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    need your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i bought a rock with 3 mushrooms on it and what now looks like a zoa polyp i took a pic but my cam suxs its round with short fat tenticales and an open center its right next to a mushroom i want to take it off and put it in a safe place but ive never fraged before any ideas?
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    im back

    ive since moved into a 55gl. and added my first corals 2 mushrooms and a zoo at least i think its a zoo it has a nice pink color well ill send more later
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    what am i doing wrong?

    i do have a few books and they say to use damsels to cycle the tank. i have 48lb. uncured live rock, really big peices (7 peices all together) as for filtration ive got a pump used on my old 125gl. and a 60 to 100 gl. protien skimmer. im only testing for ammonia now cause as long as theres...
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    what am i doing wrong?

    lfs tested my water i only have 1 tetra tec saltwater test for ammonia asfor live stock ive got 3 damsels ,1 serpent star , 1 hermit crab , 1 coral banded shrimp , many small fan worms i used 20 gl. water from my sisters 90 gl. reef and 10 ro water 7 weeks ago and i have not done anthig else to...
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    what am i doing wrong?

    its been 7 weeks since i started to cycle my 30 gl. tank and my amonia is still to high ive anded about 3 lbs. sand from my lfs show tank (its 4 yrs. old) i also bought a bottle of marine bacteria (tlc is the product name)what am i missing ?
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    oh no its algae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    man i didnt mean to start trouble sorry im just worried about the life on my reef my tank is only 5 weeks old so it is probably nts but to add to what ray said about husbandry i put 3 damsels in and only feed them once a day my alage is all but gone i also took my powerhead and aimed it right at...
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    oh no its algae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    thanks ray and feel free to pm me any time you have any advice i to like the natural metheds best i ran fresh water and found that there is always a simple natural way to deal with any probs oh yeah and on the sump ideas i think your right it seems to me thatits really only to hide stuff in and...
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    oh no its algae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    is this normal ? when curing live rock to get green algae in patches on my rock ? or is there something i should do its all over my crab help!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    should i have a sump ?

    ive been hearing about sumps should i have built one for my 30 long( L36"xW12"xH17") i cant find much detailed info on how they totaly work so if you think i need one tell me how you would do it
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    what does this sound like?

    if so how do i get rid of them?
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    what does this sound like?

    ive got something growing under my rock its got an orange tube body with white fingers it looks kinda like polyps but im not sure i know its not fanworms ive got lots of those so what do you think ive taken a pic but its kinda hard to see
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    one stupid question

    ive been topping my tank off with r/o water my sister says i should be mixing salt water like i would for water changes is she right should i be making saltwater even for top offs?
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    Comment by 'mountian72' in media 'Home Reef'

    i have seen this tank a couple of times and it is still the best tank of all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Comment by 'mountian72' in media 'Home Reef'

  15. M

    new to reef

    well i say thanks for all the advice but i live in arkansas and my wife said if i keep this tank looking good for 1 year i can buy what ever i want so lets just say i may take a wall or two out to build my own mega reef lol
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    new to reef

    im new to reef but i think its the ultimate . ive set up my 30gl. long with 45 lb. live rock (uncured) 15lb. sand 170gph powerhead 295 gph hang fillter protien skimmer 240 watts acintic/20000k daylight .im thinking of doing a zoo tank . any suggestions
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    Comment by 'mountian72' in media 'Update'

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