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  1. Looking for your favorite internet order coral dealer

    by , 12-06-2011 at 11:37 PM (180g Tank Build - 11 mos. and counting.)
    I've ordered from saltwaterfish.com and liveaquaria.com. Both are good - any other recommendations/favorites?
  2. reeflo rebuild strike 4 think Im out

    Well this is try 4 on the seal and put in a new impeller this go around looking for some input.




    I though this separating was the problem wrong

    [IMG]http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa388/DJ_in_WV/Reeflo ...
  3. Salt going down

    What would cause my salinity to creep downward...I only replace the evap with freshwater. I am going to add some extra salty water to raise it back up and am curious as to where the salt is going.
  4. Redbug Treatment!

    Hey Friends! So after doing some speedy reading I’m pretty sure i got everything right, i just treated the tank, I’m now waiting!

    The very first thing I did was make 15gal of saltwater so I’m ready to go in case of emergency.

    It was hard to figure out how much interceptor i needed to use, it seems most of the information out there is for large tanks; this is where chemistry class helped! I used known values (1large tab treats 380gal and contains 23mg of milbemycin oxime) ...

    Updated 12-05-2011 at 11:27 PM by baker.shawn

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  5. its been a bad week

    wow im definitely in a "low" this week with the hobby, not much has been going right

    first off, Thursday while fragging some acro i noticed i had redbugs i was not very happy, a couple pieces really are not doing so well working 9 hour days i havent been able to treat the tank, tomorrow i plan on attacking

    On Friday i went out and bought a cheap UPS battery backup from tigerdirect. it cost $50 or so. It took me about 2 hours to mount under the stand and fixing ...
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