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  1. General Reef Discussion
    I know this is basic husbandry stuff but no where I can find an article on how to properly clean wall tank algae :lol: I could see Green Dusty Algae & some red spotting algae :idea: Besides employing CUC, what will be the best alternative way in cleaning this wall algae? Is Magnet cleaner the...
  2. General Reef Discussion
    I have a glass tank but accidentally picked up a magnet cleaner for acrylic tanks. Should I take it back to get a glass one or will it work the same?
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  4. General Reef Discussion
    I'm probably using the wrong word to describe what I want to do but I'm new to saltwater and trying to learn. I'm kinda lost or maybe not to smart :D I have a tank thats only 12" high. I believe the other dimentions are 48 1/2 x 18, it's about 50 gallons. I was wondering if after I put...
  5. General Reef Discussion
    so I got this SPS that supposedly is called "Anacropora" and is a rare find in the LFS!Thats what I've been told but here's a pic of it that I took with my phone, no camera yet but I gotta werk'in with what I got!So, the frag started out pretty stubby at first and was a mear 2" piece snapped of...
  6. La Crosse Area Reef Keepers (LARK)
    26 bowfront I'm slowly (stinking budget!) getting pieces together to set up my tank. Just wondering if anyone has a decent submersible heater laying around that you would be willing to part with? I have a 26g tank, so I think a 100w would work... Let me know! Thanks, Casey
  7. NIMAS- Club members only: Meeting/Selling/Trading
    Just trying to consolidate all the threads where this is being talked about. Please chime in if you are going. We are also going to stop at preuss pets that is very close to the frag swap I believe. Here is the link to the frag swap in Lansing...
  8. nano build off 2008
    Well my plans got changed and we used the 50 gallon for our breaded dragon. Then my wife said "why don't we just get a nano tank" :blob: :thumbup:. So I figured we might as well enter the contest too, just for fun................ wonder if whiskey will still be willing to help me out. Since I'm...
  9. General Reef Discussion
    i've never had one before and i'm not sure if i need to do anything with it. everyone says that it needs to break in so i'm afraid that if i do clean it i will just wash away whatever happend during the break in period. the neck is almost all brown with nasty junk all over it.
  10. General Reef Discussion
    Being in Australia Acrylic is hardly used for sumps let alone tanks. I have a few questions as I am looking at moving across from Glass for my new 250Gal * Does it scratch that easily? * Is it easy to repair? * Does it look better? Cheers
  11. DIY Forum
    I got this Idea awhile back and started to mess around with it today. I wanted to make a prototype to see if the idea would work and what do you know the first time was a charm and it seems to work perfect. Materials Needed: 1. Bic Pen 2. Styrofoam Scrap 3. Aquarium Air Tubing 4. plastic...
  12. General Reef Discussion
    I get this brown haze of algae growing on the acrylic. It's pretty hard to scrub off, not your typical film that comes off easily. I have to scrub it pretty hard with an acylic pad to get it off, almost like coralline. It also will grow really long hairs out of the center of the spots that...
  13. Member Classifieds
    For Sale or Trade I've recently moved to the Atlanta area and brought my custom built 220 G acrylic bow front with me. I thought I would have room for it in my new house but I neither have the room or the time to launch it. My goal is to sell it (and all the gear that goes along with it) and...
  14. General Reef Discussion
    Ok, I have always used glass aquariums, I see so many people use acrylic, is there an upside to the acrylic over glass, It seems like the acrylic would be harder to keep clean of coraline growth being that i have to scrape it off of mine with a razor scraper, doesnt it scratch easily?? or does...
  15. General Reef Discussion
    OK I know some of you thought it was sacrilege that I tore my 450-gallon system down. Numerous issues compiled and aided in the decision. First off was the system itself. I think anyone who builds their first dream system will tell you that a lot more thought went into building it than...
  16. Substrate Free Tank Husbandry (Bare bottomed)
    Well, I've had a "BB" tank for 2 years now, but it's only in the past month that I actually had a real BB tank. That is because (i feel) I had too much rock, poor flow patterns, and def. not enough fish, or skimming. Here was my tank at it's...
  17. General Reef Discussion
    46 gallon FOWLR. 0 amm 0 nitrite 10 nitrate 1025 salinity ph 8.3 I have this guy for more than two years and he has never done this He is climbing the sides of the tank and hiding behing the power heads or around the magnet cleaners. Even when the light is on. I got him off of the glass...
  18. General Reef Discussion
    In my 95g (acrylic tank) I get this horrible film coating the front daily :( It doesn't show up anywhere else. Any ideas what could be causing it? It don't get like this on either of my glass tanks. I've tried using an acrylic safe mag float in the 95 but it still scratched :( so I stopped...
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