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    Coral question

    I know ,I was even told that up front before I bought it but as my first coral I wanted something that had some movement to it plus it was very inexpensive and being I was going to take the plunge and buy my first coral I went with some polypes and a flower pott
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    Coral question

    Believe it or not I must be doing something good becacause my flower pott has trippled its size by the way im looking for some corals that will do good on the bottom of the tank, what do you think of a chili pepper coral, nice bright red ,guy at store telling me you can't kill it, will live in mud
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    Coral question

    ok I have been doing corals for about a month or so my corals are doing great, when I first started I decided to be safe and go with easy hardy corals Im doing good, checking and keeping up with all that need to be but now im wanting to do more corlas but not the same as what I have I have a...
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    Light & Filter Question for 75-90 Gal tank

    I bout power compacts but found that they take up allot of room by the time you get enough lighting ,i was told by other members that at least 5 watts per gal is what you want I decided to change lights around and what I found was that vho lighting is nicer because it takes up less room and not...
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    fuge question

    Hi all ,hers a stupid question but I have to ask only because im sill leaning about salt water ,what is a fuge tank for and why do you need or have to have one?
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    Corals during the night

    Well im learning ,boy did I panic when I saw that, I said to my wife I don't know what happened, they all died ,they all looked great 10 minutes ago before the lights went off, turned the lights back on when she came to see what I was talking about they all came back to life, thats when the...
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    Corals during the night

    I am new to corals, all my corals are do great at this time, have had them about a month now What I did notice and find odd is when the lights are off some of them like the bubble coral or the open brain tend to look like a decaying dead plant when the lights come on shortly after the look...
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    bugs????????????

    thank you, you've both made me happy, I was thinking I broke out with some new alien form of things that was going to take over my tank
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    bugs????????????

    OK this is a new one on me My daughter is always looking at my tank for me, sometimes a good thing sometimes a bad thing but she does tend to notice every little thing Today she calls me to tell me theres bugs all over the bottom of my tank, I asked what kind of bugs, she says small or even...
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    star fish

    the front glass is the only part of my tank that is clean from algea, I have alot of rock, impossible to clean the back or sides so I leave it
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    star fish

    just seems to fall allot
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    star fish

    Looks like the one I have from the picture ,aslo I was wondering as star fish are new to me Do I have to keep an eye ont it, what I mean is it sure travels around and its like one min. its on the glass the next minunt it falls down do I have to slip it over when it lands upsaide down or twisted...
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    star fish

    thanks for the info, so what coral would fall under the sponge?, at this time I have some polypes-flower pots-open brain-cup coral, what what im being told i have stoney corals
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    star fish

    My daughter bought a start fish for my birthday, I don't really know much about them, I did find a picture on the web that looks just like it which is the orange star fish (Henricia leviuscula) from the pacific Just wondering if it will bother my corals, she said the guy at the fish store says...
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    need help with testing water

    im adding tropic marin A and tropic marin K every other day, was told thats all i need since i dont have soft corals
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    need help with testing water

    I know what to test for in an all fish tank but now im starting corals besides nitrites-ammonia-ph-nitrates-calcium-alkalinity-phosphates what else should i be checking, i do add a trace element additive twice a week
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    corals

    is it normal for your corals to close up when you buff the water, I added some calcium buffer to get my calcium up a little and my corals closed up, hope there ok
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    Instant Ocean or Oceanic?

    what do you mean by bad salt from instant ocean? Ive used it for 10 years, never really had a problem, I did notice the ph is higher rated from the web then other salts but it seems to work for mee as I seemed to have a ph problem but using hte instant ocean seems to compinsate and ive had a...
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    corals

    Hi all, ok I tool the plunge after buying good lighting and bought some corals I was told mushrooms and polyps are easy but I also bought some flower pots and an open brain and a plate coral, heard the plate coral is hard Any advise anyone can give me would be helpful, I did buy all the...
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    Lighting question

    Hi all, I have a question in ref to my lighting, I have two 165 vho's and two 192 compacts, my lights sit about eight inches high off the tank is that exceptable or to much?[/list]
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    canopy

    Any one know if there is aweight limit or concern when adding a canopy to your tank ,Ive seen several different types and I.m sure they very in weight, can a canopy be to heavy for your tank? is there a rule of thumb to follow in ref toacanopy weight
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    What's your favorite test kit

    Has anyone ever tried aquarium pharmaceuticals, its pretty good, when I first started looking for a top of the line kit all led me to it, i'm sure salifert is one of the best kits but way out of my leag, over 200.00 for a complete kit Aquarium pharm. is a preety good kit, very accurate ,in fact...
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    What's your favorite test kit

    tried them all so fare I like marine enterprises, simple and the colors always match up, no guessing
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    tak cycling

    thanks all, I wish one of these so called fish experts at the store that I bought it from would of thought of mentioning this to me but then again it seesms like theres allot of fish stores with people that don't know a whole lot
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    tak cycling

    I bought the uv only becaue I do an all tang tank and there prown to ich, im just wondering once my tank cycles if I will be able to use it ,I hope so, paid allot of money for this light
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