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  1. saltymike

    What is this???

    So I woke this morning to find this on my glass. Is it some sort of snail eggs? It's almost at the top of the glass so that's the only thing that I can think of. I zoomed in on the camera and it looks like a couple thousand eggs.
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    Playing around with the new camera

    I had a little time to play around so I figured I would share a couple pics.
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    How to catch a fish

    Ok people I wanna know everyones tricks on how to get some stubborn fish out of your tank. I need to know how you go about getting out some fish that are hiding in 150+ lbs of lr. Someone told me to put a store bag in the tank with some food and they would go right in. I tried that yesterday and...
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    Refugium/chaeto

    Refugium/chaeto Help So why is it that every time I try to grow some chaeto it all pretty much just disappears. I have a chamber setup in my sump that gets water from the over flow and then it pours into the return chamber. The flow is regulated with a valve so the majority of the water just...
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    Thinking about drilling the floor.

    I'm thinking of drilling my floor and having the water run down to the basement. Water changes would be so much easier and I could take some of the lr out of the tank and keep it in a sump downstairs. Has anyone done this? What type of pump would I need to get it back up stairs?
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    Lighting Advice

    I want to upgrade the lighting on my 125 and I can use some advice. I want enough light to be able to keep any type of coral that I want. Tank dimensions are 72x18x24. I think that I'm gonna stick with metal halide but I was wondering if I should go with 3 x 250 watt or 2 x 4oo watt. I thought...
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    Pretty funny

    Someone posted this on facebook and I figured some of you may find it amusing. ♂ Sex Trivia Fact of the Day ♀ Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England — but only in tropical fish stores.
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    Trouble with tangs

    I just realized today that yet another tang has disappeared. I'm not sure why but I have had no luck with keeping tangs. The latest victim was a great looking powder blue. Over the years I have tried housing various yellows with no luck. I had a Vlamingii that lasted about a year and a half and...
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    Feeding

    I was just wondering how often people feed their fish. I was at the Shed Aquarium yesterday and all their fish looked so fat and healthy and then I came home and saw mine and thought to myself that I must be doing something wrong. So with that said I'm just wondering how often and what types of...
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    Fish Food

    Does anyone make there own fish food? What do you use and how do you prepare it? Blender food processor? I kinda sick of buying packages of fish food and wouldn't mind making my own.
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    Huge Worm

    I recently upgraded my tank and while I was taking out the sand bed I noticed this huge worm. I grabbed some tweezers and slowly begin pulling and it just kept coming and coming. When it was all said and done I had pulled out a worm that was over 20 inches in length. It resembled an earthworm...
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    Filter Socks

    Does anyone make there own filter socks? What type of fabric would work best and where should I buy it from?
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    Black reef sand

    I'm transferring my 75 gal mixed reef into a 125 and I was thinking about putting in the black reef sand. Has anyone used this and do you recommend it?
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