Forum: Marine Fish
01-07-2011, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 5
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Wrasses fighting
My tank recently went through some major stocking changes, and I'm having a hard time getting everyone to get along.
Specifically, I bought a lineatus wrasse, and a pair of Flame wrasses within a...
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Forum: Reef
01-06-2011, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,529
Mystery solved!
During the day, my turbo...
Mystery solved!
During the day, my turbo snails cluster against the glass beside the heater in the corner where it's shaded. I was finally looking right at one when it puffed it's shell far away...
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Forum: Reef
12-23-2010, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,529
I suppose frog's croak was the wrong way to...
I suppose frog's croak was the wrong way to describe it. I mean that it sounds like more than just two hard surfaces tapping together, there's a resonance to it that gives it an extra "something". It...
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Forum: Reef
12-23-2010, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,529
Is it a single noise? Or is it a sequence of...
Is it a single noise? Or is it a sequence of cracks? When it's really loud it sounds like the tank is about to bust open, but it's always a series of them. The first one is usually slightly quieter...
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Forum: Reef
12-23-2010, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 12,574
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Forum: Reef
12-23-2010, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,529
Need help with mystery noise
About 5 months ago, I started noticing a strange noise coming from my reef. At first it only happened after the lights went out, but now it sometimes happens during the day as well.
It sounds...
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Forum: Reef
12-21-2010, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,401
I had nothing but problems with my RBTA for the...
I had nothing but problems with my RBTA for the better part of a year. The first one I got launched itself in to a power head and turned itself in to soup. The second one I got when it was small, and...
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Forum: Marine Fish
12-20-2010, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,361
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Forum: Marine Fish
12-20-2010, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,691
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Forum: Reef
12-08-2010, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,158
Strontium too high?
I bought the seachem strontium test ages ago, but it was so complicated I've never bothered with it until now. I'm certain I did every step right (twice now) and I'm getting a reading of 60mg/L....
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Forum: Marine Fish
11-17-2010, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,691
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Forum: Marine Fish
11-17-2010, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,691
anyone in Calgary looking for a sohal tang?
I had hoped my timing was going to be better, but the Sohal Tang I bought last year has grown faster than the house that I am building a much larger tank around is going up. My 90 gallon that she has...
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Forum: Reef
10-03-2010, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,534
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'm going to...
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'm going to head to the store to talk to them about ballasts. I've tried wiggling things and cleaning the contact points and it's definitely not that, the stock bulb...
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Forum: Reef
10-03-2010, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,534
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Forum: Reef
10-03-2010, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,534
Really? I had read so many forum posts bout...
Really? I had read so many forum posts bout people upgrading this fixture with different brands of bulbs without any problems so I thought I was OK. I don't much want to keep using their brand of...
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Forum: Reef
10-03-2010, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,534
Odyssea Light fixture problems
I have a 750W Odyssea metal halide light fixture. 2X 250W metal halide bulbs, 250W actinic T5s.
I know it's pretty cheap fixture, but it's worked great for the past year. Tonight I replaced the 15...
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Forum: Freshwater
08-16-2010, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,282
So you think it's likely an oxygen thing? The...
So you think it's likely an oxygen thing? The tank hasn't had any major changes in it for about 7 months so it was just so shocking to have this happen now. Other than an airstone is there anything...
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Forum: Freshwater
08-16-2010, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,282
Fresh water tank crash
Hey folks,
Been a while since I've checked in here. Hopefully someone can help me trouble shoot the cause of a recent melt down of my 40 gallon.
It's at my work so I only see it during working...
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Forum: Reef
03-16-2010, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,325
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Forum: Reef
03-16-2010, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,325
Is there such a thing as grass algae?
In the 6 months since I set my 90 gallon reef up, one of the rocks, which started out looking like a cluster of tube skeletons, went from having brown slimy bits on it (how it came from the store) to...
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Forum: Reef
03-16-2010, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,823
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Forum: Reef
03-15-2010, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,823
DIY Tank covers that don't cut out light?
I've read a bunch of forums looking for suggestions on tank covers and I'm wondering if anyone has a novel idea I haven't heard of yet. I have 2x250 watts of 10 000k metal halide and 250watts of...
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Forum: Marine Fish
03-10-2010, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,490
mystery wrasse health problems
I recently obtained a very small mystery wrasse. It's maybe 1.5-1.8 inches long and when I bought it, it was in a tank at the LFS with a bunch of other wrasses of all types that were much bigger than...
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Forum: Reef
02-28-2010, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,626
I think I'd have to agree with the lighting...
I think I'd have to agree with the lighting suggestion. What research I've done on frogspawn's says that they are one of the corals that can get 90% or more of their nutrition from photosynthesis. I...
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Forum: Reef
02-09-2010, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,456
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