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  1. My brittle star fell apart. What happened?

    I noticed that my black and white brittle star hasn't been as active as usual recently, and last night I noticed that one of his legs seemed like it had about a half inch piece missing when he was close to the glass. I was a bit worried, but today it got much, much worse. I saw what appear to be 1-2 inch long pieces of brittle star leg all over the tank, some still moving a bit. The main disc had one leg attached but it looked like the top had come open too. It was as if the whole star just fell ...
  2. Stocking help for the 75g

    The QT tank should finally be cycled this week hopefully... and I'm trying to decide what I'm doing as far as fish this time around.

    The tank will not be screened, but I do have a canopy going around it with fans shielded from the inside/out and mesh across the back, so I'm thinking I should be ok with some jump happy type critters like my old mandarin that decided to go hardwood floor surfing from the 29g. There's about a 3/4" gap from the top of the canopy to the light fixture, ...

    Updated 02-15-2011 at 09:35 PM by dread240

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    Questions - Need some input
  3. Lighting a 60 inch long Tank?

    My 120 gallon tank is 60 Inches in length, 18 inches deep. Can I manage it with a 48 inch Fixture? Or do I need the full 60 inches on top covered with light? Am leaning towards the http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.co...0&pcatid=21460 This fixture will give me dawn, daylight and night time lights/control.

    Thoughts??? Ideas???


    Thanks Everyone,

    Aaron
    Tags: lighting
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Lighting
  4. Aquahub's Auto Top-It-Off kit

    Years ago, I got a kit from Aquahub.com for my reef. I never did update my float switch system to his safer relay approach. Here's what I had for the past 8 years or more: http://www.melevsreef.com/plumbing/auto_topoff.html

    With the new set up, I've tried to avoid holding anything back and went "all in" so to speak. So I pulled out the kit and noticed I needed some goodies. I called up Patrick at Aquahub and asked if he could ship me the missing pieces. He wondered where I got ...

    Updated 02-27-2011 at 07:08 PM by melev

    Tags: aquahub, ato
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    Electrical , ‎ DIY projects