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May 19th 04, 01:49 AM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
How D,
I have a 75 gal. With about 50+lbs live rock, Plenum, and about 75lbs of live sand. I have a Red Sea Prizm Protein Skimmer and a wet/dry filter. My levels seem to be fine but skunk cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs keep dying. Snails, soft corrals, and fish are fine. The wet/dry is empty and it used mostly for aeration and water movement. This tank has been up for about 7 mos. My question: should I be adding the "blue balls" to the wet/dry? Or use something like a true sump or refugium? Will this help with my problem? 
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May 19th 04, 02:11 AM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
forget the blue balls. or any other color
what is your water? copper will kill inverts, many other nasty's are in our tap water. give us some info and maybe we can offer advice... Steve "David" wrote in message ... How D, I have a 75 gal. With about 50+lbs live rock, Plenum, and about 75lbs of live sand. I have a Red Sea Prizm Protein Skimmer and a wet/dry filter. My levels seem to be fine but skunk cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs keep dying. Snails, soft corrals, and fish are fine. The wet/dry is empty and it used mostly for aeration and water movement. This tank has been up for about 7 mos. My question: should I be adding the "blue balls" to the wet/dry? Or use something like a true sump or refugium? Will this help with my problem?
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May 19th 04, 02:24 AM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
"David" wrote in message ... | My question: should I be adding the "blue balls" to the wet/dry? Or use | something like a true sump or refugium? Will this help with my problem? I've learned that true w\d filters are a no-no in marine tanks...the nitrates they kick out are poisonous to the fish, which are much more sensitive to nitrates than fw fish.
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May 19th 04, 03:57 AM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
Actually, fish tolerate high nitrates, but invertebrates won't.
Marc Dinky wrote: I've learned that true w\d filters are a no-no in marine tanks...the nitrates they kick out are poisonous to the fish, which are much more sensitive to nitrates than fw fish. -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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May 19th 04, 06:40 AM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
Actually, fish tolerate high nitrates, but invertebrates won't.
to add to that SW fish will tolerate much higher levels than most any FW fish -- Richard Reynolds
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May 19th 04, 06:41 AM
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May 19th 04, 09:25 AM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
Marc Levenson wrote in message ...
Actually, fish tolerate high nitrates, but invertebrates won't. Marc Dinky wrote: I've learned that true w\d filters are a no-no in marine tanks...the nitrates they kick out are poisonous to the fish, which are much more sensitive to nitrates than fw fish. I have a wet/dry but only for skimmer and heater purposes. I have no bio balls in there at all. I have another 20 gallon that I use as a refugium. Works very well and keeps A/N/N at 0. The macro grows like crazy!!
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May 19th 04, 01:14 PM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
"Richard Reynolds" wrote in message news:BqCqc.26645$Md.17533@lakeread05... | | to add to that SW fish will tolerate much higher levels than most any FW fish | That's contrary to what I've learned. Dammit back to the research pages....
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May 19th 04, 02:29 PM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
I inherited a tank with nitrates above 200ppm, and the tangs and blue angel were
quite active and unaffected. The coral beauty looked bad though. However, corals and various crawling livestock, as well as anemones, would suffer and die premature deaths. Marc Dinky wrote: "Richard Reynolds" wrote in message news:BqCqc.26645$Md.17533@lakeread05... | | to add to that SW fish will tolerate much higher levels than most any FW fish | That's contrary to what I've learned. Dammit back to the research pages.... -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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May 19th 04, 02:30 PM
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Wet/Dry advice needed
Perfect!
Marc Fred Fisher wrote: I have a wet/dry but only for skimmer and heater purposes. I have no bio balls in there at all. I have another 20 gallon that I use as a refugium. Works very well and keeps A/N/N at 0. The macro grows like crazy!! -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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