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    New Water Change Method?

    Wow, Boogie! you seem upset!! Care to enlighten!! I myself would prefer to change MORE than 1% a day, its not the money....WE TOOK these animals into...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Are Tek fixture legs really $57 !??!

    A Tek could probably be set on the tank if you bought the acrylic shield(yeah SLS makes you buy that seperate too) I KNOW a TX5 could.... I would no...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: T5 Aquarium Lighting
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    New Water Change Method?

    Yeah I felt like I was a pioneer pitching the idea, then my bubble was bursted when I hear that I was planning on doing it the HARD way, funny isn't...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    red slime treatment?

    Kalkwasser-the German word for lime water. Essentially it is Calcium hydroxide or Ca(OH)2 You can go out and buy it like Kent's kalk mix or you can...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    Mushroom rock

    In my new lighting system my mushrooms have shriveled to about nothing and have no stalk. Like coral reefer stated bigger "umbrella" and longer stalk...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Soft Corals
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    red slime treatment?

    I would save for the Tunze if not, I would cut back on feeding, test regularly, skip flakes-if using, use the RO/DI water, use kalk as top off to...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    New Water Change Method?

    Randy does, I wanna say, 1% water changes daily and has a nice layout for a easy and convienent way to do it. I also want to say Calfo has a thread...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    New Water Change Method?

    Randy Holmes Harley, Anthony Calfo, Eric Borneman and many others have made/done every day automated w/c machines if you will. I "came" up with the...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    red slime treatment?

    Couple of ideas... kalkwasser, RO/DI and a Tunze Nano, all other small skimmers just don't cut it, The Tunze is a nice model though, at least when I...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    chalk bass?

    Nope... Never seen it AND I kept ours in a tank full of skunk and blood shrimp. Most fish will NOT eat cleaners but hungry wrasse, triggers, lionfish...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    red slime treatment?

    Yellow water usually corresponds with gelbstoff, or yellow water.. Mostly caused by organics in the water, which are also probably causing the...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    chalk bass?

    They are nice little fish, do well in schools in larger tanks or can do well singularly in smaller tanks. I order them very frequently, they are also...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Dr Frag's T5 lit 180

    Heres a few pics of the skimmer... Haven't fired it up yet, but I'm chomping at the bit!! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Thanks for viewing!!
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    testing for Mg, epsom salts, new discovery!

    Here is the older Shimek one..... The Toxicity of Some Freshly Mixed Artificial Sea Water; A Bad Beginning For A Reef Aquarium by Ronald L. Shimek,...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Dr Frag's T5 lit 180

    Unfortunately like I said before I only had 24.75" of clearance under my stand... Im not lucky enough to have my better half let me cut into our...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Dr Frag's T5 lit 180

    I got my new skimmer tonight, I am going to take a few pics in the am and post them. It looks nice but I can tell there already some things I would...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 14, 2009 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    ? about epsom,baking soda, and calcium chloride(road salt)

    Baking soda-BAKED is one of the best alk and pH additives available and its food grade. Epsom(MgSO4) is also good and human grade but should be used...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 14, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    testing for Mg, epsom salts, new discovery!

    Most pH alk or other big 4 test should be taken several hours after dosing, preferrably the next day. I might dose in the afternoon then test the...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 14, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    calcuim chloride

    I asked Randy and he said he still uses it and its safe the way HE uses it. Granted he uses it to beef up the IO he uses as the Ca and Mg are...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 14, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    How big do seabe's get?

    My next store neighbor had a sebae that was at least a foot across, at least. It started off 2" across when he bought it from my store and within a...
    Post by: Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 14, 2009 in forum: Inverts
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