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|   Nice tank Tedster! You might not even need to fill it up much! I'm lovin the simplicity   
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|   Thanks..sorry to hijack your thread.. Do you think i need to use skimmer? | 
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|   There are severe diminishing returns when it comes to adding a skimmer to a super small tank. Just do 90% water changes. 
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|   90%? So just like having new tank everytime?? | 
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|   No, all of the bacterial ecology that keeps your tank stable remains exactly where you left it -- In the rockwork, substrates and any media you are using. The idea that water carries some sort of "stabilizing" bacteria is anecdotal wuju juju   
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|   Thank you... | 
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|   More pics post feeding!    Also found out that the Tail Ring Cardinals will eat stray bristleworms  
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|   Absolutely right. I cringe when I hear of people buying tank water from the LFS to help "cycle" their new tank. If your live rock is cycled and just pulled out of one tank and immediately placed into the new tank, it should be completely fine and not require any cycling. I've tested this theory multiple times with my own tanks. | 
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|   I need to do a writeup one day dispelling all the wuju juju that us reefer's seem to do out of sheer habit and misguided haplessness, haha. 
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