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  1. cheeks69

    Clowns hosting new anenome

    Since Carpet Anemones are natural hosts for Ocellaris and True Perculas I'm not surprised at all. Is the Carpet a Gigantea, Haddoni or Mertensii ?
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    Beat Up YellowTang

    In addition to HLLE is it showing any symptoms of Crypto Irritans ? When my YT developed HLLE he never rubbed himself on the rocks so maybe yours also has a parasitic infection.
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    How many fish

    Adding these fish at the same time isn't a good idea IMO. You want your bacteria levels to adjust to the bio-load so it has to be done slowly otherwise you could get an ammonia spike. Are you quarantining the fish before introduction to the main tank ? How long has the tank been setup ? How much...
  4. cheeks69

    Copperbanded butterfly and sps?

    What are you feeding yours Sue ? Mine loves mysis, scallop and Tiger shrimp I get from the seafood dept at the grocery store. Now you know a pic is obligatory :lol:
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    Copperbanded butterfly and sps?

    I don't recommend CBB's for aptasia control, these aren't easy fish to keep. They don't ship well and will often refuse to eat even aptasia. My advice is don't get one unless you see him eat at the LFS or you have a refugium to help him convert to prepared foods. I have had three...first one...
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    Pictures Of Your Best Fish

    Great pics Mary, that camera lesson at MACNA really paid off...lol Love the Blenny :D The Blue Throat is still a bit shy unless it's feeding time then he shows his true colors :D :D :D
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    Pictures Of Your Best Fish

    Thanx Nikki ! Is Katrina's a Crosshatch or a Blue Throat ?
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    Pictures Of Your Best Fish

    Here's my new favorite :)
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    A 750g SPS system is born

    Well all I can say is WOW !!! Awesome tank and equipment setup, beautiful stand and canopy and the paitings look great in the room now all you need is a recliner :D Can't wait for some more closeups of the tank, congrats on a dream system :exclaim: BTW haven't you tried the XM's already and...
  10. cheeks69

    Tank of shame resurrected

    Alberto won't the Anglers be a threat or are they still small ? Do you think they'll be weaned to prepared food and leave the fish alone :exclaim:
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    Can your protein skimmer be too efficient?

    I think we agree to agree :D
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    Here's what's going on with my "tank life"

    For some reason one of my LFS' has been getting MI's all of a sudden, been going there for about 4 years never had any now for the last 3 weeks 7 of them none eating :mad:
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    Can your protein skimmer be too efficient?

    I'm not sure what the break-in period has to do with it, you could have a tank loaded with organics that's not going to change the fact that the skimmer has to break-in. I know people who had Catalaphyllias years ago and you just couldn't kill them they thrived in tanks overstocked with fish...
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    Can your protein skimmer be too efficient?

    Corals like Catalaphyllia, Gonioporas,Trachyphyllia and Fungia come from turbid Lagoons with a high level of nutrients so they will not do well in a tank with aggressive skimming. Mike makes a good point about supplementing but even then as you know some of these corals will continue to...
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    Can your protein skimmer be too efficient?

    Well maybe overskim isn't the proper term but I've had some corals actually decline since I've started with SPS and much lower nutrient levels in my tank.
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    Can your protein skimmer be too efficient?

    I disagree. It really depends on what your keeping and IME softies and many LPS will actually do much better in a higher nutrient tank then a tank with aggressive skimming.
  17. cheeks69

    lighting questions

    Yes the difference can be considerable, I noticed this firsthand when I went from CV12k to XM10k.
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    lighting questions

    Here's a great site that gives you some PAR #'s on some of the most popular SE bulbs and Ballasts. Testing 250 watt MH lamps and Ballasts Here's a side by side color comparison http://metricksystem.com/chris/250wcolour/ And here's some great info on MH Ballasts: Metal Halide Ballasts...
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    Can your protein skimmer be too efficient?

    IMO it depends on what you want to keep. If it's going to be an SPS tank then I would say no but if you want to keep a mixed tank with plenty of softies and LPS then I would say it's possible to overskim.
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    My 700 Gallon Starfire Tank Project

    I'm curious why you went with so much LR is it because you went BB ?
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