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  1. Reefstick

    And so, it begins.... again!

    My last post... years ago,l, was about a pistol shrimp mishap that destroyed my 75g show tank. It was nothing more than coral-soup. My wife and I were new parents and it was too much to take in that season of our lives. I played with tanks since, a 90 gallon corner with 30 neons schooling...
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    Back at it, and out of the loop.

    So, after having our two babies. Rachael and I are getting bit once more by the reef bug. If you all remember we had a very nice 75G mixed reef that was our life for about 5 years. After the leak, we broke it down and sold off the livestock and gave the rare items to a buddy to look after...
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    Bio-calcium

    Fellow reefers, I have been using Tropic Marin Bio-Cal for about 18 months now and I like the results, though the price is up there. Do you guys know of a similar type of calcium for less money? I like the convenience of the Bio-Calcium because I don't have to add any buffers with it...
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    Too much light??? Nah!!!

    I am tired of looking at my 30G under PC's. 96W just isn't enough for me. So I am thinking about putting one of my 175W MH 15K units over the tank. However, it may be too much light.... don't know yet. The question is, do you all think I could use only the MH over the tank and put the PC's...
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    Reefstick's Reef

    Hello everyone, Well, I finally went out a picked up a little bigger tank. After the 75G leaked all over the basement floor, I was crushed...... but I have made peace with my anger and now I am ready for re-build. This time however I am going small, When the 75G died I cramed as much coral...
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    MH only?

    As some of you know I take care of a 150G for a local company, it happens to be in there conference room, and gets some indirect morning light. (until about 10:00am.) The question I have is that he wants me to make he tank into a reef. But here is the problem. He only has 72"W x 10"D area...
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    Leaks suck!!!

    I am sorry to report that I am breaking down the 75G reef tank. Last night I came home to 30 gallons of water on the basement floor, not the best thing to come home to. Here is what I plan to do. I am taking all the fish (except the clownfish) to a 150G tank that I take care of, this way I...
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    OT: I am going to be a Dad!!!!

    Well, it is for really this time everyone. Rachael and I are going to have a baby.:thumbup:
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    Water turn over.

    Hey Guys & Gals, I was just reading in an article from the Albert J. Thiel. On coral disease and solutions. But I came out of it with a question. How much water (per hour) should flow from the tank to the sump and back? I have a 75G reef with 15G sump/refugium. If I go by what is written...
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    Flesh fall out.

    Okay so here is the problem. Two days ago my arco. was starting to show signs of stress (ie... polys not fully extended and so on) today I went home to eat lunch and noticed that the base of the coral was lossing flesh, peices of the coral were just falling off. I think I know what to do to...
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    Closed loop time.

    Well, I had one of those days Wednesday. I came home to see one of my power heads had fallen off the glass and was trying to eat my green bubble coral:waa: , I slowly pulled him out of the strainer. and a merical!!!! he is recovering. I don't know what else to say but "thank you God".:angel3...
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    Brown jelly?????

    Can anyone identify this stuff? This happend once before about three or four months ago. It starts out as a brown slimy stuff on one of the red sea xienia stalks and quickly spreds to the rest. The last time this happend it almost took all of the red sea I had, It left two stalks out of like 15...
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    Baby turbo snail????

    Not sure if this is a baby turbo snail or not. Any ideas guys?
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    Do you use a UV Sterilizer on your reef tank?

    How many people use UV sterilizer.
  15. Reefstick

    Calcium and Kalk

    I need some input guys and gals.....I recently stopped dossing Kalk, because I found a really good Calcium brand (tropic marin) that has been keeping my levels at 430-450. Do you think I should continue putting kalk in even though my calcium stays put now???? The only reason I ask is because...
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    How long do you run your daylight bulbs during the day?

    I always wondered this one. I've herd many different answers to this one. "How long do you run your daylight bulbs?" I personally run mine for 10 hours only because I thought it made sense, being that most of the corals are from the tropics. (But I don't know what the proper time period is)...
  17. Reefstick

    New 150 gallon reef

    This weekend I started to think about what I am going to put in my new 150 gallon SPS/LPS reef tank as far as fish. What do you guys think about pigmy/dwarf angles in a reef? Also I am going to try an all PVC system this time, a friend of mine gave me a hot tub pump, 4500 GPH :thumbup: It...
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    MH mounting height

    I am sure this question has been asked before. but here goes. I have a 75G reef (Sps, Lps & Softies) with 440W VHO's and two 175W MH's in a custom made hood. :thumbup: I just put the MH on two or three months ago.....I mounted them about 10 inches off the water surface. I wounder is this...
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    Hello fellow reefers

    Thought I would say hello. I am a DIY freak and love plumbing, although my trade is HVAC. I live in Aurora Colorado and have been keeping a reef tank for a few years now.....I was very hesitent to star one because so many of the LFS' around here say it is very difficult. I started with a 12G...
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