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nitrate in a reef tank

hi all i have a 350 litre tank with a fx5 filter two tunze circulation pumps 40kg of live rock various soft corals tank contains two regals one purple tang two wrasse majestic angel crimson hawk three damsels two cucumbers one large hermit one red indian shrimp lawnmower blenny three clowns […]

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Tadpoles

During toad mating season down here, I would check my three ponds each morning for the long egg tubes and I’d remove them long before they hatched. Sometimes, if I heard a male calling at night, I’d go out with a flashlight and net the little buggers before he could get a female to come […]

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Removing carbon from Penguin filter cartridge

I never heard of a mini cycle but what I would interpret it to mean would be a short cycle. ie shorter then the average 4 to 6 week time. Different people have different ways of accomplishing this. Ways that I have heard include puting Bio Spira into the […]

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Re- [Ponds-Koi] WATER?!? YEH, RIGHT!

Well, it drops 4″ in a month… However, if you were asking about volume, since the upper pond is flowing into the lower pond, it’s level won’t change - only the lower pond will have a change in “levels”
What do I win?
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Bill Dowden wrote: > […]

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Re- [Ponds-Koi] WATER?!? YEH, RIGHT!

According to Hach’s own website, their test strips are only “semi-quantitative” compared to their other testing kits and meters. “Semi” being the operative word.. meaning half.. like they’re only half right. So if you test twice, one of the strips is accurate.. but which one? Should you then do best out of […]

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Re- [Ponds-Koi] WATER?!? YEH, RIGHT!

According to God.. that’s who! OK.. maybe not God, but rather little old me… since you asked the group and I’m the one who replied. lol
Besides… you can look at the broken clock and a working one next to it and see that the broken one, showing 12:15, is only correct twice a […]

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[UniQuaria] lighting questions

If you have plants or are interested in highlighting the colors of your fish, you may want to use the specialized tubes. You can get them much cheaper at Walmart than at a pet store, though.
- Trevor
Marcelo wrote: > hey all, > just a couple questions about tank lighting. > > […]

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[AquaticLife] filter

My Eheim Ecco is a little more complicated than my Rena, but still there is no spewing. Also there are detailed directions. So the Classic could be different but:
1. While plugged in, turn the intake off 2. Then turn the outlet off 3. Then unplug 4. When you unscrew the hoses, the shut-off valves are off so […]

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[AquaticLife] filter

OMG, don’t your filters have shut-off valves? To service my filstars and fluvals, I simply disconnect the hose assembly from the base by flipping a lever, which stops the water flow. Then I take the entire cannister to the tub for cleaning/rinsing/replacement as needed. On my Magnum, it is a little more […]

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[AquaticLife] filter

Hi Shari, I must start by saying I do not have one of the brand of filters you have but I have been doing canister filters for many years. A filter like you have is a closed system. That means that anywhere you break a water tight seal out will come water! This is how […]

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