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    HELP: Need advice from experienced favia/favites keepers

    What food do you recommend? I've tried target feeding it with Cyclopeeze and a commercial dried phytoplankton... on several occasions. I've never...
    Post by: Zzippper, Apr 16, 2009 in forum: LPS Corals
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    HELP: Need advice from experienced favia/favites keepers

    About 4-5 months ago, I purchased what I think is a favites (maybe a favia)... Since then I have been trying to figure out the best location to put...
    Thread by: Zzippper, Apr 16, 2009, 5 replies, in forum: LPS Corals
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    Coralline!!!

    Umm, How do you polish out scratches? I have a couple on my glass tank... Z
    Post by: Zzippper, Apr 6, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    blueberry gorgonian

    These are indeed tricky to keep as they are filter feeders and 100% non-photosynthetic. As such, light level is irrelevant. Place them in moderate to...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 26, 2009 in forum: NPS Corals
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    IceCap and Blue life vs. Odyssea

    Interesting... When I swapped out my Odyssea ballasts for Blueline eballasts (got a WICKED deal on them - $100 each), my favia/favites (not sure...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 26, 2009 in forum: Metal Halide Aquarium Lighting
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    Skimmer: after adding phos reactor

    I recently added a Phosban reactor too... but I used the TLF Phosban media. I don't recall there being any impact on my skimmer's performance or...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 26, 2009 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    It's alive!

    Ughhhh! How repugnant! :P
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 21, 2009 in forum: The Bucket
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    Heaters and running to hot

    Interesting... The heater that failed on me (mentioned in my post above) was also a Stealth. It didn't 'blow-up' - it just started overheating the...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 21, 2009 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Heaters and running to hot

    I just went through this myself. I had 2 x 150 w heaters that ran fine for a year. Then all of a sudden, my tank is warming up to 83-84 degrees. I...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 19, 2009 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    @!#I$ Sump Seal Failure!

    That, my friend, is 'carpetmate'. ;D Z
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 19, 2009 in forum: ASAP
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    SINKING PLEXI glass

    Silicone does not stick well to plexi in general. Maybe if you had let it cure longer (24 hrs minimum). As for hot glue... My gut tell me that this...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 19, 2009 in forum: ASAP
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    i was thinking a fan for my tank

    Yes - a fan wil definitely help lower the temperature through evaporation. If you don't already have an auto-top-off unit - this would be a good time...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 17, 2009 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Can't seem to get the nitrates down

    No, I saw that... but to me it doesn't clearly indicate that the coil denitrator was the cause. If you and your hubby were both incapacitated (I...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 11, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Can't seem to get the nitrates down

    I was using a commercially available product called 'Nitrate Destroyer' that available here in Canada. It's main pitch is that it provides...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 11, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Can't seem to get the nitrates down

    Not to be critical or confrontational but... If you never had a nitrate problem to begin with, then how can you say that your coil denitrator works...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 11, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    30” Odyssea Metal Halide System 380W Review

    I have the 36" 630 watt unit with 2 x 250 watt MH + 2 x 65W PC actinics. I am very happy with it. I replaced the MH ballasts as they were seriously...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 10, 2009 in forum: Metal Halide Aquarium Lighting
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    Red tree-looking stuff

    Lucky! I like the looks of that and wouldn't mind some of that in my tank - although I am pretty sure my yellow tang would decimate it. Z
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 9, 2009 in forum: Algae
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    Can't seem to get the nitrates down

    That's just a very short term band-aid solution... and the results are questionable at best. Z
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 7, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Can't seem to get the nitrates down

    I understand your skepticism - I was too. But after living with nitrates for months with no end in site... let's just say that I used to have a full...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 7, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Can't seem to get the nitrates down

    I'd go with a sulfur denitrator over a coil denitrator. Cycles much faster (days instead of weeks) and starts lowering nitrates immediately...
    Post by: Zzippper, Mar 6, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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