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    Ryan’s 180 Aqueon Mixed Reef

    Hello my name is Ryan and I am a coral addict! So I have been kind of silent on the forum as of late and I thought I would update my most recent build at my new apartment. Tank is 180 gallon aqueon 6x2x2 with floating canopy and black stand Sump is Bashea signature series Floating canopy...
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    Do you need a new clean up crew?! Group buy

    What's up dudes and the one or two dudettes on this site?! I'm gonna be ordering a clean up crew from reef cleaners it's looking half staffed in my tank and it's about that time of year to re up! Lemme know if u are interested and I will increase my order, I got the shipping :) will be ordering...
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    Wtb chiller

    Hey guys I'm looking to buy a used chiller for the right price my tank is a 120 lemme know what ya have, thanks Ryan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Use of brs co2 scrubber on my 120!! [emoji41]

    Hey guys I didn't want you to miss out on this little experiment I am doing on my tank. I posted this write up on my build thread but in case you don't follow me there I wanted to share it in its own separate thread as well. Today is day 1!! So guys I wanted to update my thread with a new...
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    Cherry corals group buy

    Hey guys I got a cherry corals gift card for a xmas gift, go figure someone thought that would be a good present for me. Well the gift card is only for 50 and I don't want to waste it on shipping (guess my family doesn't really know how expensive this hobby is, probably a good thing). Anyways...
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    Need help!

    Hey Guys, So I am at a loss for what is going on so I thought I would post here. Last night I came out to look at the tank with the lights off like I always do and I saw a huge chunk of my mother of pearl just lying on the sanded, this thing is a half inch of girth branch. I was at a loss for...
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    My Experience With The Brand New Apex

    Well as some of you know I sold my old apex gold and got the brand new apex with two new EB832's. Well lemme just put this out there in the open, if you have an old apex and are thinking about "upgrading" DONT. I have had issues with this thing since day one and last night was the last straw...
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    Can Increasing Magnesium drop alkalinity?

    So I have been on a mission to idealize my magnesium levels. Since switching to regular instant ocean from reef crystals for my monthly water changes my magnesium has been reading at 1200 when it used to be 1400. My tank rarely fluctuates from Alkalinity of 8.3-8.5 and Ca of 450. Last week I...
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    Need ID on this possible parasite

    Hey guys so I have had these white little dot things in my tank for pretty much the entirety of my time in the hobby. They start out as elevated 6 mm or so white circles and eventually they pop and get like a hole in them and then just kind of go away from that area. I've always had them and...
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    Help id, nudibranch of some sort

    Hey guys so I came home from work today with the lights off in the tank and saw this thing just laid out over a big colony of Zoas. When fully spread out its bigger than a half dollar piece. Please help me if what this is. Thanks!! Ryan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Miracle Mud: Is it worth it????

    Hey guys, Hoping to get some comments and experience from those of you who have or still use miracle mud. I am moving the tank in a few weeks and I thought it to be an ideal time to add this to my refugium as from what I have read online and seen on youtube its great stuff, helps with colors...
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    FTS Thursday

    Post it up dudes and dudettes! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    ID please is this AEFW?

    Hey guys so random sps pieces are still randomly popping up with patches and my chemistry is perfect and stable.. Tonight I found this thing on my glass when I got home from work. I don't know what it is and it took like 1000 pics to get this clear shot and this is all I have got. Please help...
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    Tank moving recommendations

    Hey guys, I'm moving to a new condo soon in Ukrainian village and the dreaded process of a tank move is inevitable!!! I was hoping to get some recommendations to make things go more smoothly, I have done it before but was hoping some people might have somthing else to add! Also I will be...
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    Help!! AEFW??

    High guys came home today and noticed somthing very peculiar about my most recent frag addition I got one week ago. I dip everything before I put it in and this one I used the same dip as always. Seachem coral disinfectant Anyways I was looking at the new frag, I like to buy brown ones to...
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    Fin Rott on my mandarin?? HELP

    Hey guys came home from the gym to see that the right two lateral find on my mandarin( the right fin that he perches on and the right fin that kind of swirls around) are both significantly injured or rotting.. Honestly it looks like somthing took a bite out of the fins. I look at the fish...
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    Is my clam spawning??? What is this?!!

    This is a 5-6 inch maxima clam. I noticed about a half hour ago that the water appeared kind of milky and then about five mins ago I thought I saw what looked to be disturbed sand in the water column perhaps from a wrasse going to sleep in the sand and then I looked closer and pulled out the...
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    Can Low intensity light bleach corals? how low is too low?

    Hey Guys so I have a 48 inch inch orbit marine proin the back of my tank that is growing mostly SPS with blues at max 55% and whites at max 25 percent 2 inches off the water, everything looks great under this light. I have another light in front of this one that is used to grow everything else...
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    The amazing resilience of a special fish out of water!!!!

    Hey Guys, So I came to check on my potters wrasse this afternoon to make sure he was looking healthy, found him immediately and everything looked good. However I couldn't for the life of me locate my 4.5 inch blue throat trigger steve! I looked frantically on the floor and in the tank and...
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    Need help, acanthophyllia (meat coral) just won't fully expand

    Hey guys! So I have had my acanthophyllia for about two months now. When I bought it in the store it was fully expanded I mean it was huge. When I put it in my tank that night I expected it not to be really happy for a little while until it got used to things. The next week the...
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