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    Want to start 38cm cube

    Hi guys, im hoping to get work over the weekends next month or so. If i do, im gonna start a 38cm cube (will fit perfectly on a bedside console. Anyway, am planning on 2 36w lights (all i can afford; already that'll be $236. Also, planning to have an AC500 (will that be enough? im using an...
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    Planted Nano

    Hi guys, I know this is a mainly saltwater site but i thought i might get away cos of the loophole (nanotank, not nanoreef or nanosalt or nano-non-fresh). Djconn, if you dont want this here, pls remove it. Anyway, now that my picoreef is more or less stable, i was just gonna start a pico...
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    Coral Propagation

    Hi guys, Ive decided to just go ahead with it. I've just cut a sacrophtyon into 0.75" pieces and placed them in a perforated CD container attatched to the side of my tank. Also cut off a good head of xenia. Was also gonna cut a fuzzy mushroom but i just remembered somewhere that they dont...
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    Neat Tank

    Hi guys, I saw this thread ages ago on NR, but forgot it andfound it again. Many of you've probably seen it but let it be an inspiration to all of us. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthr ... genumber=1
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    Another one for the techies

    Hi guys, I just reformatted my computer, so when i got onto yahoo and did a search, a popup came up and said do i want to have a function whereby whatever i type in my searchbar now appears whenever i double click the searchbar. I accidentally clicked yes. Also, if, for example, i did a...
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    good books

    Hi guys, i've decided on spending lotsa money on a reef book. I've got lots back home but theyre kinda big so i couldnt bring them to college. Any suggestions on what is the ultimate reef keeping book? I'm only getting one so it needs to be comprehensive. I also might get the FIELD GUIDE TO...
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    Blue Coral Banded Shrimp?

    Hi guys, Am now in malaysia; on holiday from uni. Will try to get shrimp from here and bring them back to canberra in a bottle of water. Will put in some chemi-pure and oxygen generating balls in the bottle. I'm not pating with $$219 for a cleaner shrimp in canberra! All i could procure...
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    Help, Trachyphyllia ate brittle star!

    Hi guys, I left this morning for uni with both my black half-brittle stars (LFS guy gave them to me to see if they'll regenerate) rolling around on the sand. I had study group tonight so i only got back almost 9. To my disgust, my green Trachy has some black mush in it's mouth and it's...
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    Transporting Shrimp Long Distance

    Hi guys, I just wanted to know whether anyone thinks i can transport some shrimp; in a 1.5l coke bottle, for an 8-10hour journey? Of course, i will get oxygen from the LFS etc. I kinda thought that if they can send stuff from indo-pac to the states (at least 14hrs) then i've got a chance...
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    New Additions

    Hi guys, here are some more pics from my tank. Tank Vol: 2.5g Lighting: 22W PC 14000K Filter: AC 200 Heater: 50W japanese brand LR: 4.5-5lbs Aussie LR Substrate: 3-3.5lbs Aussie Crushed Marble Livestock: 1 plerogyra sinulosa (pinkish), 4 polyps duncanopsammia sp, 1 frag consisting 13...
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    Hydroid Help

    Hi guys, we have a problem I've started to develop a hydroid explosion. Thanks Skipm for IDing them. The hydroids are barely a millimetre across but they're spreading to form tiny patches; like daisies. I've scraped some off with a stick but i fear they'll just reattatch somewhere else...
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    Unknown Creatures on Glass

    Hi Guys, I found some small beige dots (half mm) with a set or fine hairs around them on my glass this morning. The fine hairs are colourless except for white dots on their tips. The hairs themselves look like arms and sway slightlyin the current. They are similar in orientation to certain...
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    Coral Feeding

    Hi guys, Yesterday, i fed my plerogyra sp (bubble coral) some Wardley Shrimp Pellets by dropping a few into his tentacles. The Bubble wasted no time and sucked them under his bubbles to his mouth, i presume. This morning i woke up and he spat out some palee brown gunk. (i'm quite sure its...
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    Fish for a 2.5?

    hi all need some advice on what i can keep in my 2.5. Choices so far include: Biocellatus goby - female only (male died at LFS after fight with hawk) I dunno if i should try her cos, she's now a widow, and i heard online that they dont eat well in captivity Bicolour...
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    2.5 update

    Hi all, Below are some pics from my 2.5. sorry about the glare and lack of resolution cos i'm using a camera phone. This is my tank before anything was put in it: just LR (2+kg) (abt 5lbs) And this is it yesterday. Bottom, left hind: Bubble coral (plerogyra) Bottom left...
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    Clownfish

    Hi all, seeing that so many people are interested in them, i've decided on opening up their own thread. Please post any info on any clowns up here. Will try to give writeups on the more common species. Hope this works
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    Button/Meat/Donut Coral (Cynaria)

    Hi all Just wondering if anyone's had experience with these guys. Any info appreciated cos i saw a green one at the LFS and was thinking... How much coral can i stuff into the tank without nematocyst war happening? :wink:
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    Duncanopsammia Anyone?

    Hi there again Have any of you had any experience with this? it's a relatively cheap coral here in Australia at $2 per polyp. Btw, it's a LPS hard coral. i got about 4 heads in my tank and think they make great almost substitutes for elegance corals (too big for picos). Any info would be...
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    Two-Spot Goby (Signigobius biocellatus)

    Hi all, hope you've seen the, somewhat outdated, pic of my pico tank. Was just wondering if anyone's had any experience with the aforesaid fish. I intend on getting a pair for my tank. just wanted to know if they throw sand all over, eat corals, are easy to kill, display any interesting...
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    New 2.5

    G'day everyone, from ANU. Hi again, just started classes this week and will start fixing my tank up on friday/saturday. will take photos and try to figure out how to post them soon, i hope. tank is a glass, curved cornered tank, getting PCs and have already bought...
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