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I'm certainly no authority, but it might be something to consider cutting the dead/dying arm off rather than have that problem spread to the center...
If done right is serves a purpose. With a proper daylight/moonlight controller like the RKE or Neptune APEX a good moonlight can induce spawning...
rubber baby buggy BUMPer
Yeah, you could do that, but you run the risk of a flood if the pump fails. You really only need the fuge tank to be an inch or two higher for a...
They're both. The chemical reaction is pretty straight forward. Calcium Carbonate is soluble in water, as are many things, like salt. But...
I could use about an extra day per week and about an extra 5 hours per day. tank's fine tho.
I've been told that maturation in fish varies quite a bit from specimen to specimen, but that in general it's a process that starts at 6-12 months...
All those fish when full grown would require a much larger tank to be housed together...a big puffer can own a 250g tank on its own, they're...
Anyone found a solution to dealing with digitate hydroids in the last few months? Search turned up nothing really other than manual removal which in...
They can reach plague proportions and sting some sensitive corals... but yeah I usually ignore a few. They might go away, they might take over -...
Acrylic tanks are easy to drill, just go slow and use a spray bottle to keep it all wet (don't get water in the drill!!!). LFS will often do it too...
Freshly quarried limestone was formed hundreds of millions of years before there were people to pollute it... But even if it looks solid to our...
Good call Shackmel! Man, if anyone at the LFS I go to made water up for a customer and didn't check it they would be out the door before the end of...
Added: 1/5hp JBJ Arctica chiller. Found it new, but a little old sitting in a garage, on CL for $300. Since I'm not needing to ched more than 4-5...
The terrestrially mined "base rock" everyone uses is calcium carbonate, aka aragonite, oolitic stone, or limestone Coral skeletons are Calcium...
not MUCH to look at yet, but sure: [img]
Having grown up in Hawaii I've seen what's been done to damage reefs. I don't agree with your assertion that collection for the marine saltwater...
Ok, so I finally got my tank in, decided to start my build thread now... This is going to be a reef tank. It's by far the largest aquarium I've...
I've got a Maristar 72" fixture w/ built in T5 ballasts and 3 Lumatek Select-a-watt ballasts. the fixture is 4x 39w T5 + 3x 250w DE HQI. Have not...
You can run both a wet-dry and a refugium/skimmer system, but it's really not necessary. I agree you'll want more than a 30gal tank for a sump. For...
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