dont look so great. will the corals recover? or will the shock kill them? didnt realize that it woulld have such a negitive effect I know a few people that run 20k and have very good luck with them. the bulb I used was a coralvue...
  12. cmn3

    Clam or muscle?

    I will post a pic tomorrow at work now lights will be off by the time I make it back
  13. cmn3

    Clam or muscle?

    Ive noticed that on one of my live rocks has what looks like a clam on it it is same color as rock and I thought it was just a shell but when my emerald crab got to close it closed up then later it opened back up should I just leave it? Its about the size and shape of a steamer clam and is...
  14. cmn3

    so um where did the crab come from?

    I supose that could be Nata... Let me know if he dose not show up I will pick you up one next week when I go to the sale next week im not sure if I had put the rock that I got from you in when he showed up the stuff I picked up from barrier reef went in first and it got so cloudy I couldnt see...
  15. cmn3

    Major set back I think any advice or help please

    well everything is moved to new tank old one is out in the shed... should have done a little more research before tryin that.... tank looked nice and clear this morning right before I tore it down for the swap go figure... oh well if I get bored I might tear the other one back down and seal it...
  16. cmn3

    Major set back I think any advice or help please

    I have an swc bh100f
  17. cmn3

    Major set back I think any advice or help please

    im just going to get the basic allglass same size as I have now not gona do a sump or anything have had a bad flood when I was doing fresh water so going basic lots of live rock good flow and a hob skimmer once a week water changes... will go biger when im not renting
  18. cmn3

    Major set back I think any advice or help please

    ya thats kind of what im am thinking I allready drained about half the water out and went down to sumner to see what they want for a tank.. on sale for $114 so im just going to go pick one up in the morning and then start over I guess oh if it can go wrong it will. I guess thats cheaper than...
  19. cmn3

    Major set back I think any advice or help please

    ok so here I am deep into this..... so I bought this 45 gallon tank dimensions are 36 long 24 high and 12 wide. when I got the tank started to clean it up and noticed all four panels had lots of scratches and I figured hey no problem I have glass conections so I tore it down and ordered new...
  20. cmn3

    does coralline algae realy spread that quickly??

    I only use ro/di dont plan on adding any live stock for around 3-4 weeks depending how things test out not gona try and hurrry on this..
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