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  1. nelix10

    Purple condy in a reef aquarium

    Is the condy a real danger to my coral? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Acclimating sps coral to my light?

    I have put and large birds nest and a acro in my tank! I started them on the sand, how long do I leave them there? What's the process or timeline to acclimate them? My lights are AI sol's 4 of them 6 inches above the water! Whites are 25% blue 85% and navy is 95%! Sent from my iPhone using...
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    Ich

    Ok so I can see my tank now has ich. I've read a bunch about using a qt tank and going fowler for 6 weeks and putting fish in hypo salinity! Could I set up a frag tank for my coral , shrimp and snails and do hypo salinity in my display tank? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Does nori increase nitrates or phosphates

    My powder brown tang has a habit of chewing the nori off at the base and a lot floats away, how much effect with this have on my parameters? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Diatoms creating bubbles

    Is it normal for diatoms to create bubbles? This is in my new 108 display tank. I am sure they are diatoms as it's common new tank syndrome and they blow of the rock very easily Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Macro algae

    I would like to have more success growing macro algae! I've had chaeto in my sump for a year with no real growth! I have a coil type fluorescent grow light over it! I have a 30 gal refugium! I would like it to help with pod population as well as nitrate and phosphate removal! I am willing to...
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    5 gallon with carpet anemone

    I have my 5 gal round tank tied in with my 100 gal system! 36volt par 38 lighting this tank! Power head to give lots of flow! Can I have a carpet nem in there for my 2 tiny clowns to host? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Reefscape using plating acropora rock

    Anyone out there used playing acropora? I have a few nice pieces I would like to use and I am having a hard time with them! Any pics out there? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Finally upgrading to 108gal tank

    After a year with my home made 40 gal bow front I am upgrading to a larger tank! Had to support the floor:( What is a good ratio for tank to sump size? Can a sump be to big? Sump will be in the basement , what is the recommended flow in a tank this size! It will definitely be a mixed reef...
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    Cutting a tank down to a smaller size

    Has anyone here ever cut a tank with 5/8 glass down to a smaller size?
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    Button polyps

    Can I use lemon juice to kill off some button polyps? Or something similar!
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    Hammer and octospawn very shrunken

    . Had both for over 6 months! 2 hammer and an octospawn 2. Par 38's led bulb they have been under since January 3. Nitrate: 5ppm 4. Calcium:450 5. Phosphate: less then .03 6. Alkalinity: 8.7 7. pH:7.5-8 8. Salinity: was a little high after my w/c on Sunday! Was 1.30 so today I adjusted to...
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    Curling live rock!

    I just got a couple hundred lb of rock! Has been out of water for a week! How should I go about cleaning and preparing the rock so I can make it live again?
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    Crab id

    Tough pic I know Has orange eyes with white on each side of his head!
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    Led wavelength

    What is the idea wavelength for the white and blue led! I am looking at 6000-6500k for white and 460-470 blue!50-50? Thanks
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    Fragging a flower pot coral

    I have a fairly large flowerpot coral with a growth on the side the size of a quarter! Can I just cut the bulge off the side to frag it?
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    Coral colours

    Are there certain factors that determine coral colours? Like water perimeters or light colour? I ask because I have a couple SPS corals that are showing a green tinge when they were purple before!
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    Dangers of fighting coral

    I had a Zoa colony that I moved a little to close to my tube Anenome! When there is a fight between coral or coral and Anenome are there any chemical release in the water that can damage more then just the fighters!
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    Tiny crab on acro !

    I am wondering if this could be a baby from my 2 emerald crabs or just a hitch hiker?
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    Frog spawn or Hammer

    Purchased this on the internet as a purple hammer coral, but I am not positive this is a hammer!
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    Purple algae killing my sun coral

    Can anyone er amend treatment for this stuff! Happened very quick in a couple days!
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    Pipe organ coral not opening

    I switched lights from the orbit to par 38 bulbs, I did not initially move my pipe organ down. After a day it stopped opening, it does not look bleached but hasn't opened for a week! Will it come back? It still has colour on a lot of the heads!
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    Build my led.com

    Anyone used this site to buy lights?
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    Moonlight setting on LED

    Just wondering who uses a moonlight setting on their reef tanks! Blue light for a few hours after daylight is off!
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    Bugs in the night!

    Was looking at my LR with flash light! Saw little creepy crawly maybe 3-5 mm long running on rock and another swimming same size! What might these be?
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