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    Lighting your reef... Best bang for your buck.

    I have a 56 gallon tall its 36 inch long I currently have t5s but I'm tired of buying bulbs. Would I need two of the taotonics fixtures?
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    frogspawn coral

    Really good chance your clowns won't host .. but great color
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    Star shaped stuff?

    Perfectly said X
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    How would i know if this coral is alive ?

    And yes if you have had it for month its looking good.. like others have said you would notice tissue lost in which you would see stark white Skelton appearing.
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    Buffy's 1st Ever SW Build - Reef Tank

    All in all sounds well..... good luck to you hope everything goes okay.. gotta love life...
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    House Brine shrimp in tank

    Well good luck hope you stick around and fish around for more information.. no pun intended
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    Buffy's 1st Ever SW Build - Reef Tank

    How have things been? Tank going well?
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    Terrible loss

    Sorry that sucks.. no heating packs with shipment? Mangroves don't need to be in water as long as they were shipped with damp newspaper around them. They are plants and when placed in the dark they will go dormant.
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    House Brine shrimp in tank

    Problem is brine shrimp are a poor choice when it comes to nutrition for you tank inhabitants.. they only are of value within the first 48 hours when their egg sack is still attached. To gut load them would require an additional setup because of the amount feeding and the amount of waste created...
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    My first reef tank.

    I too like royal gammas buy I went with the bi color basslets . They are the same color just don't have the large dorsal fin like the royals. I bought two one slightly larger and add them at the same time.. they are paired up now.. I find them not to be as aggressive as the royal gammas but I...
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    Harlequin shrimp??

    Amen brother!
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    Porcelain crab

    Absolutely!
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    Trying to keep Nitrates down...

    No.. you had stated you were battling brown algea .. it feeds on nitrates but when dies it releases it.. was inquiring if the nitrates were high before and after u started to remove it..
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    Trying to keep Nitrates down...

    Oh, they use strips... find a new one they would be a sign to me they have no idea what they are doing... but it would make sence if your battling algae the nitrates could be from the die off.
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