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  1. Tosh_Auer

    Does this look right?

    yeah nothings cheep in this hobby. and what sandman just said is very true. you should look at getting the glass shop to cut your glass for you its usually not that much more and beveling the edges isn't difficult, just run a sharpening stone along the edges and it will take the sharp edges off...
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    Tell Us Your Biggest Mistake

    Not Winning the loto before i brought my fish glass box. because as we all know or will learn, 1 becomes 2 , 2 becomes 3 ....................
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    Does this look right?

    building your own tank isn't hard just alot of buggerising around. good luck with it! Tosh
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    150Watt VS 250Watt VS 400 Watt

    ya get roughly a year from a bulb dont ya or is it 6 months?
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    Whats the Luckiest Thing you've ever known of?

    What is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to yourself or someone close to you? For me it would have to be when one of my best mates who happens to be my partners brother got hit by a train. how is that lucky you might ask? on the 8th of october 2004 my girlfriends brother Nathan...
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    150Watt VS 250Watt VS 400 Watt

    VHO's are very difficult to get hold of in Aus thats why i was thinkign PC's instead. i think ill get a 250 and some pc's and when the wallet permits get another 250. Tosh
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    150Watt VS 250Watt VS 400 Watt

    sorry jsut noticed i put 5' its 4' and was hoping that you only wouldn't be able to see the dark patches in the sides im really not that worried about not having light dependent creatures in the sides. I figured i was gonna get the response you gave but thought it cant hurt to try. seeing as i...
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    150Watt VS 250Watt VS 400 Watt

    My tank is 5'x2'x2' roughly and no i wasn't planning on keeping clams but if i can i probly will. bulbs for all are easy enough to get hold of and 400watters are only slightly more expensive. Bourganaes i live in Australia so by the time i was to ship them and the exchange rate and buying a...
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    150Watt VS 250Watt VS 400 Watt

    Ok i can pick up a 150,250 and 400 watt MH for roughly the same price as each other brand new and i was wondering if there was any reason given that i havn't designed or built my hood yet. that i wouldn't get the 400watt and make a higher hood, positioning the halide higher and therefore be able...
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    Back Again

    are there many if any other fish that you can keep in a tank with a frog fish that wont eat corals and wont eat it or be eaten by it? if so what are they?
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    Back Again

    well to start with i am just gonna get it going as FOWLR but for my 18th birthday my parents are buying me some halides so as soon as there here ill start on just some easier soft corals and anemones but i was thinking of keeping something unusual like a frog fish instead of my old plan of a...
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    Zoa's Moving Part 2

    lol Nice Bruce. Well today i got back from a trip to brissy to pick up some stuff i had shipped from bali and noticed that again they have moved. Are there any specifics that will distinguish between Majano and Zoanthids? should Zoa's only have one "row" of "tenticals"? cause the largest one has...
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    Zoa's Moving Part 2

    im going away tomorow but when i get back ill post some pictures for you all. But im pretty sure there Zoa's. if they are infact the anemone thtt your talking about is there anyting i should know about them? Tosh
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    Zoa's Moving Part 2

    Ok well about a week ago i had one of my Zoanthids Bud and i had a new little baby Zoa:D Ok normal enough. But today i noticed that it had moved a good inch and a half from where it originally was. Its only about a third of an inch across itself. I think its because there is no real colonie of...
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    Cowries in Reef Tanks? Are They Safe?

    Ok well ive been feeding him lettuce and hes still hasn't moved at all? during the day and some of the night he has his lil thing covering his body but then retracts it when he "sleeps" im just going to see how it goes. i can put it in my sump at any stage i guess. Tosh
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    Cowries in Reef Tanks? Are They Safe?

    Yeah well i felt kinda sorry for him so its still in my tank. I know it shouldn't be but it hasn't moved from the spot i put him in. its has its "mantle' thingy fully over and seems to be just sifting through thte sand? hasn't touched a peice of rock yet? Tosh
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    Tank Security... Bad breakup imminent!!!

    Jeepers Mate i know the feeling. I have never had any of my g/f's living with me but my last ex and a few of her mates "firebombed" my house when we broke up so all i can say is watch your back man. Women are crazy!!!! But as i learnt you can always win in court as long as you let them do the...
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    Cowries in Reef Tanks? Are They Safe?

    yeah i think its a tiger because of its size and there difference in appearence in different places in the world. So im getting rid of it tomroow Thanks anyway. I jsut got a link from sarah that told me taht. Tosh
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    My gallery

    has it attached to that rock? It looks like its extended pretty well. If it attaches and has good light and fed(by you) then i think it'll have a good chance Tosh
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    Cowries in Reef Tanks? Are They Safe?

    Bump!! ANyone ????????? This thing is in my tank and i need to now weither or not to take it out before i go to bed and it eats all my coral!! Even thought tthere aint much coral i still love them. TOsh
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