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    What fish or invert would be best to control hair allege?

    I have a 55 with about 50 pounds of LR 1 Clown goby, 1 Watchman goby, and 1 Diamond goby. I had some turbo snails and red legged hermit crabs, but the stainless steel clam on my sump pump had a non ss screw in it and it killed the inverts. Now that I have fixed that issue and have the water back...
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    Moving cross counrty - what to do with fish??

    I have a 55 fOWLR and I am about to move across the country. I was planning on taking the LR and not the fish. Well my wife named all three fish and now she REALLY does not want to let them go. What would be the best way to get the fish and rock there? I was thinking of taking the rock in the...
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    New Turbo snails and and hermits - What to feed??

    So I have had my tank up and running a few months now, and it was getting to the point where I needed to add the snails and hermits to help keep things clean. I have a 60 gallon with 50 pounds on LR, and put in 12 ledlegged hermits and 12 turbo snails. Ok, so now two weeks have gone by and the...
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    Finally added fish to the new tank, now a have a new issue

    So I added the fish after having the tank running for a while with just the LR. Everything is going fine until one of the new fish goes missing. It is a little yellow Clown Goby. I finally find him in the over flow swimming around the pre filter. He got into the overflow in the tank and must...
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    What sand to get???

    I am setting up a 60 Flatback Hex, and need to get the sand for my DSB. I was thinking 60-70 pounds. I checked HD and the one near me only carries the bad sand. So, what is the best sand to order (and from where?) for my DSB? I am not looking at getting LS as I will be adding 75-80 pounds of...
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    Powerheads and DSB

    Ok, I got the sump and mag 7. I am getting gulf LR from liverock.com, so I am going to skip the LS. So the question are...... What is the best non LS to get? From the LFS, something from Home Depot? A few rocks and a hammer and make my own? :lol: Next, what are good quite Power heads? It is a...
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    Sump pump question

    I am looing to get the pump for my sump this week. I am trying to decide between the MAG-Drive 5 and the 7. The overflow is a 350 GPH rated one. So my question is, should I be a little under that for the pump (MAG 5) or bet a bit more over? Tank is a 60 Gal Sump is an Aqua Clear 75 It is 4'...
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    Hichikers: To keep, or not to keep - THat is the question

    So what is the answer? I am planning on getting #50-#60 LR from liverocks.com (not sure if gulf or Keys yet). I was planning on dipping it all and then curing it in my tank (nothing in it yet). But I am not sure what I want to keep and what I don't. There a list anywhere of what I want to keep...
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    Question on the oder of things and when......New setup

    Ok, so I am just about ready to start setting up my first SW tank with LR and LS. I know where I want to get and just want to get the order of things right. TANK Tank is a 60 Gal FLat back Hex. I have my sump, skimmer, and pumps on the way. I have one 48" 50/50 coralite bulb (have not ordered...
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    EHEIM Wet/Dry Filter vs. Sump

    I have never used an Eheim, but I have heard good things about them. I am getting ready to setup my 60g tank and looking into filters. This tank is going to be LS, 25# LR, and Fish. I have no planes on putting inverts in there at all. I like th eidea of a sump as I can put the heater in there...
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