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Recent content by zormer23

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    14G->38G - Will I trigger a cycle?

    I just bought a 38G setup, and will be moving my live rock and tomato clown from their current 14G tank sometime this week. If I put all 14G in the new tank, then add another 24G to fill it up, that will be the same as doing ~65% water change. Will this trigger a cycle? If so, what's the...
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    Suggestions for starter softies

    My 40 gallon is finally set up with live rock and 2 each 24W 460nm Actinic and 24W 10,000°K T-5 HO lamps. (The tanks has actually been up and running for more than a year, but just now got decent lights since I want to start adding corals.) Now I'm ready to start thinking about my first corals...
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    Large Water Changes

    What's the largest percent water change you would do on an established system at any one time? I can't get my nitrates down at all with weekly 10% changes, and through research I found that the only way do get them down (once you've checked all the other possible nitrate-introducing or...
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    WTB HOB Refugium

    Looking to buy this week a HOB refugium with skimmer. If you have one, please send PM with a web link showing what I would be buying... Thanks, Rich Sorry,wrong forum ... please move to B/S/T forum. Thanks!
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    What do copepods look like?

    Hi all ... I'm still pretty new at all of this ... but got some live sand / crushed coral yesterday. Before I put it in my already established tank, I have it in a 5 gallon to check it out. Noticed lots of very small (smaller than grain of sand) white "things" moving all over the glass. Are...
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    Recharging Chillers?

    Does the refridgerant in chillers ever need to be recharged? If so, how often have you found you need to do this and how do you do it? Thanks...
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    RO or RO/DI

    Well I'm thinking I need to bite the bullet and get a system to make my own water. Just wondering --- is RO good enough or do I need RO/DI? Thanks!
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    Pump Recommendations

    I'm shopping for a return pump, and the most important feature I'd like is for it to shut off automatically if it runs dry. Does anyone know of a pump with this feature that also is not noisy and won't heat up my water much? I'm looking for 600 gph at 4' head. Thanks!
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    ID -- good guy or bad guy?

    I re-arranged my tank today due to some new live rock...and found this guy either hitchhiking today or already there. His body is about the size of my thumbnail. He has a "lobster tail" that's rolled under in the picture, and large pinchers. His right claw is about 3x the size of his left...
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    Lighting Question

    I am about to start a 110G tank, it's 60 inches long, 24 inches tall, and 18 inches deep. I've decided to use T5HO lights, and was considering this: https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12772&prodid=25123&catid=3 I was going to order the 48 inch 4x54 W setup (216W...
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    Aquaripure denitrator?

    Has anyone ever heard of, or used, the Aquaripure denitrator? Sounds like it's a plenum in an external box. Any experiences with this? http://www.aquaripure.com/ Thanks...
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    Skimmate in FO Systems

    I'm a newbie to the saltwater hobby (1 year now! whoo hoo!) who has a 29G FO tank with a Marineland Emperor bio-wheel and Red Sea Prizm skimmer for filtration. I since discovered MARSH and in general learned that I need to research everything much more than my freshwater days. So I was...
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    Water displacement rule-of-thumb

    Does anyone know a rule-of-thumb for how much water is actually in a tank if it's loaded with the proper amounts of live rock + substrate? How much actual water would be in a 100 gallon tank for example? (not including a sump). Thanks!
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