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    Kalk

    You can do it in topoff, but since your evaporation rates may change over the course of the year you might have to change how much you put in to keep...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 29, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    MMcDonald 55 gal Build

    Yeah I'm sure Shimek is very familiar with how to handle a DSB and is fully aware of how to care for them. Not everyone is. :) There definitely are...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 29, 2009 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    MMcDonald 55 gal Build

    Just to clarify if you have sand sifters that actually get deep enough to disturb the anoxic zones (I'm not familiar with any) then you will not get...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 29, 2009 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    MMcDonald 55 gal Build

    From my understanding, and in my opinion, deep sand beds are finicky things. They are not fully understood by most people who use them, even people...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Vortech Feed Mode Question

    Just a quick comment about looking fat, and not necessarily being a bad thing. I think if you look at a lot of pictures of fish in the wild a lot...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Koralia Deluxe Wavemaker?

    Sorry, I'm really not trying to sell Vortechs here but I think sometimes people get sticker shocked by them. I don't think they are really that...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Feeding a Reef

    Right now there is not a lot for other people to work on, we don't have a lot of information about your system. A lot of the time it's easy to...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Going shopping.

    Depends how much flow you have in the tank already, I would aim for a total of at least 30-40x the display tank volume. I think a K4 might be a bit...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Old tank syndrome from Diomond Goby?

    Be careful with buffering for pH since it always raises/affects alkalinity. 7.8 pH isn't the end of the world, many tanks run at that level at the...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Going shopping.

    Ahh yeah, I think that's their standard template for anything that calcifies a shell/skeleton. They need water chemistry to be balanced but that...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Will a pistol shrimp "clean" its goby?

    I'm really hoping my Yasha gobies will spawn eventually I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. As for surviving in captivity without the...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Going shopping.

    Where did you read about trace elements? I've never seen it proven that they need anything besides alkalinity, and calcium.
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Will a pistol shrimp "clean" its goby?

    Oh I see, either way, I can understand wanting to keep a tidy house, and snails are not tidy. :) My gobies are getting more confident as well in my...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Which Fish to get!?

    Angels will always be risky with coral. Why not look at a flasher or fairy wrasse? They are good tankmates with almost everything, and are always...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Going shopping.

    I also just realized you're planning on an emporer angel and a regal tang. I misread. Both of those fish are going to outgrow your tank and that it...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Going shopping.

    If they are of a good size you shouldn't have to feed it but it won't hurt once in a while. Here are some general articles and links to a bunch more...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Will a pistol shrimp "clean" its goby?

    AFAIK they are not cleaners, it's possible you were observing something else. The behavior between these types of gobies and the shrimp is...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Going shopping.

    I agree. Go with your instincts, I wouldn't get one. It's not always easy to get fish out of a reef tank when you want to and you will have to get it...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Clown eating Kalk Paste!

    Probably too late but for future reference I would not let them eat it if you can help it, I can't imagine it would be good for them in such a...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Hi all! wondering whats the best multi use Nitrate/Ammonia test kit

    Some tips to keeping nitrates low, aside from not overfeeding and water changes... Keep enough flow in the tank so that detritus stays suspended in...
    Post by: Screwtape, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Water Chemistry
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