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  1. chicagophil

    Closing the Curtain - The Show Must Go On!

    As Many of you are aware I have been slowly getting out of the hobby. Over the last 5 years, my reef, my fish and my tanks have been a focal point. As of this weekend, everything fish related has been sold or paid forward. I love the hobby, but with my family growing to 5 this year, it made less...
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    Bubble Algae - WTH!

    So yeah, i dont have any test data but i have a heck of alot of bubble algae growing in my tank. Perhaps new tank syndrome, Anyone have any remedies or Cures? This deeply saddens me. FML. Phil
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    GFO - what's the problem?

    So I was maintaining my sump and noticed my GFo isnt so red anymore and it seems like there is GFo gunk all over my sump. Thoughts? my skimmer has been off for 4 days. Also..... The GFo and the carbon look the same color.
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    So... I have a sump room now.

    Just add water! And a few GFI outlets. --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?cbuwsu
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    1st time plumbing

    So I plumbed my tank, with really frickin expensive hoses. Glad it is done. Amen! So yeah 25 feet of extra thick woven 2 inch drain flex and 20 feet of 3/4 inch thick woven return on my new CADlights artisan II 50 cube.
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    Dirty Tank- Clean Tank

    So I want to have a mixed reef, can i have SPS LPS and Softies And anemones in the same tank? i honestly want my softies to thrive the most. Do people keep their tanks a little dirty? i am considering going barebottom, since it would be easier to keep food out of the sand/under things, etc. I...
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    My pumps, my pumps, my lovely lady pumps

    Just happily trolling about my new Ecotech Mp40s. yey! CadLights stand is delivered some time this week, now to put my plumber hat on!
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    Perculae-

    I am looking for someone who has JUVI Percula, does anyone know the local breeders' #s?
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    Pay attention misfits! Watch Your Tank!

    Note : this is my 10 gallon *** tank that is housing my coral frags from my tank that i sold 3 months ago - i just do water changes and have a MP10 running. - light feeding. coral frags only. So yeah, I thought I could get away with letting 1 piece of coral die in my tank - i tried saving it -...
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    Beginning Build - CAD50

    So I am working on the design for my tank. I have had a handful of Nanos and am finally working my way up to the 50Gal CADLights Cube with a Remote Sump in my basement. Since this level of Reefing is new to me, I will stay in the beginner section. Display 50G Cube Flow - Mp40 + Mp10 Sump 40Gal...
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    Marco Rocks - Who has them?

    New Tank - new rock. I am thinking of going MarcoRock's Key Largo Rock, Pre Cured. Does anyone have experiance with their product? Already been cured - what does that really mean? Plop it right in the tank? Thank you for any info/experiance you have with this stuff.
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    Flow- 50Gal Cube

    So the tank I settled on is the CADLights Artisan 50 Gallon Rimless Cube 24x24x20 It is going to be Ecotech powered. it will be mixed reef with a Sump in the basement. I have a MP10 WES and am considering an upgrade to the 40 or another MP10. The tank has a Back/Center Trapazoid overflow if I...
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    Tank storage - outdoors

    What are people's thoughts on storing a tank outside through this winter season? I have a 180 AGA that is sitting neatly on some 2X4 in my garage and i don't see it comming inside anytime soon. I'm considering just letting it go at a loss and getting some space back from my garage. Thoughts?
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    Rics-

    SO i am looking to build a ricordea Garden, anyone have experiance with steady growth on these shrooms? Flow? Lighting? Direct feeding?
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    Black Trim on a Tank - Remove?

    I am setting up my 37 Gallon stand, rather, Building it and i would like to remove the black plastic around the bottom. Is it used for structure? How about the Top plastic? Are those glass panels not sanded and potentialy sharp? I would like to remove the top plastic aswell it has 1 cross brace...
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    Breeding Mollies to feed the display-

    I just saw this somwhere- but I am interested in Breeding mollies in an attached tank - it would drain into the return area of my sump to fill the display with primo food for the inhabitants. Apparently Mollies breed like ... faster than rabbits. if acclimated Mollies do well in Saltwater...
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    Radion mounting in a Canopy- Thoughts?

    So i picked up a Radion and want to mount it in the hood of my new tank. I dont have a canopy or stand yet. I am interested in what someone else would do if they were me? i want to flush mount it into the top of the canopy. 1 catch - The tank is a 30X12.5 inch foot print, what else should i do...
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    Controllers- Apex & Jr.

    What do you have your controller do for you? This would be my 1st controller ever. who is running the Neptune Apex? the Jr? What would the Apex do that the Apex Junior wont do? Running Ecotech Radion Mp10Wes EuroReef180 Mag12/24 Refugium light/Frag Tank Light Topoff/kalkwasser med-grade doser
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    Wrasse- Leopard

    I am thinking about getting a Leopard Wrass from a fellow reefer, anything i should know or consider before picking him up? I want to QT him in a 20Gal for 4 weeks, what do i need to look for? Can i also QT other fish with him there? thoughts? thanks
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