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    Interceptor w/o Rx - found!

    I posted questions about getting Interceptor w/o an Rx for usage as a coral dip. Most of the online places here in the US are sticky about an Rx. Found it in Australia for $60AUS ($38.71US) for th 51-100lb 6 tab Interceptor, incl shipping and a 2.5% AMEX credit card charge. 5-12 day...
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    where do I get interceptor?

    I called a few places online and everybody wants an Rx for interceptor. Anybody know of a place where you can order it from Mexico or Canada w/o a prescription? Obviously looking to use it for a coral dip.
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    Zoa dipping

    Thanks Finn, I've seen similar methods - but nobody has given such exact measurements and methods. lugols/flatworm exit seems to be fairly popular. I'll institute this for introduction of zoathids, but do you use it for sps and lps? I've been told no iodine for softies.
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    Zoa dipping

    I've looked around here and on the internet about dipping. So far, I haven't dipped anything. thinking about getting into greater amounts of zoas - esp the cooler and more expensive ones. Since my LFS doesn't have them (good place - Atlantis Aquarium in Union City) - I'm gonna have to start...
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    Shrinking corals

    OK, I am not a newbie but I never really knew the answer to this one. My reef has a variety of SPS, LPS, softies, and Zoas besides the swimming and crawling tankmates. Throughout the day, the finger leather will shrink down and shrivel up, the acropora will retract back into the calcified...
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    3 pumps go out in 10 days??? Whats up?

    I have had all three of my pumps go out in 10 days. First it was my Pentair Quiet One 4000HH, then my ViaAqua powerhead/pump that pumps into my Ca Rx from my sump. Just today, my Sedra 3500 needlewheel goes out on my Euroreef. All three had impeller problems, it almost seemed that the...
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    Ever hear of coral eating Hermits?

    I have been having a bit of a problem with my corals. both my red and green flowerpots, my yellow leather, pipe organ, and kenya tree have all been showing signs of being nipped/eaten. Therefore they have all been closed up for the past 2 weeks or so. I thought it a water quality issue, did a...
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    no-ich in sps is it really safe?

    I tried no-ich marine w/ limited success. one of my blue xenias didn't fare so well, but most of my corals made it. raised the temp to 82, doubled the dosage as recommended by the manufacturer. My sps and lps pretty much made it but my PBT didn't kick the ich. put her into QT with Binox and...
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    Female Watanabe in Trouble - Help

    Picked up a female Watanabe Angel few days back. Violated the QT rule and introduced her into the tank. Ate well for three days. Noticed in the AM that she wasn't swimming too well. By PM, head down, fighting to swim right, stomach seems a bit bloated. Problem is, can't get her out. Spent...
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    OK Greater problems now... Maybe crappy MH bulb?

    Sorry guys, I neglected my own string. I think it was just a phase. After the addtion of the Ca Rx and just tincture of time - everything turned out fine. All opened up and the CA levels are topped off. Haven't really had any issues since. I did change to bulbs to Ushio's. I am still...
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    Dripping your Calcium Reactor effluent into a refugeum.

    Maybe somebody will say I too have it all wrong, but my Ca Rx drips right into my refugium's return pump chamber. I have the effluent's rate at about 25 drops/min on a total water vol of about 70gallons and I don't see my pH dropping even a hair. My thoughts on why my pH doesn't change? I...
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    auto feeder recommendations and issues

    I am using 1mm pellets. The one barrel eheim doesn't use a corkscrew mechanism to eject the feed into the tank, but instead has a cement truck mixer like mechanism in that the whole barrel turns and falls out the end. I think that may be my next move, but I would like to hear from somebody...
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    auto feeder recommendations and issues

    going on a vacation and was planning to have my lfs who does maintenance, come by every few days to take care of my aquarium. bought a double barreled eheim auto feeder to feed the guys ( I feed a combo of frozen and pellets usually) pelleted food daily between lfs visits. Trouble is, the...
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    How to Dip new additions

    I did a quick skim of this forum to see if there has been a post of this nature with no luck. I was told its good to dip your corals in iodine/lugol's before quarantining when you get a new specimen. the LFS said to get Lugol's or ReefDip/Seachem, add it to the bag to get a tealike color...
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    hairlike worms? Anybody got a clue?

    I was examining my rock and saw a small bunch of worm-like creatures. I took a picture, but they are so small, can't really get a good picture of them. I can only describe them as about the diameter of a human hairxmaybe 3/4", wriggle around (at least the ones I can see), with one end on the...
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    what does it mean when my leather coral is bleaching white

    I am thinking my leather finger softie is not doing too well. Most times it is fully extended and seems to be pretty happy. But at least 1x/every 2 days, it shrivels up. Its positioned about midtank and it was a nice shade of leather brown when I got him, now its turning a bit white. what...
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    OK Greater problems now... Maybe crappy MH bulb?

    I think that may be a good idea. I had similar thoughts. I bought these guys at Atlantis Aquarium (atlantisaquarium.net). They have all their SPS LPS under 400w 20k mtl halides, but these softies were under power compacts and I moved them to 10k mtl halides. I was gone for the past 5 days...
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    Calcium Reactor not recommended for under 100gallons?

    I've had some coral problems, posted here about them and people have given me ideas on maybe whats going on. I tested my water, but decided to take a jar of it down to my LFS to have them confirm my results. Make a long story short, the LFS (a reputable one at that) guy recommended that I do...
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    OK Greater problems now... Maybe crappy MH bulb?

    corals were just added last week. tank for about 4 mo, cycled already with 3 year old rock (purchased from a guy tearing down his tank). Acrylic tank, fish only w/ live rock prior to introduction of both corals. Copper? Now thats a good question. I never intro'd copper into the tank. My...
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    OK Greater problems now... Maybe crappy MH bulb?

    Thanks for the input evansbr, the lighting is the original lighting unit over the tank. the tank is 4 mo old. I have one 150w MH bulb on a 28" 50 gal corner tank but some have advocated a 250w since its a single bulb, not a dual. No carbon is in use, I started with Reef Crystals due to...
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