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    torch coral

    i have a coral life 65 watt pc. Is that good enough lighting to keep torch coral and most other LPS? Ive been looking at websites and they say "this" coral needs intermediate lighitng and "that" coral needs moderate. what kind of intesity is 65 watts over 10 gallons considered. I was guessing...
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    lowering nitrate

    Ill start using a turkey baster in that case.
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    yasha hase goby

    haha i feel you man. how many gallons is your tank that has them?
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    yasha hase goby

    i sure your hope your right. the pistol shrimp has set up a burrow in the most perfect place infront of the tank. But when i released the goby into the tank he kinda disapeared into a diffrent area of the tank.The opening to the pistol shrimp burrow is really small. i doubt the goby is sharing...
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    lowering nitrate

    hmm,ill fast my fish more often then? should i feed only 2-3 times a week?
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    fromia species of star fish

    alright. i guess ill pass on the stars then... unless anyone has recomendations for a starfish besides green brittle stars.
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    fromia species of star fish

    its hard to find info on them. anyone have inuput or expierence with red fromias?
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    yasha hase goby

    man i just got him and i cant find him AT ALL. do they burrow under the sand and swim under it like a skink? And i also have a pistol shrimp in their too. Will they find each other by scent or do they have to find eachother face to face to realize the other one exists?
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    lowering nitrate

    i feed a lot of diffrent things. three diffrent types of dry food and three diffrent types of frozen. two small meals a day and i fast my fish two random days of the week. I change around 2-3 gallons a week. my nitrate is at 5 ppm. Im going to try rinseing out the frozen food before i feed my...
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    lowering nitrate

    no skimmer. I read an article about using a skimmer on small tanks and the cons out weighed the pros (I have a ten gallon). Im not sure what polyfiber is. and Normally i use carbon but i read that it sucks out trace minerals. Thats the only i think i dont like about it. Will molts from inverts...
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    lowering nitrate

    http://www.fish.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=710098 is this a good product that works? I know some products will leach poisons and other wastes back into the tank after they are used up. is this one of them? And dont worry im not looking for a way to put off water changes. Im a firm believer that...
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    can fish,coral,inverts see actinic light?

    the corallife 3/4 watt looks really nice. I think im going to go with that. Pefect amount of wattage.
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    is this too many fish?

    he defintly does eat coralline alage but i also always catch him eating the green kind too. Mostly the green kind actually.
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    feedback on nano skimmer and Question on waterchanges

    yea its fully cycled and running for about 6 months. Im going to do the 1/2 gallon a day or every other day.
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    can fish,coral,inverts see actinic light?

    oh, i guess thats out then. I was looking for something i could have on all night. what about the moonlight LEDs?
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    can fish,coral,inverts see actinic light?

    i was thinking about using a single florescent actinic tube for night time viewing. Will this disturb my critters day/night cycle? can they sense or see the actinic light?
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    feedback on nano skimmer and Question on waterchanges

    I was wondering what you guys had to say about the "nano skimmer" anyone use it or recommend it for a ten gallon tank? And also ive been doing 3 to 3 1/2 gallon water changes every friday on my 10 gallon tank. Is that too much of a water change or is that a good amount?
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    is this too many fish?

    Hmm, is their other signs of an urchin dieing besides dropping its spines? Ive had it in my tank for six months and it appears to look as healthy as day one. Although i dont know very much about urchins and it could be dieing for all i know. Also i have some diffrent types of algae growing in my...
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    is this too many fish?

    I have a ten gallon tank with some softys. I have an ehiem canister filter (the 35 gallon model) My inverts are:one emerald crab,one blue legged hermit crab,one cleaner shrimp,one black urchin with white spikes sorry i dont know the name, and one astrae snail. the fish i have so far is one...
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