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    70w MH issues??? cutting on/off

    I have 70w MH Viper light and its has been doing fine intill the other night, it cut on and ran for about 10min then shut off , and then starts to restart itself and cut back on run for several minutes and cut back off and repeats this. I checked the connections and checked the bulb see if it...
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    Help with Alk levels??

    I got a Salifert Alk test kit today and did the test with no results?? I followed the directions as listed but my water in test vial never changed to the orange-red or pink color as directions says it should. I did a test on the water i get from LFS and it turned to pink color at 7.7KH. I did...
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    N-R.com

    I just wanna thank everyone over here at Nanotank for being so helpful and nice to begginers. I have posted and seen other newbs post questions over at NR at they just get attacked and treated like we are stupid and we should know everything about keeping a tank. I have been offended from other...
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    Brown stuff on my sand and rocks?

    I'm about a week into cycling now and i have noticed over the past few days that my rocks /sand have been getting covered in some kind of brown stuff. Is this some kind of algae? or what is it? I guess since my tank hasnt cycled yet cant add the CUC. Do i just continue with cycling process and...
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    Top Off water?

    I guess i will just be using distilled water to top off my tank since i don't have the machine to make my own filtered water to use for top offs. My question is should i be using some kinda buffer to get PH up to normal level? or what should i be adding to my top off water? Also in a days...
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    Adding more flow to 12g NC?

    I upgraded my stock pump to MJ900, but still thinking may need some more flow to other side of tank. Just wondering if anyone has any idea how to add another pump to get more flow, with out putting pump in display. I had tried using the stock pump in chamber 3 with the MJ900 but seems to much...
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    Sapphire Aquatics skimmer review....

    I was reading about this new skimmer that Sapphire Aquatics has came out with for the NC12 and NC24 on N-R.com. Alot of people seem to talk it up.. but was wanting to know if would be worth getting and would it be beneficial to the tank. I know some people don't agree on using a skimmer due to...
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    How Much Live Rock??

    I'm setting up my 12g NC. Wanting to know how much live rock to order to have enough to put in the chambers and have enough to put in the tank? Getting ready to put my LR order in! I was looking at the different rock package that LiveAquaria offers for the nano tank, think its like 15-16lbs, w/...
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    SRS NANOSKIM & FILTER HELP

    I just got my Nanocube 12 gal. from NanoCustoms and I also ordered the SRS NANOSKIM for my tank. Well i installed it last night on my tank and where the back of the skimmer meets the wall of the tank is a thin gap all the way around. Also the clamp on top that holds skimmer on does not seem to...
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    Newbie here!! setup help

    Hello everyone! New to the site.I have been reading alot of articles daily on here. I'm wanting to start a Nano tank, i was lookin at the 2006 Nanocustoms Modded JBJ 12DX 4.24 from Nanocustoms. Its has 96w of pc light in the hood. I had a few questions i wanted to ask. I don't have a LFS...
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