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    For Sale: 85lbs of Indo Premium Live rock

    85lbs of Indo Premium live rock. Taken from 6year old tank, the rock is very nice. Some nice larger show pieces. Need gone asap 190.00 takes all Will ship at buyers expense Location Ottawa Ontario Canada Accept EMT and Paypal
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    CAD lights 50g with stand or 70g DYI stand

    I'm caught between two tank ideas. I like the CAD lights 50g cube because it comes with a nice stand and the price is decent. For a couple hundred more I can get the 70g 36x24x18 without a stand at this point I would have to build a stand myself. Easy stuff BUT I loveeee the look and modern...
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    White spongy gew around stony coral

    I'm not too sure what issue I'm having in my tank but all of my stony coral like Hammer Coral and Frog spawn's have a white type sponge around the skeleton. It covers the whole skeleton BUT the sponge is not on the coral heads that were already dead... Like on my branching frog spawn I have 12...
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    Another deadly store

    Another deadly story Friday I put a purple tang into my tank, he looks perfecly fine all weekend swimming around looking happy. Last night I come home from work and he is covered in ich. This morning I wake up and my YELLOW tang is dead, both clowns have ich on them and the PURPLE tang is...
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    Octospawn head dying

    I bought an Octospawn about two weeks ago that had 4 head on it. One of the heads wasnt looking so good when i bought it but considering the price I didn't care if that one head died on me. Now over the weekend a 2nd Head died out on me, woke up and its tenticles were oozing off the side of...
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    DA Reef Keeper Lite - Itemp Calib HELP

    ReefKeeper Calibration HELP I"ve been looking all over the net on how to calibrate my itemp prob on my ReefKeeper Lite. I have my heater set to only turn on once temp drop below 75 and to trip if temps reach 79 But I need to make sure that my prob is reading the correct temp in my tank...
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    For Sale: FS: 2x 250watt MH and 2x t5 HO setup

    For sale: 2x Vertex 250watt MH ballasts - 1 is BRAND new boxed is sealed and the other has been fired up for less than 10 hours (one day of use) 2x MH mini reflectors single ended 2x Coralvue 14k MH single ended bulbs - 1 is BRAND new never fired and the other has been used for 10hours...
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    My New Corals

    So I've started adding a few corals to my tank! Besides the hammer, mushrooms and zoo's what are the names of my other corals?
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    Brown growing on substrate??

    I'm trying to fish the brown stuff groing on my substrate and rocks... Even in my protein skimmer you can see this brown stuff starting to grow. Its easy to wipe clean and if I brush my hand over the stand it floats away but always comes back as soon as the actinic lights come on What could...
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    I'm about to Tear down my tank! Frustrated!

    I haven't even started to stock my new 75g tank and I'm almost ready to tear it down, and sell it all off.. Very Frustrated! I have several posting on this site reguarding my issues with my water and I can't keep buying water it will cost me a fortune. I am on well and the ppm reading is...
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    ro/di help please

    okay so i got myself a 6 stage RO/Di Unit With Presure gauge and TDS meter My presure is 50psi Problem is my TDS going into the unit is 332ppm x10 so thats 3320 ppm On the way out it reads 700ppm NOt good i just tested spring water from a botle and it reads 338ppm. I have a lot...
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    Last clown fish not looking good

    All fish have died within 1 week period What does this look like? This is the last fish in my tank and he isnt looking good. Large white spots, black bars are faiding to see through, gills very swollen and tail looks like its paralised. Fish can only swim up and down. Water is good, 75g...
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    What is too much flow?

    Can too much flow cause stress on fish and lead them to death? 75G At each end of the tank towards the top I have (2) koralia #4 pumps pointing in each direction plus the return from the HOB skimmer. Could this be too much flow? I have a Koralia 3 that is not being used at the moment.
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    True Perc Clown died? Why

    True Perc Clown died? NOW yellow tang GONNER Yesterday woke up to my small clown being blown from one end of the tank to the other due to current and eventually he died. Just now I walk down to look at the tank and yellow tang is dead. The only thing that had changed was I accidently left a...
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    Is it illegal to bring Captive Grown Corals Cross Border

    I'm currently gathering information on how to bring Coral from the US into Canada by land. I've been reading up on the CITES Welcome to CITES website. I'm wondering if it's illegal to bring Certified Captive Grown Corals from the US into Canada. I've read that it's not problem buying Marine...
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    What is this brown stuff on my sand, glass and rock

    Okay so my tank is still in its cycle. its been running for two weeks now. the only lighting i have is actinics 8hours or more a day. no real reason just so i can see the tank. right now i have brown stuff growing on my live rock, sand and glass. What could this be. is this bad? ro-di water...
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    Carbon bag in my HOB skimmer?

    I've done some reading on adding carbon to a SW setup to help keep the water nice and clear. I've added a bag of carbon to the return chamber on my HOB octopus skimmer. Is this a good idea? Water seams to be passing through the carbon with ease. will this have any effect?
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    Do these look like Percula Clown's "mated pair"

    What is the different between true or false Percula And how can you tell if they are mated pair?
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    75G startup

    Today I finally filled my 75g with 50g of ro-di water after hours of rinsing the sand! Salt was added as well, Water still has a merky colour to it. HOB skimmer has already started pulling junk from the water. The live rock that's in the tank now has to re-cure as it was previously dried. -I'll...
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    For Sale: FS: 2x Vertex 250W Metal Halide retro kits "NEW"

    Brand NEW never used 2x Vertex 250w Metal Halid Ballast 2x Spider Reflectors 2x CoralVue 250w 14K "still in protector tubes" Reason for selling: I've decided to go with a teklight 6bulb t5 setup over my tank 170 for one kit or 310 for both kits
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    questions: HOB Skimmer and HOB refuge for new setup

    I'm currently in the works of setting up a 75 gallon Reef tank and going sumpless to make it as simple as possible Should I go with a HOB refuge along with an octopus HOB Skimmer? What HOB Skimmer is recomended and what HOB refuge is suggested? I plan on having this 75gal heavy stocked...
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    What type of algae is this?

    What causes this type of Algae on the powerhead and is it bad, how to control it
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    FS: 2x 400w Blue Line Electronic Ballast

    I have 2 Blue Line Electronic Ballast 400w to sell. Reason for selling it I don't need that much light for my setup. Asking $80 each and I will split the shipping cost 7months old
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    400w Balast to power 250w bulb

    I´m sure the answer is no to my question but just wanted to double check. I got an amazing deal on 2 400w MH ballast with 2 Lumenarc III Mini Mogul reflectors. I only want to power 250w bulbs, can this be done with a 400w ballast or will it overpower the bulb causing it to burn out
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    Home Made sump design help

    Ok my next step is to build a home made sump/refugium with a 20 gallon tank. Would this design work?
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