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    basket star

    Has anyone every had a basket star in their aquarium? and if so how did they do...Thanks George Orndorff
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    algea problem

    Hi guy's and gal's, Here's my new problem, in the morning the tank is clean and the sand is white. By noon the sand is gettnig that brown film on it and the corals have brown stringy algea on them . It blows off easy with a turkey baster, but still looks nasty. Next morning is starts over. I...
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    George and Becki's new tank build

    Guy's and Gal's, Becki and I are in our new home in Gold Hill NC and doing well. You can see pictures of our new home on our web site http://www.fly-gbi.com . I thought you might like to see how we biult the new reef (150 gal). Picture one is the beginning , we build a large pillar under the...
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    DIY alk/cal

    Guy's and Gal's, Has anyone tried the 2 part DIY solution for alk/cal , and what knid of luck did you have with it , and how did you use it. Thanks George Ornorff
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    moon lights

    Guy's and Gal's, I've been looking to biuld new moon lights for my new 150 reef and found something you may like . On the this web site http://www.ledsales.com.au/ they have 450nm blue leds and a circuit board that holds 12 of them and the resistors for them . the leds are...
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    diy moon lights

    Guy's and Gal's, I've been looking to biuld new moon lights for my new 150 reef and found something you may like . On the this web site http://www.ledsales.com.au/ they have 450nm blue leds and a circuit board that holds 12 of them and the resistors for them . the leds are...
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    harden sand

    Guy's and Gal's, A strang thing has happened to my sand bed. Last night I went to move some sand only to find that it had a hard crust on it , up to 1 inch thick. I was able to break it into pieces , remove it , crush back to a fine sand again and put back in (what a mess). Has and one else ever...
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    skimmer placement

    Guy's and Gal's, Question... Do you find that a skimmer placed in a sump works better on the bottom of the sump or elevated a couple off the bottom? This in my case is using a ASM G4 skimmer. The skimmer is working ok , just trying to get the most out of it...Thanks George Orndorff
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    food cubes

    Hi Gals' and Guy's, Like alot of us I make my own food by grinding up fish, clam, and other stuff and then freezeing it until needed. The problem is that when I do need it , it was in a big lump , and could never get the same amount out twice. So I made food cubes out of it > HOW . I took a...
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    end of year update

    Hi Guy's, Just a quick update from Becki and myself. We are in our new home since JUly .The new 150 gallon main tank is up and running as is the 55 gal frag tank. We used all man made rock (made it myself) and T5 lighting. The 150 gal tank has 10 80watt bulbs and the 55 has 4 54 watt bulbs...
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    pipe question

    Guy's and gal's, I found a black pipe at Lowes today, but not PVC, it was ABS DWV pipe. My question is this reef safe...George
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    growing chaeto

    Hi Guy's, A question for the one's who seem to grow chaeto so well any secret to it. Mine just seem to sit in my sump not doing much...Thanks George
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    skimmer

    not to confuse things , here is another option...George http://www.reeflopumps.com/nwskimmers.html
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    Thinking of T5"s

    Jason, Take a look at this site, it is wheer I got mine http://www.catalinaaquarium.com// ...George Orndorff
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    ocean motion are ready to ship

    I saw on the Ocean Motion web site that the Compact OM are ready to ship again, I've ordered mine allready...George Orndorff
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    bird nest

    Gal's and Guy's, A while back I gave away a bunch of frags of a pink birds nest to members, I now find myself with out any of the birds nest myself now. Does any one have a frag or two they can spare so I can start a new one. Robert (fishtomorow) will be shipping me some frags next week, if you...
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    baking soda ver soda ash

    Gal's and Guy's, Question Does baking soda (after being baked) do the same as soda ash , to raise PH and alk , and is the reverse also true? Thanks George Orndorff
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    plumbing question

    Dear Gal's and Guy's, How is everyone stopping water from run back down the return line to the sump when the return pump is turned off...Thanks George Orndorff
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    how many fish question

    Guy's and Gal's, Does anyone have an idea of the ration between how many fish or inches of fish to gallons of tank water useing live rock and a protein skimmer, you can do without causing problem. ( just a guide line)...George
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    looking for snails

    Hi guy's and Gal's, I'm looking for some Astrea snails , any ideas of best place to look...George
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