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    Faster way to "cycle" rock?

    im getting 80 lbs of LR from a friend that is in water now, but is totally dead due to the hypersalinity... I want to dry it out (since its dead already) and build some structures with it. I plan on building the basic structures with dead rock, then adding LIVE LR on top to sead everything...
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    how much open space for effective gas exchange?

    still buildin the new nano (write with pics when ready :D ) and im not going to be running a top off so i want to try to put a lid on the tank and sump to keep evaporation down as much as possible. Plus the cat and the baby nephew running around tend to knock stuff/throw stuff in the tank :lol...
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    Show me your clams!!!!

    I wanna see some nanos with clams!!!! If you've got the above, post up a pic with tank specs/equip/stocklist. Im building a 10 gal nano with sump/fuge/skimmer/70W MH. Exact part list is still coming together but ill have a propper write up when its all put together.
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    suggestions on pump and bulkheads for nano closed loop

    i built a 10 gallon nano (16x12x12) and am planning a closed loop for it in addition to the ~80GPH return from sump (slow for macro's to grow + small sump). I am shooting for 230-270 GPH in the display. I was planning on using all 3/4 bulkheads and a SCWD. That being said, after all the loss...
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    Need to borrow glass drillbit please!!!

    I built a nano since im majorly downsizing. I need to drill the back glass for 3/4 overflow bulkhead, and 1/2 return line bulkhead. I think 1 1/8 and 1 1/2 respectively. I will bring the tank to your house, use my drill, your hose and your drill bit. I will throw in $5 or a frag to the...
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    Where do you buy glass?

    Im lookin to build a new tank here soon. Where in houston do you guys get your glass? I know there are regular old glass places, would I just tell them standard glass? Would there be a big price difference between 3/8" and 1/2" glass? Anything I need to tell them before getting the pieces cut?
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    chameleons?

    Hey can you get veiled chameleons? I will be ready for one in about 2 weeks once cage is finished and situated.
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    WTB Chameleons

    Im lookin for a veiled chameleon male. Preferebly a hatchling or juvenile. I have looked and called the pet stores around me and have not found any. Anyone know of any stores who regularly carry them? Im willing to drive anywhere within 50 miles of downtown since shipping one off the net is...
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    Question about CO2 bottles

    Just a simple question I have a 15 pound Nitrous Oxide bottle (NOS!!) and was wondering if it could be used to CO2. It seems like to me that it wouldnt be a problem but wanted to ask you guys before i took it up to be filled and looked like a MOEron....... :oops: Thanks in advance
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    coral Id please

    got this little piece out of the frag tank at city pets a few weeks back for my nano. Have since tried to ID it but cant seem to. They are not zoas. They are more of a encrusting type coral instead of individual polyps in a group. They are growin on a hard skeleton....but i dont know if...
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    Who has cheapest 24W T5 in 6500K and ~3000K

    So I have a extra 4 bulb 24" fixture layin around and my little girl wants to grow some plants indoors so im gonna give this thing a shot. Where is the cheapest place to get daylight (6500K) bulbs and soft white (~3000K) bulbs. I found some online but they are still $15 a piece and im...
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    nano fish that eat pods?

    So I have 2 picos. one with nothing but a few hermits, some corals, macros, and a few snails. the other with a mantis, and the same as the above. Both are CRAWLING with pods so much so that its getting kinda annoying. The glass/acrylic gets covered in them started 2 hours before lights out...
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    Anyone done a lowlight coral tank?

    After smashing a pc bulb on my pico and having to use a desk lamp for a few days I started wondering about some low light corals for the mantis tank. He/she never comes out when the light is on so I would like to switch out some of the corals and trade them for low light corals. Im thinking...
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    Mantis shrimp, acrylic really necessary? also....feedings?

    Just got a Gonodactylellus viridis http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/species.php?name=g_viridis from city pets this weekend. Put him in the 1.5g for now until i get him his own cage going. I would really like to get my 5.5 going again but...
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    58 gal owners: What you use for flow?

    planning a 58 build once I have a place to put it (selling house, buying another once this one sells, no tank until settled). I plan on a mixed reef with mostly LPS and SPS with zoas too :D . for those who have this tank, 58 gal (36"x18"x21") what do you use for flow? Im comtemplating a...
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