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  1. Green Your Reef!

    Plumbing
    The last thing I thought I would ever want to talk about was plumbing, but never say never. After my first couple of setups it became apparent that the plumbing department...was lagging. Thankfully, I stumbled across a local club with a very active forum that had tons of simple, practical information that demystified reefkeeping. Plumbing ...
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  2. My first reef tank...the algae cycle is starting

    Okay, it is day 5 for my newly setup 110g tank. If you've been following then you know that I've got an unusual situation in that all the live rock I bought from a local reefer is covered with coral polyps and the used tank setup that I bought came with an adult hippo tang (disclaimer: I didn't seek out to add either of these!). I'm at a point where I've got several questions for the experts. Luckily I think that I escaped any major ammonia spike - my test kit has consistently been 0 or close to ...
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  3. Help with lighting

    Hey all I need some opinions. I just replaced my coralife 150W 10,000K bulb with an XM 150 W 15,000K bulb. Now, it looks good with my 2 supplemental 65W actinic power compact bulbs, but it is VERY blue overall. I now need to replace the 65 watters and want to know opinions as to what to use. 2 10,000K bulbs? 1 10K bulb and 1 actinic? I want to put some brightness into the tank without slacking off on the actinic.

    Ideas??? Thanks!!!!!
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  4. New Online Store III

    Well so far so good. Ricordeausa.com shipped Tuesday as promised, recieved a tracking number (available updates via website account). Shipment came in about 15 mins ago. Box was damp on the bottom, however everything was packed really well, with heaters included. Will upload pictures of packing in a bit.

    I ordered 11 zoa/paly's and one Acro. I have what appears to be 10 zoa's and the Tricolor, plus a zoa marked Free and a Birdsnest Frag marked Free.

    As the polyps are ...
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