Forum: Reefs
January 29th 07, 12:40 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,030
Backup for power failure
George Patterson wrote:
Tristan wrote:
As cheap as yu can find a small gen set for nowadays IMHO that s the
best option if you have a place to store it when its not in use......
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Forum: Reefs
January 29th 07, 12:40 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,697
hi: help with some corals pls
SCAFFMAN wrote:
i have a leather type coarl that has suddenly lost all its strength, by that
i mean its de-flated ans lying down on the rocks.
anyone help with this pls
scaff
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Forum: Reefs
January 29th 07, 12:38 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,030
Backup for power failure
Tristan wrote:
As cheap as yu can find a small gen set for nowadays IMHO that s the
best option if you have a place to store it when its not in use......
Inverters etc are all well anf...
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Forum: Reefs
January 28th 07, 05:02 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,067
Pseudochromis Health....
swarvegorilla wrote:
So your saying next time I stir the sand and get a handful of the *******s I
should put me hand in a bucket of pool acid?
:-)
yea they come off real good, best place is...
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Forum: Reefs
January 28th 07, 05:00 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,030
Backup for power failure
KurtG wrote:
http://www.aquariumguys.com/silentairpump.html
I've heard that these pumps are a good investment for power outages
(which we frequently have in my locale).
The book...
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Forum: Reefs
January 27th 07, 10:32 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,272
Byron Bay Pet Shop
George Patterson wrote:
StringerBell wrote:
Not that there,s anything wrong with that.......
Don't ask, don't tell.....
George Patterson
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Forum: Reefs
January 27th 07, 10:29 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,674
Sulfer Biological Filter
KurtG wrote:
Has anybody tried these? I've been reading up on them and they sound
interesting as I have persistently high nitrate levels.
--Kurt
Might want to start with something...
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Forum: Reefs
January 27th 07, 10:18 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,062
Diagnosing CoralLife Light Fixture
KurtG wrote:
I have a coralife MH light that is 2 years old. It seems that one of
the power supplies is a little weak although the MH lights are
definitely old. Only one of the power...
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Forum: Reefs
January 17th 07, 03:33 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,610
sliily confused clownfish
I have a clownfish tha seems convinced that one my large hawaiian
feather dusters is some sort of funny looking anenome. She likes to swim
through the feathers of it's crown, and I have seen her...
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Forum: Reefs
January 15th 07, 11:35 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,823
Diatoms
kim gross wrote:
Actually diatoms are a good food source for your pods. Most algeas are
not harmful to the tank unless they are overgrowing your other creatures.
Kim
Sometimes it can...
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Forum: Reefs
January 15th 07, 03:24 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,603
MH lights heating my tank.
George Patterson wrote:
RubenD wrote:
I knew someone who put a 2 litter bottle with water in the fridge and
then
put it in the sump when it really got warm.
I've dumped ice in...
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Forum: Reefs
January 15th 07, 01:35 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 61
Views: 14,117
Newbie aquarium question
TheRock wrote:
Isn't high ammonia part of the cycle ?
Yes. Full cycle with a deep sand bed would be:
ammonia-nitrite-nitrate-nitrite-nitrous oxide-nitrogen
Don't you need it to cycle ? ...
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Forum: Reefs
January 15th 07, 01:23 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 61
Views: 14,117
Newbie aquarium question
Tristan wrote:
25 gal is not small for a marine tank.
Marine tank, or reef tank? I thought this was a reef group ;-)
I have a 20 and a 10 myself, and here is what *I* have noticed:
Calcium...
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Forum: Reefs
January 14th 07, 06:11 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,587
Hierarchy amongst corals
AL wrote:
I have a 120 G reef tank started about 1 year ago. I have noticed that
my small purple mushroom corals will kill off Acropora, some zooanthids
will kill off other hard corals, some...
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Forum: Reefs
January 13th 07, 06:25 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 61
Views: 14,117
Newbie aquarium question
wrote:
I just bought a 25gallon aquarium about a week ago and put the substate
and live rock in it. I haven't put coral and fish in and today I
suddenly found the water...
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Forum: Reefs
January 13th 07, 06:20 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,094
Can you post pics here?
TheRock wrote:
Why is that...does it have something to do with "time to live" for the
message ?
No.It's a storage and bandwidth issue for server admins mostly. Groups
that are not text...
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Forum: Reefs
January 13th 07, 06:17 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,432
Skimmer - which one ?
that *other* annoying little troll wrote:
Really really. Seriously. I once read an article where someone tested a
downdraft (I think it was an ETS 1000 - no you don't want one of those -
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Forum: Reefs
January 13th 07, 02:11 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,432
Skimmer - which one ?
Pszemol wrote:
AquaC-EV120:
http://www.fishtanksdirect.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=22
Get this one. It's a spray injection system, which is basically a
downdraft design. *Much*...
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