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    Lionfish, tigers and bears Oh My!!

    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/859227.html So stop flushing your lionfish down the toilet........
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    Sulphur Denitrator question....

    I've run into an interesting dilema. On my 125g DT I run a sulphur denitrator made out of an Octopus dual chamber Cal reactor. First chamber has a few cups of sulphur beads and then filled with Seachem Matrix. The second chamber is filled with ARM. If anyone that runs a similar setup could get...
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    Diatom Help

    Since the end of August I have been fighting diatoms on the sand bed. Brown/orange (rust colored) dusting. It pretty much dies off over night then starts up again the next photo period. 125gal RR Long 60 Gal sump 3 sections(1st twin over flows into socks/skimmer (SumpBuddy 40)/2nd return/ 3rd...
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    Birdsnest Question

    I have two birdsnest colonies. One pink tip and one blue tip. Over the weekend, it appears both are shedding an outer layer. I havent really seen polyp extension either. But both still have color, albeit a little white. My other acros and monti's appear fine as well as everything else in the...
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    Fresh Air exchanger helps low PH

    You can send some of that Ph my way, I am battling LOW Ph, no matter how much kalk I add it will climb them plummet all in a matter of a few hours. Been hovering 7.8-7.9 the last two days. Ran a co2 test and its off the charts, so I am running a fresh air line outside to the skimmer to see if...
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    Purple Firefish with white blotch

    I have had this guy for a while now, healthy, eating, all normal activity. Over the weekend I noticed on his right side about mid body, a milky blotch about 3-4 mm long and 2-3 wide. He was hanging out by my RBTA and figured maybe he got stung and it was slime. Then this morning the blotch had...
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    RIP RBTA....literally

    Any idea what a RBTA sucked through a Dart pump sounds like? :'( Well the whole family does. Scared the bajeebeez out of my Blue Jaw. He leaped right out of the water. Thank goodness I have a canopy. Knew I should have changed those screens on the CL to something finer. My clowns are lost now...
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    Egg Crate Phosphate Contributions

    This post was split off from the original thread where the question was raised: "is eggcrate ok to use in frag systems". This part of the thread took on a life of its own and deserves its own thread. --Phyl The lighting diffusers "eggcrate" everyone usually uses from the big home stores is...
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    To Bubble Trap or Not? That is the question......

    Going to use a 55gal for a sump on my 120 long with twin overflows. The 55 is 48"X12"x20" high. Return will be in center, fuge on end. Fuge end will be 12"x12"x17" high with bulk heads into return section. Overflow and skimmer section will be 24"X12"x14" high. I am thinking of just trying a...
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