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    Corals dying after tank upgrade and water change - ALK finally lower at 13 but Ammonia is 4! HELP!

    when you say water changes until its stable, do you mean until nitrates and ammonia are back to zero? my nitrites and ph are normal i believe. my wife and i really dont know whats going on. everythng was fine yesterday til after the water change. we moved them last sunday so its been a week.
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    Corals dying after tank upgrade and water change - ALK finally lower at 13 but Ammonia is 4! HELP!

    hi tony, i re-used the sand and the rocks. so i don't really know what's wrong. everyone was doing great yesterday until the water change and the solutions we added. pls advise. thanks.
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    Corals dying after tank upgrade and water change - ALK finally lower at 13 but Ammonia is 4! HELP!

    I just upgraded to a 100GL last sunday. I transferred all the rocks, sand and water from my 55. The fish are doing great, but since the water change yesterday none of them would open up. Im not sure if its the ammonia, but i cant think of any reason why my corals are suddenly like this. I think...
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    T5 or HQI

    I have a 100GL now 49"X24"X22" Will I be able to retrofit the PC to T5 later on
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    T5 or HQI

    I just bought my 4x54 T5 12K w/moonlight with individual timerlight 3 weeks ago not knowing Im going to upgrade to a 100GL. Right now some of my corals are not opening up. So I wanted to upgrade this guys wants to trade me 2x150 hqi halides 2x96 pc actinics with moon lights 20K Should I go...
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    Sump/Refugium

    here is my little drawing Attached files
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    Sump/Refugium

    Hi everyone I picked up a sump/refugium the other and decided to put it togethere. Its actually a cpr wet dry filter tru flow that was modified. I went to Home depot last night to join the two togethere but im getting some leack on the top thhread. Maybe I need to really get a bulkhead for it...
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    Ammonia

    its been two days and my display tank still a little cloudy. also my for some reason my the water going to the internal overflow got loud. its sounds like your peeing. what can i do about that
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    Ammonia

    I got me a new tru vu sump and refugium will install it tomorrow and sametime change the water. Also I have a pump rated at 1054. it this enough for my 100?
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    Help whats wrong with my anemone

    my bubble tip anemone Attached files
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    Help whats wrong with my anemone

    I came home and my anemone looks really small and it has all this slime coming out
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    Ammonia

    I added some activated cabon on my filter sock. should I add more?
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    Ammonia

    i transferred the whole 55GL water. as for the sand I scooped them out and put them on the fish net so I can seperate the sand and crush corals, since it was 40lbs of sand and 20 lbs of crusch corals. I didnt wash the sand. Shoot
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    Ammonia

    Hi everyone. I just transferred my corals sand rocks and fish into my new 100GL. I added 60lbs of dead sand and put my $40 lbs of live sand form my old tank on top. Everything is fine except that I have ammonia at .5. What should I do?
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    55 to 100

    Yes im transferring my rocks and and sand also. So do I still need to cycle? Any tricks on how should I introduce my livestock in the new tank?
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    55 to 100

    heres my 55. It was taken a month ago. My wife added more corals and a puffer Attached files
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    55 to 100

    Hi Every1. I'm upgrading to a 100GL. I got 70lbs of non live sand and 30lbs of new live sand. Now my question is. Since Im transferring all of my water from my old tank to the new tank. Do I still need to cycle my tank? I'm using the live rocks I have now on my new tank and the old live...
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    100DIY NEED HELP FOR PREDRILL

    Xcaret. thanks for your help. I stoped by Tap on my way from work and did a little experiment Attached files
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    100DIY NEED HELP FOR PREDRILL

    so 1/4" thick should be good? What if I dont put an overflow and just do the durso pipe?
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    100DIY NEED HELP FOR PREDRILL

    thinking of the ABS ABS Sheets Sheet size, colors, thickness and products available on our website are just a fraction of what's available at 20 TAP Plastics store locations. ABS sheet has high-impact strength with a textured hair-cell finish on one side. Great for appliance covers...
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