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the zoas look like Dragon Eyes.
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If anyone has mantis shrimps and wants to get rid of them, I'd be more than happy to accomodate them.
Can't find any videos or hard facts about mantis breaking glass anywhere. Time to call Mythbusters...
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It's a wives tale that a mantis can break glass fish tanks. Maybe a 12" mantis in a 10gal might be possible.
At 2.5" he can barely scratch my thumbnail when he strikes.
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I keep a small mantis shrimp in my tank to act as a scavenger. It also eats a snail or two, but is a nice addition. Does anyone else do this or am I insane...?
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Aragonite doesn't dissolve at the pH range typically encountered in reef tanks.
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If this is true, then why does Aragamax slowly diminish over time?
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Hey guys, It seems to me like plumbing a drain and a return using the standard AGA megaflow kit is easy for all of the people in this club that post their tank builds. I guess you have to screw your bulkheads into place and connect some tubing, make sure that you place a ball valve somewhere on your return line, and thats it. However I am really scared to do it myself. Does anyone have any advice on the matter? or no of any really thorough instructions i could use. I really don't want to mess this up and end up with a ton of water on the floor. Thanks for any and all advise and criticism for being a wimp.
Maybe you should get a cat.
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Why not filter the tank exclusively with the refugium? That's how mine works-skimmer free! I do have live rock and a deep sand bed in my 2nd sump. I don't use a heater or a circ pump either.
You can see incoming water from the tank splashing directly onto a large clump of chaeto, then thru the baffles. One part of the baffle has a bag of carbon and the other baffles are filled with different types of macroalgae. I have rubble on the bottom left for pod shelter and the overflow to the DSB and return pump is placed up high with a cage to prevent clogging.
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New tank? Just dump it all in. Cloudy for few days, but you'll have much more dissolved aragonite in the water. I've done this for years and other than the cloudy water, there are no problems.
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I've got some if you want some...
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I suggest that you buy a book to help you with your questions. "Reef Invertebrates" by Anthony Calfo is a great book for beginners.
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Get rid of the splitter and replace it with an eductor or flow accellerator. It will move almost as much water as 2 pumps. Doesn't add heat or use electricity.
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I have a 12 gal Aquapod and I'd like to know what others do to the filter areas in the back. In other words, I'd like to remove some of the media, but don't know which. Has anyone ever built a refugium in the media compartment?. Is there a chiller and/or sump that fits perfectly in the square stand that comes with it? Has anyone gotten any sps to grow with the power compacts?
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If you mean the giant hermit crab, yes it could be bad for your set-up. More than likely it'll eat snails and small invertebrates. It'll probably go so far as to eat food from the mouths of corals.
If you'd like some free frags, I'm in Reston.
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Easy fix to reduce heat- eliminate 1 or 2 powerheads and put eductors on the remaining pumps/returns etc. for an easy increase in flow without generating additional heat.
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I'll shamelessly add my all-natural skimmerless soft coral tank.
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I forgot- the other reason(s) that my tank stays cool is because I only have 2 Koralia minis for circulation and a Mag 7 for return. I also use an eductor on the return to generate more current. No skimmer, no kalk stirrer, no dosing pump, no multiple oversized, ineffecient powerheads= no excessive heat transfer to the water. I believe that the simpler you make it, the better the results will be.
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I have a 400w mh suspended 8" above my 40. It has a fan that comes on with the pc's and cools the halide too. My tank has never been above 78 degrees. It normaly runs about 77 and drops to 75 at night.
My room temp is about 75 year round. If you eliminate the canopy, you'll eliminate excess heat. If you use a canopy, of course you'll need the $600 chiller. It's an easy trade-off.
The top of my 40 is open and most of the light is directed into the tank. I only lose about 1/2 gal per day evap.
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However unpleasant it may sound I use my own urine to cycle all of my tanks and it always works like a charm. I am not sure how much science there is behind my theory but I figure human urine is going to be enough of a catalyst to develope a large bacteria base. Large enough to handle a great deal of bio load. I am no scientist or chemist but it has always worked wonders for me. I started a new 8g bio cube on last Friday and added 8oz of urine and today my NH3+4, NO2, and NO3 are all at the max of my test. Just my 2cents about the human urine thing.
Do you pour it in, or do you naturally put it in?
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Save your money for now. Let the diatoms die off and other algae will take its' place. This is called algal succession. This is part of the cycling process. Apparently your "dead" live rock is becoming live again by releasing stored nutrients and starting the cycling process. It will be slower than adding 75# of LR, but it will happen just the same. You could probably add a fish or two now. Just get something hardy that you'll want to have later. You could add a few cleaning critters too- like hermits. Buy yourself a good book like "Reef Invertebrates" by Calfo & Fenner. Very good info for the beginning marine aquarist.
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I have a cleaner shrimp that loves to clean my hand- occassionally it will open up a freshly healed cut and proceed to look for redder meat.
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The other thing to think about is this: You have a 6" fish in a 65 gallon tank- It's getting almost too big to live comfortably and almost certainly will get more aggressive as time goes by. If you really like tomato clowns, why don't you trade them in for a juvenile pair which will be a whole lot more peaceful.
Don't worry about what might happen to them if you trade them in- they are some of the hardiest fish around.
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Litophyton is an extremely fast grower.
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It's only 120 degrees there...
Freshwater is a valuable commodity too.
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I had a mated pair of Tomato Clowns in my old 90. They hosted in a large Enatamacea Quadricolor and by far they were the most aggressive fish in the tank. Some of the other inhabitants were various damsels and an 8" Niger Trigger. Tomato clowns are notorious for being bullies. Your 5" Tomato is more than likely the culprit.
Mantis shrimps
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Mine lives in a burrow under a rock with an Engineer Goby. The goby is about 4" and chases the shrimp when it goes in its' burrow.
I had a 6" Peacock Mantis in my old 90 reef and kept it with small fish and ornamental shrimps. I made sure there were always extra hermit crabs and snails around. I don't believe it ate anything other than the snails.
It would even battle the 8" Niger Trigger.