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    what to look for in an RO system

    I have no idea what my TDS reading is, I'm hoping it'll help me maintain decent nitrate levels as my tap water is in the nieghborhod of 20ppm so no matter what I do for water changes I can't get them down in my tank.
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    what to look for in an RO system

    Steve, Thanks the search yeilded some great info! Don't know why I didn't try it sooner (maybe it's because I'm not used to using forums)
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    what to look for in an RO system

    I'm considering purchasing an RO system and was looking for some good advice. Are there some that are better than others? If so, then, what makes them better? Thanks for any input.
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    Bio-Balls

    Dwall174, thanks a million for posting that nitrate link! alot of good info!
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    Aiptasia eating nudibranchs

    where to purchase Berghia verrucicornis If anyone knows where to get Berghia verrucicornis near Spokane Wa. Please let me know. Thanks a bunch The Sa in dasaphrota ;-)
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    My new frag shelf.

    That is AWSOME steve...maybe there is hope for me and my T5 lighting after all LOL not that there are many sps that I really love but there are a few.
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    Christmas Spirit a float...

    on the 6th day of christmas my true love gave to me 6 fish a schooling 5 brittle stars 4 cleaner shrimp 3 crabs a stirring 2 clumps of turtle grass and a polyp on a piece of live rock
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    My new frag shelf.

    thanks for clarifying. I have another question now (maybe should be a new thread but oh well) I see you are using pc's I've been told that sps's can't survive under anything but MH have you had any problems running them under pc's?
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    popeye?

    I recently aquired a new copperband butterfly (6days ago) and yesterday I noticed one eye is slightly cloudy and swollen. I have him in a 10 gal qt with the salinity at 1.018 and all other parameters are good. does this sound like popeye? if so how can I treat it? I've read posts about using...
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    My new frag shelf.

    ok time for the stupid newbie question.....what is the purpose of a frag shelf.
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    help with technical jargon

    oh yea I almost forgot I plan on adding one more rio 600
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    help with technical jargon

    for power heads I'm using a rio 600 and two zoomedics 228's that sweep back and forth to change up the flow a little bit. my salinity is stable at between 1.023 and 1.024 ammonia almost 0 nitrites o nitrates are very very high but that may be due to the after effects of a mini cycle after adding...
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    help with technical jargon

    well unfortunatly my scanner is down so the possibility of posting pics from my 35mm is nill and my digital seems to have gone awol :-(
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    help with technical jargon

    oh goodness no you didn't discourage me....quite the opposite. I had a 29g FO about 10 yrs ago and now I'm trying to get a 55 LPS/softie reef going.with plans for something larger in the distant future. this tank is currently approaching 2 months old. it's got 64lbs live rock CC substrate...
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    help with technical jargon

    thanks for the help guess I'll keep the people who make reading glasses in business.
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    help with technical jargon

    Hello all, I'm new to the reef tank world and have been doing alot of reading especialy on this site. My problem is, the more I read the more questions I have. I was wondering if there's anyone out there that would mind explaining the what is and why use it of a few terms I've seen used...
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    What are you using in your QT

    being new to the hobby and having read that most fish loving parasites and ailment causing "germs" are not as tolerant of low salinity as the fish itself I've decided to go with that method. One book I read said to go as low as 1.010 to 1.012 but I'm not that brave and decided 1.016-1.018 would...
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    New copperbanded buterfly

    Thanks I will keep that in mind.
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    New copperbanded buterfly

    This is just incase any of you out there, like me, are wondering exactly how effective these fish are on aptasia.... I just picked one up yesterday and it's in quarentine. I put in a small piece of LR with two large and several small aptasia on it within 1/2 hour he had eaten 3/4 of the small...
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    Sponge with Air bubles

    I know that alot of corals can be irritated by having alot of small air bubbles and would asume that sponges are the same way.
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