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    Our 1st Reef Tank build ever - 70 gal AGA tall

    Your drains are turning into siphons with that set up, which is why your getting a slurping sound, what you need to do is replace the street elbows where the drain starts, put a t in there, and then put a small cap ontop of the T and then drill a small 1/8 hole in it so that way it lets air out...
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    vortech pump opinions...

    I got a mp40 on my tank, I really enjoy the fact that you can make your own wave settings and have it make randomized speed flow without extra effort, and the ability that it can communicate with other pumps is a real nice feature..... perhaps imo the best thing ( for me ) about this pump is the...
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    Fish meeting carpool on 9/27

    The wife and I are going to be going to the fish meeting at Tracy's on Sept. 27th. We will be coming from Spokane Valley - we have 2 spots available if you are interested please let me know. Gas money or frags are appreciated.
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    Freshwater tank to Salt

    Id personally go with drsfosterandsmith or petsolutions for the rock, or get a chunk of it from someone, and get some base rock from marcorocks.com and then seed it, usually want to go with 1-2 lbs per gallon for rock and sand, is a base rule of thumb.
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    Keeping Starfish for Harliquin Shrimp

    Ive seen people keep 3 choco stars in a sump and then cut off an arm once a week and feed it to the shrimp, and by the time it comes to cut that same arm again its grown back, just not as large.
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    Reeflux 400w 12K - glass shard inside

    those pics dont show the 'normal' shards, I use those same exact bulbs, and Ive gotten only 1 out of 5 that has that type of breakage the manufacturer sent me a new one, claiming thats shipping damage, the 'normal' shards are form the center glass part in the bulb and it usually looks like salt...
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    Questions Regarding A Second Tank

    I buy my salt from petsolutions at 32 bucks a bucket so thats... 20 cents a gallon for my salt and the RO/Di unit I use has lasted me for almost a year now and it still doesnt really show signs of needing replaced, keep in mind I do a 35 gallon water change weekly. And the new filters for the...
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    A little help with lights.

    http://www.aquacave.com/icecap-175w-metal-halidebr-retro-kit-with-electronic-ballast-947.html Thats what I would go with it would be the easiest choice of lighting imo.. ( id also go with a 16K+ bulb if you like the bluer light) cause if you want it not as bright you just take it higher up...
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    Questions Regarding A Second Tank

    Another thought also is substrate? I usually put in a 4 inch deep sand bed in my tanks.. so that takes up some room, and that 29" dimension im sure is the outside, so its probably closer to 28 on the inside, Id personally go with the deeper tank, 24 to 29 depth isnt much difference with...
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    Is this GSM's spawning ?

    Im really surprised they are spawning, the female isnt that "big" for what I would have assumed for them to start spawning she is only about 3 or 4" and its kinda ironic they are spawning now that Im getting ready to transfer them into a 450 gallon tank in a month or so :lol: , Any idea if they...
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    Is this GSM's spawning ?

    Figures im out of town and my wife notices there is some 'orage/pink' spots near the GBTA and the GSM's guarding it like crazy:badgrin:
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    Returned the anemone pt. 2- help please!

    Everything thing that Fishy said, but id like to add you dont need the whisper filter just enough flow and live rock in your tank for filtering, and a good skimmer when you can get one, ive ran several tanks now for about 8 months with no skimming and they do fine, just need more water changes...
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    Well no fire can keep me down!!

    Was wondering how the tank is doing and everything.
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    New Icecap Ballast issues...

    I've dealt with icecap quite a bit recently and they pretty much warranty all their stuff for 5 years and under most any circumstances unless its water damage that is the big thing they wont mess with. Ive sent in my 660 VHO ballast and they sent it back with no questions asked and all fixed.
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    Dying anemone.....

    I personally feel this hobby is alot like others, you'll make mistakes and things wont happen exactly as you wished they will or could. But isnt that the way life is? and btw the amount of animals you got almost sounds like my home :eek:. Got a 125 saltwater reef, 55 freshwater, atm building a...
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    Dying anemone.....

    its normal for anemones to close up time to time and expell alot of their water and then later to take in water from the tank, it happens to mine almost every time I do a water change. How long have you had it in the tank? It'll take a few weeks usually for an anemone to die from water...
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    Dying anemone.....

    what kind of signs are you seeing now? you'll usually know when an anemone is dieing, itll put a nasty smell in smaller tanks ( under 75 gallons imo) and it'll alot of times detach itself if it was detached, at that point you can just vacuum it up with a gravel vac. How are your water...
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    Freshwater tank to Salt

    This is a great IMO skimmer for smaller end tanks that is cheap http://www.aquacave.com/aquac-remora-protein-skimmerbr-with-maxi-jet-1200-pump-908.html Kevin at Aquatic dreams sell's new ones for 150 ( I think) and you can usually find used ones.
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    Freshwater tank to Salt

    Ya neither of these are much good, either to fickle on adjustments or they just are a pain to clean. Its just an extra body of water where small animals that come with 'live rock' get to reproduce without any kind of predators eating them, which can be important depending on what kind of live...
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    Freshwater tank to Salt

    Damn double post.
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