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  1. wvanderborg

    For Sale: for sale 25 gal reef setup

    Includes tank, stand, 3 biowheel filters, 4 bulb t5ho light fixture, protien skimmer, crushed coral, lr, and a 50gpd ro/di water purification unit. Asking price $300 obo. Location south suburbs of Chicago Illinois
  2. wvanderborg

    For Sale: 55 gal saltwater setup.

    Incudes 55 gal tank/stand(both black) 48 inch coralife power compact lights, 2 biowheel 350 filters, 200w heater, substrate and a bunch of live rock. I'm located south of Chicago IL. I'm askinf $400 obo.
  3. wvanderborg

    pods

    Is it necessary to have a fuge on a 25 gal tank to support coepods for 1 mandarin fish? I added a bottle of tigger pods a month ago but I never see them. As always thanks for the help guys.
  4. wvanderborg

    my 55 gal build.

    Just need to get my protien skimmer. :-D
  5. wvanderborg

    sick oscar

    I'm at a friends house with a 12 in oscar and he's got heximia really bad. Covering maybe 2and 1/2 in of his head. Water change underway but what should I add to help him asides salt?
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    something on my leather

    So. A few days ago I noticed these tiny feather duster looking things on my leather coral. They are solid white and all have the same 8 point head. It seems like they grow in a colony and might be spreading upwards on it. these pics are 2 with my normal lights and the last ones with my super actins
  7. wvanderborg

    help id please

    What kind of coral is this?
  8. wvanderborg

    should i add lr?

    Tanks been cycling for 3 days. Levels are salinity 1.021 ammonia 0 nitrates/trites 0 temp is 78 ph is 8.2 (lights off) 8.4 (lights on) and yea. After work I plan on picking up maybe a 6lb piece to start with. But should I add it this soon? Thanks in advance everyone.
  9. wvanderborg

    does this look like aiptasia?

    So I did a pwc on my 25 gal reef today and did some rearranging and found on the base of my toadstool leather what seems to be small aiptasias. I've posed a pic in my album 25 gal reef.
  10. wvanderborg

    pc bulbs

    I recently picked up a 48in coralife power compact light for my 55 fowlr I'm setting up. Got it for a steal. $16 can't beat it. If I ever make the jump to reef would this suffice any kind of inverts and if so what kind? It runs 2 65w 50/50 lights.
  11. wvanderborg

    The time has come!!

    So. Today is they day I begin my 55gal fowlr set up. I'm in the process of moving my last 3 gouramis out of the 55 right now to a 29 (sad for them but they will be fine with the marble bichir) I got my ro/di fully functional (thanks again to carey for the suggestion on what unit to purchase) my...
  12. wvanderborg

    cycling question

    I'm about to start up a 55 gal fowlr. This is going to be my second sw tank. My plan is to set it up w/60lbs of crushed coral (I don't do live sand) and add about 45 gals of ro/di water. Then to cycle I'm thinking I'm going to do a 5gal water change in my 25gal reef tank and just dump the five...
  13. wvanderborg

    Any Suggestions?

    So I've started restocking my 25 gal reef. So far I have 1 leather coral and 1 zooanthid colony about a dozen snails including margaritas cerths and nassarius an emerald crab a brittle star a baby yellow tail blue tang (about 2in) and a neon dottyback. Ill eventually move the tang to my 55 when...
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    dwarf angels

    Alright. So I know dwarf angels are considered to be NOT reef safe, but why is this? Do they pick on nems or polyps or both? Reason I ask is I have a 25 gal that will be reef but with just polyps and zoos and I REALLY want a bicolor angel but not if its going to kill everything. What's ur...
  15. wvanderborg

    my soon to be 55 gal build.

    I'm waiting on a few more necessary supplies but I'm considering changing my 55 fw to a sw. Only fowlr to start. My main questions are... 1 I'm running 2 biowheel 350s is that enough filtration? 2 is this big enough to house a snowflake eel and 3-5 dwarf puffers? 3 do I need white lights for...
  16. wvanderborg

    liquid nutrients...

    What kind of liquid nutrients are necessary for a healthy reef tank? I use all kent products from my salt to my liquids. Right now I'm using microvert coral vite and calcium. I was also using purple tech but I don't like how it clouds the water and increases ph so I stopped using that one. Is...
  17. wvanderborg

    help me please help me please

    So. I have a 25 gal that I would like to be reef. Within the last two weeks I had an enormous cyanobacteria and what I think is red slime algae break out. I thought the hair algae was bad but this is horrible my star polyp died my zooanthid looks terrible and my anenomes are staying closed up...
  18. wvanderborg

    cyanobacteria problem

    My tanks covered with cyano and I'm scraping the glass daily. Asides being unattractive does this cause any other problems? I seem to be losing my anenomes. And if u can give any suggestions as how to fix this id appreciate it
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    question regarding polyps

    I have a small neon green/blue vietnam zooanthius colony that is my pride and joy. (Totally a freebie too) It has a total of about 18-22 heads and just looks awesome but I can't seem to get it to attach to anything. Live rock, coral chunks, crushed coral. It just sits on the top. I have it in a...
  20. wvanderborg

    bristle worms....

    What's something reef safe that eats them?
  21. wvanderborg

    white blotches on live rock

    So I have been into saltwater for about a year now. I have a 25 Gallon tank with about fifteen lbs of live rock and I recently went reef. And quickly I might add (two months from fowlr) I now have four rose anenomes a condy a leather coral star polyp and zooanthid colony but I've noticed small...
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