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    Just added a blue tang, worried owner needs some advice...

    i really dont belive these comments about the cleaner wrasse not eating, i have got 2 and i have to say they eat as much as my tangs do (alot) they do serve a great puropose to. However they should say in the ocean as they do provide a service to all other creaetures (even though after diving in...
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    Lights bulbs blown?

    are the lights well ventliated, i had the same issue and it was too much heat.. Turn them off for 15 and switch them on they should come back. But you will need more ventaliation. cheers Brad
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    cyno or what?

    everyother day and tank is 75 gal and i have 2 x 3600 lph and 1200lph this is stacks its about 30 times turn over this could be my issue i use these food alot oh and halides on for only 7 hours i cut them back a while ago.
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    cyno or what?

    mwrmma i wish i knew i have posted on 3 forums and no one can say one of the other i am getting mixed replys. Every has said just keep water changes up and get a clean up crew, and check phosphate levels. So i am now going to buy some phosphate sponges and see how this spans.
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    cyno or what?

    no not IO salt. Wish it was that easy.
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    Adding blue/regal tang after yellow tang

    i have a blue and yellow in my tank, i did added the yellow after the blue had settled in (12 weeks) and these guys get on like best friends, however i do have problems with them ganging up on new arrivals. (small ones like blennies, dotty backs dot get bothered) this only lasts a few days if...
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    cyno or what?

    always use RO/di for top ups and water changes tank is atleast 8 months old, but this only started once i got my halides, it just took off.
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    cyno or what?

    Ok i have battled with this for some time and i am getting more and more frustrated when i see my sand bed get crap all over it within hours after a water change. I have to clean rock once a week this cant be right paramaters are: amm:0 nitrite: 0 nitrate:15 (dosnt get above this most of the...
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    Over Skimming

    Guys i am wondering if i am over skimming i have been trying to rase my Ca levels for some time, its staying at about a 300 at best i want it at 450 where it use to be, i am wondering if the skimmer is just dooing to much I have a aqua c (remora) (tank size is 75gal) and i am useing a slighly...
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    elegance coral problems

    This has been done... but there are no changes... will this foul up my tank, if i leave it in there :(
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    elegance coral problems

    It wasnt expanding, and now some of it has started to come away from its skelton... yeh it was aclimitised. no brown gel either. its very very sad i dont want to loose this coral its beautiful, + i cant bear loosing corals fish etc, it upsets me. I will do almost anything to get this back to...
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    elegance coral problems

    hi guys i have an elegance coral and have had it for quite some time, however in the last month its not been looking to well, i wasnt worred at first because i hot haildes from NO lights, so i didnt expect to see it for a little but now it looks as though its dying. below is what it use to look...
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    Clam needs?

    My great partner just came home with a beautiful clam (Squamosa Clam) but i dont know whats its needs are, i know lots of Calcuim, but how can i feed it? what else do i need (yes i have halides)
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    New remora C

    Perfect, thanks a million guys always very helpful. :)
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    New remora C

    I may sound stupid, but skimming dry how is this achived. the way that this is setup is PH in the water plumped directly into the skimmer and the skimmer does its thing... I know this sounds dumb but when it comes to skimming i have no idea.
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    New remora C

    Guys i just got my Remora C, its all setup and and i cant be sure if its working 100% its creating the froth/bubbles, but its not bubbling up to the collection cup its only started within the tube leading up to the cup, its about 5cm off getting into the collection cup, i am using a slightly...
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    So are Remoras really the best HOB Skimmer?

    where is the chapest place i can get this skimmer, that will post to Australia?
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    aglea bloom...

    The reason i do this is because the tank is does see some light through out the day(through the window), and so i just have my lights on as long as the sun is out. And night i have moon lights which stay on till about 9pm also i though cyno was a hary purple / brown color, this is more green...
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    aglea bloom...

    halides on at 8am to 4 pm and the ho antics are on 6 to 6 all water changes with ro/di so there should be be phoshate. i always do pwc changes every week. the bubbles are on the back wall where the aglea is... and no there isnt too much circulation on the back wall becasuse of the rock. i...
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    aglea bloom...

    Hi guys, I have just looked at the tank and i have thosands of bubbles overs some of my rocks, mainly to the left side of the tank the right side looks ok. Is there any reason for this what could it be? water levels are fine ph 8.2 nitrate > 10 nitrite 0 amm 0 here is some background...
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    power head question

    how many power heads should i have in a 4ft tank. the reason i ask is i am finding it hard to get a flow toward the bottom of the tank, and it looks like I am getting a cyno out break, so i need some flow down to the bottom, i currently have 2 x 3600L/ph and a 1200Lph the 2 large ones are at...
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    Clownfish hosting?

    as ellisz stated no one knows its all about luck really, alot of tank bread ones seem to host powerheads... but then i have an ocellrias (spelling oops) who is tank rasied and my sand anenome hosts the clown.
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    HELP ,couldy water

    it was a milky color, i resolved the problem thanks guys it was a powerhead, it looks like it was shooting micro bubbles which filled the tank with what appeared to be a milkyt color. thanks again.
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    HELP ,couldy water

    I woke up this morning to see that my tank is cloudy the visability is terribible I have done a water change 10% yesterday and i have done 10% today ( the water change made it worse) i am using ro/di water All filter media is clean. tested water conditions and they are perfect ph. 8.3...
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    bi color blennie

    Great thanks for that abnmojo, I have been putting some seawead in the small holes but the yellow tang gets to it before him, LOL Thats great to know that they are like this, i was starting to worry - they are such characters to wtah in the tank, mine is always up to something. I find that not...
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