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    Water top off ideas...?

    Go to www.autotopoff.com This is where I got mine and it is simple to set up and is pretty much worry free if you get the one with the double switch. I would just set a 5 gallon bucket beside the tank and use this for the replacement water. When you get a chiller, this will also lessen the...
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    Chillers - Aqualogic verses Tradewind Info To Share

    I bought the 1/4 hp from Drs. Foster & Smith for a little over $800 and this included the shipping. The 1/3 hp I bought from someone locally that is selling their tank. It is a year old and I bought it for $400. I thought this was a good price considering that it is only a year old and...
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    Chillers - Aqualogic verses Tradewind Info To Share

    I just purchased a 1/3 hp Aqualogic drop-in chiller that is about a year old. Just got it set up tonight and it brought the temp in my 110 down two degrees in about thirty minutes. I guess it took this long because the coil had to get cold. I purchased the same make chiller, except it was 1/4...
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    my new anemone

    I got one from a friend a few months ago and it split into three the very next night. Stress will cause the splitting. I have made several dollars in LFS credits with splitting RBTA's. That's how I got my free purple tang! :D I just don't like the fact that I get $20 credit and he sells them...
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    sand stirring

    I have a 3"-4" sand bed and I asked this same question to Anthony Calfo in another forum and he told me to only stir the very top layer of sand so as not to disturb the anerobic (I can't speel either!) :D area of the sandbed that you are trying to make work for you. Basically all you are trying...
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    splitting colt

    My colt has never split into two sections, however it has dropped off a few branches which give instant frags. :) Completely normal I would assume. I haven't caught the frags after they branched off. Instead, I just let them float around and they seem to attach to my LR wherever they make a...
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    Red Slime

    Phosban reactor is a good step to try. You just have to figure out what it is the red stuff is feeding off of and eliminate that.
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    Red Slime

    I don't believe the myth about water flow killing off the red stuff. I have put flow directly on top of the stuff and it just waves at you and keeps on growing. Before, the Red Slime remover killed what you had in the tank at the time, but it didn't solve your problem. The stuff will just keep...
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    stupid questions from the new guy

    Might want to extend the amount of time your lights stay on. My actinics are on for 13 hours a day and the MH's stay on for 7 hours. Don't know what all you have in the tank, but a lot of corals are photosynthetic as in they feed off of the light as well as being filter feeders. You probably...
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    xbox 360

    Saw on the news tonight where an older lady bought one for her son and got robbed at gunpoint after she got home. That's crappy. Lady sat in line for hours in the cold and spent her paycheck on son's xmas present and some SOB takes it from her.
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    Coral recommendations

    Hey spongbob, you're killing me! You posted 5 times in this thread and you never mentioned the word dood! What's wrong with you? You know you always call everybody dood and I always read your posts and everybody is always a dood. After reading your threads and laughing everytime you called...
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    Live rock help

    Take this information as my opinion only. You may be right about needing a little more LR. There is a certain percentage of LR according to tank size that is supposedly the ideal amount of LR to have in the tank. Somone else might chime in here and know what that amount is. As far as not...
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    Halide cool down time

    The way I understand it, a MH ballast will not fire a hot bulb. Mine do as big t stated, 10-15 min and they come back on.
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    New Fad...? Mated Clown Fish in LFS....?

    I have a clown in my tank that resides in my Ritteri. Initially he had a companion that was purchased at the same time and this one died about a year ago. Could I get a small clown to put back with him, or will I have to get a larger one closer to his size. This fellow is very aggressive and...
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    SPS Lighting / digita

    Hey specsgirl, I'll move up there and be your neighbor if you find me a job. I'll even let you ride with me to the fish store. Must be nice to live that close to the dr's. :d
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    Sump noise

    I guess that is why I have insulation on the mind, because of the reflective surface. 1/16" thick is not going to cause a heat buildup. I checked the return pump out last night and it is making a lot of this noise, so I am going to make a rubber mat for it to sit on and move some hoses around a...
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    Lets talk about- Clean up crews

    I am reading a lot about the hermits of which I have in my tank. What about the snails. Which are the better tank scrubbers, hermits or snails? I wanted to mention also that I placed a Queen Conch in my tank a little while back and she mows down the sandbed. Turbo snails are great also. They...
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    Sand Stirring substrates

    Thanks Anthony for answering about only stirring the top 1/2" or so. I just put a Tiger pistol shrimp in the tank the other day and he seems to be taking care of this for me.
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    Sump noise

    With the reflective material, would this cause my sump to have more heat. No light down there, but I was curious about the insulation concerns. Sounds like a good idea.
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    Sump noise

    Keep the ideas coming. My stand is only open from the back right now and I don't want to close this because of heat buildup issues this would cause. I want to look into this dynamat thing. Never heard of it. Any links where I can research it. I hadn't even thought about the hoses, but they...
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