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aye fellas, I'm shutting down my reef tank and I'm looking for homes for the fish. I have a pinktail trigger, yellow tang, lawnmower blenny, mandarin, blue tang, pair of clowns. All these fish except the clowns need a reasonably established tank. I've had most of these fish for over two years. Give ...

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That's some good growth there Honda. See why I like SPS? lol

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Thanks fellas. Ziggy, the mushrooms in the last pic are from the ones i got from u. I just leave the aiptasia now. They don't bother anything and they not spreading. Too much trouble to try to kill them. The peppermint used to eat them but he quit. UML, Thanks. I don't use a chiller, just two clip o...

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Tank pics http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/kss28011/DSC03318.jpg http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/kss28011/DSC03317.jpg http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/kss28011/DSC03315.jpg http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/kss28011/DSC03313.jpg http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a4...

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Drilled tank is just that, a tank with a hole drilled in it to connect piping to allow water to overflow down to a sump.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_rock

Join this forum and start reading
http://www.3reef.com/

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Kes, If you looking to set up a simple fish only with live rock (FOWLR) tank, all you really need is salt, powerheads, sand if you chose and LR. RO and a skimmer would make things easier but you don't need them. I started my tank, about 2yrs ago as a FOWLR without any lights, skimmer or ro. When I a...

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Raj has the egg crate and saltwater fishes/coral.
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Hey UML, you just have to make sure no bubbles stuck to the arm. That would give you a false reading. So let the water flow in gently. Also most hydrometers have a manufacture defect where the counter weight on the arm is off by some small amount, this would cause a constant error so once you what t...

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Well he was considering a chiller, so the money saved could buy him the vortech and some fish. I got the korallia on amazon. I can't really help you with the pump, I didn't really do much research in that area. I just bought a resun king because that's what I found. It is about 700gph, but you have ...

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If you're going to buy a skimmer you might as well just buy a good one to start with. Raj has some decent ones for about $1200 I think. I'm not sure of the price of the ones in chais, but they probably aren't much cheaper. I built my own though, but mostly because I like DIY projects. One thing abou...

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How good are those protein skimmers by Chai's??? I think they have Jeebo and some others. Also, can I do a reef setup without using a chiller? Trying to avoid the expense of a chiller...is it possible or do i need the chiller to grow coral? Or will the water temp be too hot for coral growth? I cons...

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JM wrote:Hey some was telling me that they use crushed coral in their pond setup to keep the pH stable.....
is it literally..just..actual coral?

Yeah, it is coral skeleton. Like what you find washed up in toco. It is supposed to raise the pH and make the water harder. Only good for some freshwater fish.

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How good are those protein skimmers by Chai's??? I think they have Jeebo and some others. Also, can I do a reef setup without using a chiller? Trying to avoid the expense of a chiller...is it possible or do i need the chiller to grow coral? Or will the water temp be too hot for coral growth? I cons...

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Ok, I have to check them.
The scrubber looking good. Once it gets a little established you will get growth like mad on it.

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I see you real rough it up, it get hole and thing, lol.
Where you got those clamp reflectors and how much $? I looking for some of those long time.
Raj Said he was expecting new fish during the week so just a heads up. Anybody went recently?

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Yeah sharkman make sure you scrape it up good. Make it as rough as you can get it.
Sand is about $300 for a 5gallon bucket.

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Raj had a good bit of those

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Thanks for the info man. How do you know it's the actual auction details? U see it on the auction website or something like that?

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sedan for sure, spec b. could be 2007. Achievors and japan motors both said they recently had a 2007 spec b for for 180k. Mano's trading and JASP in diego said it would cost 180k to bring in an 07 as well. Now I'm looking for reviews on people or other people who bring in cars and to compare prices....

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better i make a new topic for this

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bump..

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Well someone else bought the car before I even saw it.
Anyway I really want a spec b. Anyone know who can bring one in? A 2008. I don't see any for sale from the RORO dealers.I've been looking a couple months now. Anyone know of one for sale?

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Yeah man my temps reach about 86F. I have a lot of mushrooms, LPS, SPS and a clam as well. Everything seems to be doing fine. Once you you have some light just drop a couple shrooms and see what happens. They real hard to kill. Honda the piece left back after I cut off the mushroom already grew back...

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HondaB20B wrote:
tecpure wrote:shark man if you to more give a call or send me a email i am meUmber of the marine aquarium expo in the U.S

WHAT??????

Yes, exactly.

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Well I didn't have any in my DT, but I used to throw in pieces for him to eat and he did. So did my hermits. I've done some reading on it and it seems that caulepra releases some sort of chemical that slows stony coral growth, so I am going to completely eliminate it from my system. It grows very qu...

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Yeah I had a lot but when I added the ATS it really died back and now I just have a very small amount. Raj has/had a lot in his sump.

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Honda,
How the mushrooms going? The stub from where I cut off the mushroom grow back to mushroom already.
The piece of sps doing good?

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You sure you need to be dosing that much right now? If you don't have any stony corals the only thing using your ca and alk is coralline. You can keep softies fine without dosing. Especially with a lot of water volume. Those numbers are good but not necessary or beneficial to a softy tank.

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got a ride in a legacy today and i am really impressed ..acceleration , handling and stopping was really amazing ....contemplating on either a legacy or a van , living rio claro and working pt lisas might take a toll on a legacy and might be a bit harsh on gas also . Yeah that's a good run there. W...