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    coral farming questions

    1. Yes you should put fish in the system as it is cheaper to feed fish inexpensive food to obtain dissolved organics in the water than it is to try and feed the corals directly. Most corals obtain quite a bit of nutrition from their photosynthic algae (zooxanthellae). However, they have a...
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    Par Thread With Meter

    The yellow one Rich is using is the Apogee. For those truly interested in this subject, please read this thread from Boomer's post on down. http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:89G63PeltysJ:www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php%3Fp%3D299974+apogee+par+meter&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us
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    Par Thread With Meter

    Rich, Thanks for publishing this info. I'm trying to write an article explaining not only Lux, but also PAR and PUR. I agree that the Milwaukee SM700 is quite nice. However, I spoke with Dana Riddle at length and he made this recommendation for a number of reasons, including (but not...
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    Pod inside anemone tentacles?

    How cool is that? I've never heard of it before. I'm tagging along as well.
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    coral farming questions

    Actually, many of the larger polyped corals obtain quite a bit of nutrition indirectly from fish poo. Fish poo is immediately attack by bacteria (called bacterial floc). If you have good circulation in your tank, this fish poo will be transported to the polyps where the bacterioplankton is...
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    How a pagoda should look...

    Pagoda Cups are often starved on accident by their keepers. I'll let Sara tell you what she did to rehabilitate this particular animal but the idea to keep in mind is that (as a general rule); The larger the "mouth" that the coral has, the more particulate and zooplankton it needs in addition...
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    Excess Salt?!?!?!?

    If this wasn't a brand new bag or bucket and enough moisture was allowed to interact with the salt when you did your last water change, this can happen.
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    politicaly correct

    If they were using test kits, they WOULD KNOW if what they did helped or not. When I help a newbie set up a new system, I expect work out of them. I give them a binder and this binder contains preprinted sheets for date, SG, Ammonia Level, Nitrite Level, Nitrate Level, Calcium Level...
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    A quick responce about PetHole©(name changed to protect the innocent. ;) )

    I applaud your dedication and I'm glad you spoke up. It can be dangerous to paint with too wide of a brush. I have a friend who works part time at a store in your chain in New York. His online tag is Sharky. There are customers who go into his saltwater section of the store, and if he's...
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    politicaly correct

    Wow!!! First you apologize for calling people sheep and paranoid schizo's, then you proceed to insult other posters who provide more than the most basic info by calling them wannabe biologists. But that wasn't enough, you had to even question their motives by saying the reason they did it was...
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    Biting Fishes Okay Together?

    OK, I'll bite (get it;)) In the ocean, we have no control over who eats who. However, I feel that once the animal was put in your tank, you have certain responsibilities. Those include feeding them, keeping their water parameters correct, and protecting them from undue stress or damage.
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    Reefmasters Reeftank Is Up!

    Looking great!!! Congrats.
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    Aldehyde Products besides Formalin

    I greatly appreciated your detailed response. I will contact the company and will share their response with you once I receive it.
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    Do you Agree with This?

    I would just PM Nikki and have her modify the current poll. FWIW, Other than for a couple hours while after a new fish is added and everyone is establishing a pecking order, I feel that the fish that repeatedly bite and fish that get bitten should never be left together. JMO
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    Aldehyde Products besides Formalin

    Lee, I've used Formalin (a Formaldehyde) successfully in the past to treat fish. There is a company that advertises a aldehyde product other than Formalin in such manner. I've experimented with this a bit but you know how anecdotal evidence is not always true evidence. I left the brand name...
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    Is a flounder Reef safe?

    Wow John!!! Long time no see. (This is Curtswearing on the work account). Welcome back!!!
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    Is a flounder Reef safe?

    Jeff, Most flounder get HUGE!!! How big is your tank?
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    Hard Lesson Learned the Hard Way

    Jan, This is Curtswearing....Planet Reef is my work account. At home, I do an Iodine dip and a Prazipro dip on all Monti's. At work, it depends on how large the shipment is. If time permits, I do both. If time doesn't permit, I strictly do Prazi. Prazipro is a form of Praziquantel that...
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    Break-ins

    The barber shop next door got robbed this week. I was doing some work in the shop until the middle of the morning and I was leaving with my dog Cherokee. A cop car flipped his lights on and drove 90 miles an hour in the parking lot straight at me, informed me that there was a burglary this...
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    Hard Lesson Learned the Hard Way

    Even though it's sold for fish, dogs, cats, etc. Praziquantel/Droncit is a much better dip to kill the monti-eating nudi's than Iodine. In fact, if you get the Iodine to a high enough concentration to kill the nudi's, you're likely to kill your coral as well. My favorite brand to use is...
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