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    what eats ditrus?

    I have a 75gal FOWLR approx 80-90lbs of live rock that has a light coating of ditrus on it. I feed every other day and fish included o. clown, yellow tang, diamond goby, and 2 chromis. i try and siphon up as much as i can during partial water changes. My clean up crew consists of 6-10...
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    new fish getting picked on

    I have a 75 gallon, i just added a percula clown and my 6 line wrasse keeps picking at him. The clown stays at the top left of the tank, and rarely moves out of the corner. the clown eats well as long as food gets into the corner. I have moved the rock around to try and disrubt the wrasses...
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    nitrates wont go below 10

    I can not get my nitrate levels below 10ppm. All the other tests are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrates, 10nitrates, 0 phosphate. The tank is a 75 gallon, with 80 lbs of live rock, crushed coral/sand, I do at least a 15% water change every 7-10 days. There are 2 fluval 305's without the filter pads those...
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    will a yellow tang get along with a hippo tang?

    Will a yellow tang get along with a hippo tang? I have a 75 gallon tank, with only the hippo, algae blenny, and coral beauty, and a clown. Will adding a yellow to the mix cause problems for any of the other fish?
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    hippo tang needs help

    I have had a blue hippo tang for several weeks now. 4 days ago the tang developed a couple of spots on the top fin. She appears to periodically rub the fin on the live rock. I started treating with melafix 3 days ago. The top spot seems to have started to close, but the other 2 spots appear...
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    lighting question?

    How much light do anemones, and clams need? I have 260 watts of light split evenly between 2 10k bulbs, and 2 atinic bulbs, in a 75 gallon reef. It works out to 3.4 watts per gallon. Do i need to plan on adding another 130 watt light strip? will more light hurt any fish, or inverts?
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    good anemone for a pair of percula clowns

    I recently purchased a pair of tank bred percula clowns. I was thinking of adding an anemone for them. Will they share one anemone? What would be a good anemone. I was hoping to stay away from carpets. Tank is 75 gallon, live rock, sand skimmer. Lights are 2 65w 50/50 and 2 65w atinic...
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    brown algae

    After my 75 got done cycling, i had a brown hair algae explosion growing on the live rocks. I have since added a cleaner crew consisting of the following 1 algae blenny 1 bicolor blenny 12 nassarius snails 12 bumblee snails 6 astrea snails 4 turbo snails 10 hermit crabs The cleaners seem to be...
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    stock list for a 75 gallon-what works best?

    I have a 75 gallon tank with 90lbs of live rock and 70lbs of live sand mixed in with 20lbs of dead sand. The tank has the following fish and i have a list of the different species that i would want to add. The tank has 1 diamond goby-hides in rock work 1 algae blenny 1 bi color blenny 12...
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    adding inverts or fish first to a new tank?

    I have a 75 gallon tank that has just finished cycling. I was going to add a small group of inverts hermit crabs, turbo snails and assorted other detrius cleaners. Do i add them first or do i add a fish first, or does it matter? Tank has 90lbs of live rock, and 90lbs of live sand. Dual...
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    Looking at a remora pro any cons?

    I the start of a 75 gallon mini reef, I am looking for a good quiet skimmer. All signs seem to point to the remora as a good hang on skimmer. Is this true?
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