Forum: Edmonton
05-15-2003, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,773
Ball pythons will not eat frozen food, and I...
Ball pythons will not eat frozen food, and I doubt he will ever get to the size of needing to eat a rat. My guy will only grow to 4-6 feet long, not like, say, Burmese pythons that'll get 20-30 feet...
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Forum: Edmonton
05-15-2003, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,773
Geez, Brad, I hope not this time :sad:
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Geez, Brad, I hope not this time :sad:
It was bad enough feeding our python this afternoon ... they need to eat a live mouse every 7 to 10 days. Today was the day for that sad, but necessary,...
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Forum: Edmonton
05-15-2003, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,773
Found Another Bad Crab, Anybody Want It?
Bought some new rock to get my empty 7 gal started again. I was reaaranging the rock today and, dang, found another crab that I believe is a mithrax. The poor little guy really didn't like being...
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Forum: Reef
05-13-2003, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,545
Re: Too many Feather Dusters?
Trevor, I'd kill for a tank full of featherdusters! They're so delicate and pretty, IMO.
But, really, they aren't a problem unless you think they are. What's beautiful to one person may not be...
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Forum: New to the Hobby
05-13-2003, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,627
Yes, Trevor is right. I have cut down the 802...
Yes, Trevor is right. I have cut down the 802 prefilter's plastic housing so it takes up less room in my puny 42 gal hex. I also don't use the white plastic insert in the prefilter, I only use...
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Forum: Edmonton
05-13-2003, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,761
Re: Thanks Beverly
Hey, Patrick, you're welcome!
The "other frag" is a type of acropora. It needs to be high up in the tank where it can get lots of light. Also needs some water flow around it, but do not point...
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Forum: Reef
05-12-2003, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,798
I agree that there's good bacteria on the dirt,...
I agree that there's good bacteria on the dirt, however, the dirt has yet to decompose fully. There is a lot more bacteria in the relatively clean sandbed without the dirt, and the sandbed will not...
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Forum: Reef
05-12-2003, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,798
Water changes don't do very much to remove the...
Water changes don't do very much to remove the crud, ime.
Using some kind of mechanical filtration with foam or polyester to trap the crud will remove quite a bit of it. Make sure to thoroughly...
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Forum: Reef
05-12-2003, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,798
That's pretty much what I've done when moving...
That's pretty much what I've done when moving sandbeds and all seemed well afterward, too.
I removed all but an inch or so of water, scouped out the sand, and just got rid of the sludgy water...
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Forum: Reef
05-05-2003, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,848
Cured rock, ime, is rock that leaves no ammonia...
Cured rock, ime, is rock that leaves no ammonia or nitrite in the water. That would indicate all the dead stuff has already been processed by bacteria that has colonized the rock during the curing...
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Forum: Reef
05-05-2003, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,848
[quote="robbyville"]Still, always better safe...
[quote="robbyville"]Still, always better safe than sorry, keep it in the water for a couple of days, check for smell, and the usual suspects, and plunk that sucker in!
Besides, depending on the...
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Forum: Reef
05-04-2003, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,848
Did I Buy Uncured Rock?
Okay, I think I know how to tell if rock is uncured or not. You bring it home, put it in saltwater with a running pump, let it sit there 3-4 days, then test the water for ammonia and nitrite, and...
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Forum: New to the Hobby
05-01-2003, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,597
ROTFLMAO!
Yeah, and I usually cook the stuff...
ROTFLMAO!
Yeah, and I usually cook the stuff too. Tonight we're having baked Altantic salmon, corn on the cob, carrots, and some great garlic dill pickles. Yummmmm :exclaim:
To change the...
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Forum: New to the Hobby
05-01-2003, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,597
Yeah, a low bioload is very important for not...
Yeah, a low bioload is very important for not doing frequent water changes. But almost nobody keeps a low bioload once they've been reefkeeping for awhile, so let's be realistic here.
I know the...
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Forum: New to the Hobby
05-01-2003, 04:00 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,597
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Forum: New to the Hobby
05-01-2003, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,597
Re: Water Changes
HERE!! HERE!!!
Weekly 10-15% water changes are essential for all of our reefs - big and small. No my dog doesn't eat the salt mix, and no I won't do a larger one next month. Next freaking...
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Forum: Reef
04-28-2003, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,942
Re: Damsel catching
Yes, you can use a net to catch your damsel, but you'll have to dismantle your reef to do it. Just have the water and the fish inthe tank, and the net'll catch it every time.
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Forum: Edmonton
04-28-2003, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,647
Hi Rose,
Someone has asked me to keep the...
Hi Rose,
Someone has asked me to keep the star for him until after next weekend, so star's safe for now. There's nothing in the tank he's in except a few dead snails and him.
Personally, I...
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Forum: Edmonton
04-27-2003, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,647
New home needed for strange brittle star
Bought some macroalgae for our seahorse tank the other day and quarantined it overnight in our now empty 7 gal bowfront. Good thing I did because there was a strange looking brittle star on one of...
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Forum: Pictures
04-24-2003, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,683
Mitch, Oops! I cut and pasted info for the 14...
Mitch, Oops! I cut and pasted info for the 14 gal page from the 2.5 gal tank's page and didn't properly edit. Sorry for the confusion. Will edit that page later today. Thanks for pointing out my...
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Forum: Reef
04-24-2003, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,752
teevee, thanks for your opinion.
Yeah, looks...
teevee, thanks for your opinion.
Yeah, looks like the snails in the newly set up 14 gal seahorse tank are laying eggs there too, but not in the 42 hex. Hmm... wonder why? Probably a completely...
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Forum: Pictures
04-24-2003, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,683
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Forum: Pictures
04-24-2003, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,683
Photos of our New H. whitei
Got our H. whitei this morning. Here are a few photos of the horses and the tank. Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, but I HAD to put something on the seahorse page:
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Forum: Reef
04-24-2003, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,752
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
04-23-2003, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,285
Re: Rare and Unusual
I have the brown ricordia with green centres (third photo) that I picked up locally in our 42 gal. They're doing well under 175w 6500k halide in the lower part of our reef on one of the sides near a...
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