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  1. Screwtape
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    Hanna Checkers for Ca/Alk/Mg/NO3

    I agree with crank here for the most part. I have the phosphorous checker and like it much better than test kits. Ultimately I think it will come...
    Post by: Screwtape, Sep 14, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Hanna Checkers for Ca/Alk/Mg/NO3

    Alk is coming soon (October)! Pre-orders are available. Only goes up to 250ppm which is 14dkh, though. Not that it's an issue for me, I keep my alk...
    Post by: Screwtape, Sep 9, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Weird thing grabbing my snails!

    There is a type of worm that eats snails, although I don't think it grabs them. They secrete a mucous over the snail and eat them. You could try...
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 28, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    healthy corals

    I'm not sure there is an answer to this question. Isn't it a bit like asking what's most important to keeping a baby alive: food, water or air? ;D...
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 13, 2010 in forum: Coral
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    Pistol Shrimp pairing question

    I wonder if Diamond Gobies don't just end up sharing burrows with the larger species of pistol shrimp, like the tiger pistol. It may not be the full...
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 12, 2010 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Pistol Shrimp pairing question

    Interesting, hadn't heard of that before. Elsewhere on their site they don't mention Valenciennea.
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 12, 2010 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Pistol Shrimp pairing question

    I'm not sure Diamond gobies (the sand sifters) pair with pistol shrimp. I believe the genuses that do pair up with pistols are Stonogobiops,...
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 11, 2010 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Why do I get good growth on some SPS and not others?

    Some do better in higher light/flow than others. Without knowing exactly what you have though it will be impossible to tell, there's no guarantees...
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 6, 2010 in forum: SPS Corals
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    I know Im wrong, but...

    FYI there are ways to use a QT without keeping a tank running full time for it. Just keep the equipment (10-20g tank, powerhead, heater, filter, some...
    Post by: Screwtape, Aug 2, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    What is your favorite type of ACROPORA coral on liveaquaria.com??????

    Assuming your tank is ready (and you're ready) I really like the DFS Aquacultured Ultra Blue Tenuis. It's extremely blue and tenuis' are usually...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 29, 2010 in forum: SPS Corals
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    Time to Vent with a warning about pepermints

    I had a problem with peppermints (definitely Lysmata genus) tearing food out of LPS polyps after the coral had eaten as well. I don't think I'll get...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 28, 2010 in forum: Inverts
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    ORA Frogskin? ID ME

    The frag is so small and you have no idea what part of the mother colony it was cut from so it might not look like every other frag out there. The...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 27, 2010 in forum: SPS Corals
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    ORA Frogskin? ID ME

    It could be IMO. It needs more light, lower nutrients, or better water quality so it colors up though. It's really hard to tell on such a small frag...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 27, 2010 in forum: SPS Corals
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    I May Be Wrong But.............................

    I don't think it negates it, it was meant to temper it. I said what I do and what I think and then made a general statement to make it clear that...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 27, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    I May Be Wrong But.............................

    The only thing I test regularly is alkalinity, it's much more important than calcium IMO. There is a narrower range of acceptable values and it can...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 25, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    ESV I.V. Dosing Methods

    I've never run a refugium, but what I would do is just measure your pH right before your DT light goes out, that's generally the highest pH point of...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 22, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Getting a prawn goby?

    I have a Yashia that does fine in my 75g, I do have peaceful tank mates for it though, make sure you don't have anything that will harass it or...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 21, 2010 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    ESV I.V. Dosing Methods

    I would find a salt that has params below what you run in your tank, or raise your params above what you have in your salt. That way if it goes out...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 20, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    how to catch a lobster/moral question

    Just to clarify, the tank crashed after an anemone died, a relatively catastrophic event...and then things keep dying. No offense meant but is the...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jul 13, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    What's your favorite wrasse?

    +1 to everything here. I like my McCoskers flasher if you can keep a pair/trio/harem. The fins are incredible when the male flashes. I would...
    Post by: Screwtape, Jun 18, 2010 in forum: Tropical Fish
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