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    Red Sea Coral Salt Pro mix

    Anyone have a good experience on this salt. I need to buy some salt and its reviews have been better than others for price. Also, whats the price locally and online?
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    Heatsinks, where to buy locally?

    Heatsinks, where to buy locally? Or is online cheaper or better? Trying to build my led light project, need two sections of 12" x 24". I Wamt to add as much leds as possible in that area to get comparable MH lighting. I have a two pieces of flat aluminum about 1/8" inch thick but dont know...
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    my used tank project. moving 75 gal to a 135 gal

    hi all having issues with my 75 gal. a friend had a 135 gal tank sitting in the garage and offered to me for free. its an Oceanic and its needs love. so im starting a project and first thing is cleaning it and getting the stand ready 1. hopefully this weekend i get to clean and paint the stand...
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    where to buy bit to drill holes?

    where in houston can i buy the bit to drill a few holes on a tank?
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    6 foot tank

    If your friend gave you a used 6 footer tank with stand, would you take it?its for upgrading the 75 gal. Too much to decide on but lighting it and water flow is my main concerns. I want to keep it simple, use what i already have but some items will need to upgrade. Tank is not drilled, has...
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    trying to decide if i need to switch over to T5s

    how many have switch over to T5 from Metal Halides? Did you like it or wish you had the shimmer back ? did you like the better colors the T5 bulbs gave your corals? have you seen a significat drop in temps? I have only a pair of 175 watt MH over a std 75 gal tank. Heat is always an issue...
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    rip my yellow tang

    RIP i will miss you i brought you home from a marsh member and you have been thru many challenges over the past 4 years
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    hermit crabs good against brown algea?

    so i bought 10 blue leg hermit crabs from all about fish a week ago. in they go. i been dealing with fair amount of brown algea many months now growing mostly on the sand bed but im seeing a difference. even though the crabs were not intended for the brown algea i see them munching on it. should...
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    advice needed

    i dont know what got in my head but when i moved into my house 5 years ago, felt i was missing a dog or aquarium. i had dogs and aquariums before and always ended up with a lost dog or with an empty tank. after 5 years, i cant beleive i still have the tank, fish, and corals going well. i still...
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    if your visiting Oakland, CA

    ...what LFS or places of interest are a must see i have a couple of days in the area this weekend...looking to spend some must see time...im actually working the Raiders -vs- Texans game on Sunday but you wont see me wearing any Texans gear at Raidernation great win today thanks, o
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    does anyone have a refractometer that i can borrow 4 a day

    i had one but i threw mine across the room because its cheap and the readings of salinity were 40, 30, 35, 40...then flying across the room and slamming into a wall...dont worry i wont do this to yours...i just have this 30 gallons of fresh salty h20 outside and i want to do my weekly PWC...been...
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    where to get blades for algea free easy blade algea scrapers

    i need some new blades...preferably buy them locally or even better find some blades that will work with the easy blade scrapers... does any lfs carry them or do you have another alternative.... http://www.algaefree.com/easy_blade.html thanks
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    Ms Wages Picklin Lime on clearance at Walmart

    Dont know if you can find this at your local Walmart but i got 4 cans of Ms Wages picklin lime for 10 cents each. These were on that clearance cart that usually sits in front of the store near the cashiers.
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    where do you get a ball valve with slip fitting (barb ends)?

    where do you get a ball valve with hose barb ends? I looked in lowes and home depot but they have ball valves and gate valve but no barb ends and so i tried to at least get that and add the slip on with barb ends but not even this i can up with at the stores. :-x i need one to put inbetween...
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    Help! my blue tang has started to get ick.

    i need some advice on how to cure my small blue tang. he has been in my tank 6 months. my tank is a year old. i just started to see some small fuzzy spots a few days ago and today lots more spots. the other fish do not look to have any ick. i dont have another tank but i can get one or place...
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    dragonets and blennies and gobys

    im wondering if and how many dragonets and blennies can i keep in a 75 gal tank. i just really like these type of fish that jump and hop around in and out of the live rocks and the tank. i currently have some fish but if i can keep 3 or 4 different fish of blennies, gobys and or dragonets, i...
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    what other uses can a canister filter be for

    i pulled out my fluval 404. didnt see what impact it does except for cleaning or polishing the water a little bit. i was wondering, can i use the canister filter with some modifying as a phosphate filter or add a UV light for sterilization? or should i just stuff it with carbon and some pads...
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    pls remove this brown algea

    the brownish algea is growing on the sandbed and is starting to spread. i did remove it by hand every couple of weeks during a water change, but it keeps coming back and whats worse that it breaks into really small pieces and they start to bloom. the snails i have really only munch on the algea...
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    what if parameters were off the scale or way below

    just wondering :D i see posts all the times about tank's or livestock's illness or sudden change in appearance i read and read but sometimes i get confused about what the parameters all really mean and what your tank effect should have, like a car running hot, due to broken water pump, ends...
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    help my green carpet anemone

    my green carpet anemone was doing so ok, well i thought he was. Every 3rd day or so a fed him frozen silversides and shrimp which he took aggresively. about few days ago, my false percula started to host the anemone, which i thought was great. the clown would almost beat down into the anemone...
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