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    Clownfish orange changing to black ?

    So we recently switched the food for our two clowns and saphire blue damsels to flakes from mises shrimp, mainly because we were out of town and...
    Thread by: shepido, Sep 4, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: Tropical Fish
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    Battle strategies for nitrates

    So what I need is a fuge of some sort, and a bunch of sand, say 4 or 5 inches. As well as some macro algae ? Thanks for the recommendation on a...
    Post by: shepido, Apr 11, 2011 in forum: Water Chemistry
  3. shepido
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    Battle strategies for nitrates

    what is a DSB ? sorry some of the lingo I do not fully know yet.
    Post by: shepido, Apr 11, 2011 in forum: Water Chemistry
  4. shepido
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    Battle strategies for nitrates

    I think we have around 30 lbs LR. about 2 inches of sand on the entire bottom of the tank filtration at the moment is nothing but the Live rock...
    Post by: shepido, Apr 11, 2011 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Battle strategies for nitrates

    it used to be a half a cube for just the two clowns ! ;D tank is lit about 12 hours per day levels: ph 8.2 sg 1.024~1.025 right in the middle...
    Post by: shepido, Apr 11, 2011 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Battle strategies for nitrates

    I have a 29 gallon FOWLR and some blue kneed crabs and snails. I have slowly through water changes and diligence pushed my nitrates from 30+ down...
    Thread by: shepido, Apr 11, 2011, 9 replies, in forum: Water Chemistry
  7. shepido
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    swapped out substrate, and am seeing ammonia now.

    Some background: 29 gallon FOWLR, established 6 months. 2 clowns, 2 blue damsels SG 1.024 ph 8.1 I have been trying to drop our nitrates and get rid...
    Thread by: shepido, Mar 21, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: General Reef Topics
  8. shepido
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    what is this stuff?

    I found out what GFO is, but what do I do once I get it ? Also I keep hearing about carbon. Does everyone mean carbon dosing, or some sort of carbon...
    Post by: shepido, Mar 12, 2011 in forum: Algae
  9. shepido
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    what is this stuff?

    should I scrub the live rock off with a toothbrush or something?
    Post by: shepido, Mar 11, 2011 in forum: Algae
  10. shepido
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    what is this stuff?

    29 gallon 8 months cycled by placing a lone dead deli shrimp in tank and monitoring ammonia no sump aqueon medium filer 3 snails, 1 blue legged...
    Post by: shepido, Mar 11, 2011 in forum: Algae
  11. shepido
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    what is this stuff?

    I get premixed salt water from LFS who sold us fish etc. It is supposed to be RO. We were planning on swapping out the substrate to sand. we...
    Post by: shepido, Mar 11, 2011 in forum: Algae
  12. shepido
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    what is this stuff?

    So our tank is FOWLR, but I would like to change that and get some soft corals (and get rid of hoaky plastic crap). We have some sort of algae which...
    Thread by: shepido, Mar 11, 2011, 15 replies, in forum: Algae
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    ph additive and nitrate question

    We have always had higher nitrates, and here is why - my tank took 5 months to cycle completely, I don't know why but it did. During that time the...
    Post by: shepido, Dec 8, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph additive and nitrate question

    I guess that is what I am saying is odd. I tested with the lights on mid afternoon and it was 7.8 after adding 1 gallon of RO water. I tested after...
    Post by: shepido, Dec 8, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph additive and nitrate question

    I measured in the afternoon on Monday, but it was right after I added in some RO water, and that is what must be giving me some error. Tonight I took...
    Post by: shepido, Dec 7, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph additive and nitrate question

    the ph has magically rebounded to 8.0 ?!?!?!?!?! what is going on ? Should I not measure stuff like ph right after water changes etc ? Give it time...
    Post by: shepido, Dec 7, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph additive and nitrate question

    I have a FOWLR tank, They are at 20 now.
    Post by: shepido, Dec 7, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph additive and nitrate question

    So I got this ph booster called eight.four by aqua vitro which was recommended by LFS to raise the ph I wrote about yesterday which is at 7.8. The...
    Thread by: shepido, Dec 7, 2010, 11 replies, in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph at 7.8, cause for concern ?

    I added a gallon of RO water to bring water level back up and then took ph , ammonia, etc like I do every Monday. SG is 1.0225 right now. Everything...
    Thread by: shepido, Dec 6, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: General Reef Topics
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    ph on replacement water sky high

    just live rock and two clowns for now. so I should prep the water the night before and then put it in as opposed to changing it and then mixing the...
    Post by: shepido, Nov 17, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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