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    New lighting system

    I am looking to upgrade my lighting system, my current is a hand me down . I am looking at this fixture on e-bay JEBO ODYSSEA 48" BLACK QUAD Compact Flourescent Fixture. Any opinions?
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    Trouble with Turbo Snails

    Yes there is an airconditioning vent about almost directly above the tank, I never even paid attention how close the vent is to the tank, its on the ceiling and the vent was pushing the airflow towards the tank, with the weather being so warm , the air was still running even in October! The heat...
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    Trouble with Turbo Snails

    ok I had no clues I didnt have to quarantine my inverts ! Now I know, however , that does not explain the two that died in my tank however, I am going with the temp. change due to ac , I do have a heater but the airconditioner tends to even mess with that, I took the lid off of my tank when I...
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    garlic question

    Is is possible to make your own garlic mixture to soak food in? If so can someone share with me what you need, measurements etc?
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    Trouble with Turbo Snails

    I have an issue with keeping Turbo snails , I cant get them past the quarantine tank, after my tank cycled , I added a clown fish and a chromis, I also have a chocolate chip star fish, several blue legged hermits , two scarlett hermits. My first fish was the o. clown, at which time I also...
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    hermit crabs, good or bad

    Ok from what I read the hermits do have some use , however it looks like they will eat snails in the aquarium if I have them also. It also looks like this is unavoidable even if I have empty shells available. Is this correct? So my question is , why do most of the cleaner packs have hermits...
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    diatomes , diatomes and more diatomes

    yup , I have a 20 gal quarantine tank I set up right along with this one, we have a small utility room thats hardly ever used so it is a great place to start new fish or , if I ever, (hope not) have a sick fish.
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    diatomes , diatomes and more diatomes

    ack!!!!!!! I can ad something.... I was feeling pretty good with an empty tank, I keep a container large enough for 20% water changes ready to go (right , temp, ph and salinity) so I will do another PWC, then ad .............something. Thank you!
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    Peaceful tank

    Now that is a gorgeous fish!!
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    diatomes , diatomes and more diatomes

    OK sorry for the delay, now I am confused about the ammonia, my ammonia level as stated above is now zero, when I posted the level was at zero down from a monster spike of 4.0 the previous week (now almost two weeks ago) . I thought the goal was to get to zero . I am loosing my mind here or...
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    Peaceful tank

    Ok what about the spotted cardinal fish? All the information I read indicates they are peaceful , I think they are very unusual looking. I read another post that says they are "boring" however if it hangs out and doesnt hide that doesnt seem boring to me. Anyone have one of these fish?
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    Peaceful tank

    Wow, great information, I have been looking at all of your suggestions and some of the fish you all have , very nice color combinations and variety!!!!!!!! I have been to the fosters and smith site many times in the past , I was looking for people that acutally had tanks and what they chose so...
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    looking for a briefing on feeding fish

    I do have a petco nearby, never thought of going there for food!! Thanks a million on the information, I will go there today to see what they carry in the line of food. Thanks again.
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    Peaceful tank

    Ok please dont send me to view compatibility charts , I have them and have studied them. I am looking for already established peaceful tanks and what variety people have in them , I am looking for a nice color variety with peaceful fish. It seems everyone owns a clown, I am looking for...
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    looking for a briefing on feeding fish

    As I am waiting for my tank to cycle I am reading several posts on feeding your fish a variety of foods. I wrote down several suggestions and went to my LFS and they only sell dried seaweed, pellets and flakes. I see alot of people speaking of mysis again I am looking to order this any...
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    diatomes , diatomes and more diatomes

    I had an emergency with an out of state family member last week and I am just returning, when I walked in the door, my tank was covered in diatomes! (I am in week 3 of cycling my tank) My reads are as follows: ammonia 0 Nitrite 1.5 Nitrate 20 Last week before I left my ammonia was off the...
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    yeah the shrimp triggered my cycle but wow does it stink!

    well at least others have endured the stinky shrimp!! Today it smells so bad I gagged when I opened the tank to do my tests. Todays numbers: Ammonia went off richter scale........4.0 nitrites are at 1.0 nitrates at 10 Today one peice of my live rock has quite a bit of rust colored "stuff"...
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    yeah the shrimp triggered my cycle but wow does it stink!

    8O Ok shrimp has been in the tank for about 36 hours, ammonia is at 1.0, nitrite at .25 and nitrate at 10. My ph dropped from 8.2 to 8.0 should I worry about that at this point ?? How do I get it back to 8.2 for two weeks it was at 8.2 I have to add the shrimp stinks to high...
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    New set up question

    Thank you for the quick responses and thank you for the welcome!! Thanks for the lighting information, I would like to have the lunar lights as my tank is in a main area of the house and we do a lot of entertaining of my husbands business partners , I have a black background for my tank so when...
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    New set up question

    I have been lurking on this site for several months while deciding on what equipment to use for my FOWLR tank. I have had my tank set up for two weeks now, with 65 lbs of live rock, 2.5 in sand bed. The rock I have is FIJI rock and I purchased it at a lfs already cured . The live rock has been...
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