Forum: Lower Mainland
07-27-2007, 12:15 AM
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-ocean aquatics in delta also has good prices on sps,lps, and softie frags,
and as for fish regular price, equipment is usually way cheaper-i don't know IMO i like it.
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Forum: Reef
07-27-2007, 12:08 AM
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live rock pests
-i was reading a couple of weeks ago about a convenient way 2 get rid
rid of ''hitchhikers'' that come on cured live rock-
-get a 5-gallon bucket of saltwater and adjust the SG to 1.035-1.040
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 11:41 PM
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-thats definitely the culprit were talking about! -as mentioned earlier,
there usually not ''bad'' but as also mentioned don't handle bare handed-
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 05:30 AM
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 02:44 AM
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-i went sand then rock, and stability isn't an issue
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 01:55 AM
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-ok
-so by then end of the cycle it'll be probably be gone right, in another month or two?
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 01:28 AM
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-ok so no snails are needed then right?
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 01:10 AM
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-if anything doesn't it get worse
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 12:56 AM
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algae
-oh god what can i do about this ugly brown mat of algae thats starting 2 cover my sand? -hermits are supposed to be really good @ controlling algae
aren't they?
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Forum: Reef
07-26-2007, 12:46 AM
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ok
-ok i will look into a good nitrate test, but ya my nitrites are thru the roof!
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 08:56 PM
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-k now i see what u meen, ditch the watts/gallon thing- ok so my dimensions
are as follows: 36''x12'' and then it's 18'' deep, also could it be arranged with another maxi-jet 900 powerhead?
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 08:47 PM
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-i agree, although vodka is very pure it's lethal, as for sugar that cud be arranged but like stircrazy said give us the details if any good or bad comes out of the vodka experiment.
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 08:40 PM
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-water parameters are as follows: pH=8.4 Ammonia=undetectable
nitrite=0.5 (on the salifert test it says that 0.1 is too high and 0.4 is danger)
calcium=460 -and by the way ya the rock is cured...
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 07:53 AM
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-well his lights aren't really yellowish, whiter actually, but some blue-lite
wouldn't hurt, by the way stev, it looks even better with the actinics on:smile:
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 07:49 AM
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-well i've heard numerous times about how vodka tends 2 diminish phosphate
and nitrate levels 2 undetectable amounts. -if i read correctly the bacteria
use carbon from vodka and then the...
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 07:37 AM
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cycling
-it's been exactly a week and no trace of ammonia or nitrite, i have 25 pounds
of fiji,tonga, and jarkarta in my 33-gallon and was wondering if i needed 2 th-
row in a couple pieces of raw shrimp 2...
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Forum: FOWLR
07-25-2007, 07:25 AM
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-well i know that fireworms or bristle worms have poisonous barbs but
that might just apply 2 us humans, i'm guessing it makes a nice protein fix
for the occasional clownfish, but good feeding is...
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 07:21 AM
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2-70 watt double ended 6'' over a 33-gallon(cycling, but will be softie reef)
and if the sps frags were 5-6 inches below the surface, so do u think i can
try some sps?
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 06:19 AM
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-o wow didn't think it's that sufficient, but definitely no sps right?
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 04:47 AM
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-alright reefkeeping does tend to be trial and error, but hey i'll give it a shot.
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 03:21 AM
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-lighting question
-is 4.24 watts/gallon enough for all lps, cuz i know it's enough for all softes.
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 01:11 AM
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by the way
-by the way surgeonfish , this is off topic, but I noticed that u have 2 tomato clowns and was wondering if they get moody like everyone says when
there older? -also how are there feeding habits?
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Forum: Reef
07-25-2007, 01:02 AM
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-alright i'll tell him that it's nothing 2 worry about, thanx again.
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Forum: Reef
07-24-2007, 10:50 PM
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-ya gonna go with the coralife super skimmer -it's rated up to 65-gallon
so it shud be ok for a 33-gallon softie reef-
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Forum: Reef
07-24-2007, 10:48 PM
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-well my tanks cycling , the urchins in my cousins tank was doing that,
but he has a coralife super skimmer so ya shud be ok then
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