Forum: Reefs
December 8th 07, 01:39 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,843
Base Rock
wolfdogg wrote:
looks like marco has already taken teh drive for you, lol. some good
deals on that site, i would avoid harvesting from the wild anytime.
seems that site would be your best bet,...
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Forum: Reefs
December 8th 07, 01:30 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,162
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Forum: Reefs
December 5th 07, 12:45 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,192
Cooling again
Wayne Sallee wrote:
You can use a fan blowing across the water.
I use fans with my lights that blow across the tank surface and across
the sump. It works well during the summer months with the...
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Forum: Reefs
November 27th 07, 03:01 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,947
Mushrooms Revisited
I carefully scanned my tank for mushrooms and I found plenty growing in
my tank, but they were all growing in shady locations in the tank. Even
the original rock that was covered with shrooms...
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Forum: Reefs
November 27th 07, 02:58 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,446
Clowns Spawned
Hey, my tomatoe clowns spawned for the first time in my tank. Wow!
First the anemone splits and now spawn. I'm so proud!
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Forum: Reefs
October 20th 07, 02:09 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,501
Rose BTA Split
I've been mostly ignoring my tank, but I looked in today and my rose BTA
split. My Tomatoe clowns look confused as they go from one to the other
to give up their loving.
Wow! I'll need to watch...
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Forum: Reefs
June 11th 07, 03:23 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,561
DI Resin - silicate removal
Wayne Sallee wrote:
That's incredibly fast for diatoms. With that kind of diatom growth,
your turbos should be doing great. Are the turbos making paths on the
glass? What about the sand and...
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Forum: Reefs
June 11th 07, 03:01 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,561
DI Resin - silicate removal
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Also is there something not up to par with your algae magnet?
It seems fine. I occasionally clean it and it puts up billows of green
clouds when I clean. I also scrape the...
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Forum: Reefs
June 11th 07, 12:45 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,561
DI Resin - silicate removal
Wayne Sallee wrote:
But I would not worry about trying to take silicates out of the water.
Well, I think I convinced myself that I have very low silicates in my
RO/DI water and tank. It looks...
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Forum: Reefs
May 26th 07, 12:51 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,284
Refractometer
I just bought one and figured it out.
My dip SG arm floats are both registering 1.024, but my refractometer is
reading 1.027.
I suppose I should run a baggy of water down to the LFS and see what...
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Forum: Reefs
May 23rd 07, 12:23 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,189
New Tank Setup - comments and questions
Aroon wrote:
Is this too much rock to start with considering I have no experience?
More is better, so that's fine. I've heard 1#/gallon as a general rule,
which seems about right for most...
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Forum: Reefs
May 18th 07, 12:01 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,543
a dumb question
Peter Pan wrote:
Denitrification (low oxygen) reduces nitrates.
Thanks Wayne, can you explain Denitrification for me? Does this mean
adding macro algea?
The end result is I would like...
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Forum: Reefs
May 17th 07, 07:18 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,376
Diatoms
George Patterson wrote:
I don't know. The PhosBan gets the level down to about .2, and there it
stays.
What does your test say on RO/DI water? It could be the test.
--Kurt
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Forum: Reefs
April 10th 07, 12:36 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,960
New Protein Skimmer
Peter Pan wrote:
My protein skimmer went on the blink about 2 months ago. I had a Red Sea
Prizm since I got my tank, not having anything to compare it to, I thought
it worked just fine. ...
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Forum: Reefs
March 21st 07, 04:37 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,915
Diving in the Keyes
George Patterson wrote:
Pszemol wrote:
... and probably makes you tastier for sharks, too ;-)
Damn. We almost had her talked into it.
Unfortunately, shark populations are dwindling...
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Forum: Reefs
March 20th 07, 02:12 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,915
Diving in the Keyes
I had my first glimpse of wild reef systems over the weekend. Very,
very cool. Dived in Key Largo which was also the site of 3 diving
deaths on Friday which prevented us from diving the Spiegal...
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Forum: Reefs
March 13th 07, 02:05 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,005
Protein Skimmer vs. Refugiums?
redbrick wrote:
I will be setting up a Nano reef system....the AquaMedic Nanowave 9. It
comes with a proten skimmer and a Refugium.
I'd be concerned about sufficient gas exchange. You may...
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Forum: Reefs
March 7th 07, 12:55 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,769
Phosphate Remover
I made the mistake of adding new phosphate remover without soaking and
rinsing. Strange, same brand and everything (seachem), and this time I
get the milky white water in my tank.
So, will this...
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Forum: Reefs
March 5th 07, 12:57 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,848
Yellow Tang w/ Red marks
My Yellow Tang recently has red marks on it's body towards its tail.
The obvious answer is that it has Ich or similar and has been rubbing
itself raw. However, it doesn't seem to really be itching...
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Forum: Reefs
February 27th 07, 05:03 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,109
What eats copepods?
KurtG wrote:
I'll get it for you (I'm at work)
Capelin Roe - w/ brand name "Sushikko"
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Forum: Reefs
February 26th 07, 01:29 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,771
How often should you feed the Fish
Peter Pan wrote:
I wind up adding more to the clip several times through out the day. My
question is; what am I doing wrong here?
I use a rubber band to hold nori on a polished oyster shell. I...
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Forum: Reefs
February 25th 07, 03:05 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,655
Zero Nitrates
swarvegorilla wrote:
just make sure in your quest for zero nitrates ya don't starve your filter
bacteria hey
:)
It's probably not zero, but unmeasurable given my test kit. There's
plenty of...
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Forum: Reefs
February 25th 07, 04:53 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,771
How often should you feed the Fish
Peter Pan wrote:
How often should I add Seaweed for the grazer fish I have a Coral Beauty
Angel. Foxface and a Powder blue tang?
I had nori once or twice a day.
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Forum: Reefs
February 24th 07, 10:21 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,771
How often should you feed the Fish
Yukon wrote:
Well, you're sure going to get a lot of back and forth and different answers on this. I know the way I've always done it is in the
total mibority but - I feed every other day only....
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Forum: Reefs
February 23rd 07, 01:10 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,890
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