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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    yeah my levels are fine now :) one of my damsels had an outbreak of Ich so ive been treating him and the tank with no ich meds. the white spots are gone, but now the fish are acting kinda weird, like breathing really fast, and one of the damsels is staying more towards the bottom back of my...
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    Am I cycled?

    awesome tank, i really like it! i havent had time to take the pictures, but i will tell you this- i bought a few hermit crabs, a fire shrimp, and a clownfish yesterday. i introduced them to the tank, and the crabs ATE the shrimp, and the clownfish!!! horrible. so today, i called the LFS, and...
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    hermits

    my hermit crab just ate one of my SHRIMP!!! is that normal??
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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    thank you! i think thats a great idea, im going to have to pick those up, i havent seen them at my LFS yet!
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    Am I cycled?

    lol well whats the worst thing that could happen, id have to start all over again, right? im definitely not going to give up until i get it right, so well see what happens! :) thanks for all your valuable help!!!
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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    you know what? i dont think my reef test HAS the nitrite and ammonia. It only has calcium, KH,Nitrate, and phosphate. i was just telling my boyfriend that im going to go to the LFS on my way home from work tonight so i can get those two tests and see what those levels are. ill keep you posted.
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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    haha i didnt get the damsel from the lady i usually get my fish from so yeah im sure she wouldnt condone it, but hopefully itll survive, hes sooo cute! and ive been testing it, and the levels of everything look fine, although it looks like i might have an overabundance of calcium in the...
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    Am I cycled?

    ooo a stingray sounds awesome!! yeah, i want like a 240 gallon tank someday, full reef setup. my plans for the 29 are a few clownfish, and maybe an anemone, but its my understanding that they need LOTS of light, and i guess that my bio cubes lighting cant hang with that, but well see. i...
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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    no ignorance on your part :) i appreciate you taking the time to help me out. and im SOOO glad your damsel is alive still. that gives me hope! :) now i just have to figure out when my tank is done cycling!
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    Am I cycled?

    no, not laughing at you at all. haha im totally addicted to fishtanks. im laughing because someone *else* was as freaked out about their tank as i am right now. im sooo new to the saltwater tank, ive wanted one all my life, and i have 3 other freshwater tanks, those are the easiest ones EVER to...
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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    I'll take a picture later today and try and upload it onto the sight, i looked at the old posting that you have, and it looks similar to that, but its not on the tank walls, just on the live rock, and on a few parts of the sand. my setup is the 29g bc, 30 pounds of sand, and like 15 pounds...
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    Am I cycled?

    LOL im dying to know what happened to the tank!!!
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    Mangrove and Algae questions!

    Hey all- i LOVE this website!!!:) so informative and the people are great. :) Anyways, I have a new setup that has been going for about a week now. its a 29 gallon bio cube, with lots of live sand, and plenty of live rock. i test my water daily, and also bought a blue damsel to assist with...
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    29g BioCube Sump Problem

    Thank you! Sounds good. I can get it to stop by addint more water to the 2nd chamber. It seems to me that when the water level goes down on the side of the tank, it starts to do the whole air bubble gurgling stuff. So i guess i just have to keep pouring more water in there, so the levels go...
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    29g BioCube Sump Problem

    Hello All- Newbie to the site, just set up my first saltwater tank, biocube 29. Im noticing that sometimes it will start to gurgle, and the only way i can get that to stop is to move the filter in the third chamber, to get the gurgling sound to stop in chamber 1. Is this normal? I believe that...
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