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    Sea-Lab No. 28 Auto Replenishers

    Has anyone had any experience w/ these? I've just been dosing lugols and a 2 part, LFS owner (very knowledgable) said he just puts one in his tank (fully stocked w/ coral) at a time. I put one in my 40 gal (55g total) and have been keeping an eye on my KH and it seems to drop, so i've been...
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    Help Identifying, Monti or Chalice?

    Heey, im sure this is a newb question. Does this look like its a monti? or a type of chalice? im new to the hobby, and never really sure whats what :p hopefully these pictures are sufficient thanks!!
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    The real 5ml..

    Has anyone else noticed that the 5ml line on that Aquarium Pharmaceuticals/API test vials doesnt match up with a measeured 5ml w/ a syringe?? Do they want us to use that line, and pretend its 5ml? or are the lines placed in the wrong spot, making my tests inacurate >< Ive got about 5 tubes, all...
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    Brain coral not lookin to good, LF advice :/

    So i picked up this brain coral about 3 days ago, i noticed it looking like this this morning, im pretty sure it was fine when i went to sleep, i may be wrong >< Everything else is fine in my tank. I was told they dont like a lot of light, but ive got it in the bottom of my tank, running a 36"...
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    Iodine Vs Iodide

    So my fiance brought home a bottle of kent marine iodide, when she was supposed to grab WM Lugols. Are iodine and iodide interchangable??
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    Split Zoa's, is this normal??

    I'm pretty new to keeping coral, I just picked these up last week but didnt notice it until today. So i may of bought them like that, or its happened once i put it in my tank, but it appears as if there spliting?? Is this normal or a bad sign?? I was told to put them high in the tank (running...
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    Fresh air to protien skimmer

    My ph drops to 7.8 every night (from 8.2-8.3), the waters parameters are all where they should be, I've read of people running a line from the venturi on their skimmers outside, bringing in fresh air when the house air isnt exactly oxygen rich. Has anyone had any luck with this? I've thought of...
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    ESV B-Ionic 2-Part Calcium Buffer/Mag questions

    Just started using this stuff, water is currently at 12 dKH and calcium is at 400. Can i just use part 2 to only raise the calcium? second question >< if mag levels are low, will the calcium levels still be accurate when testing? or will levels be off when testing (more calcium in the water...
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    High Flow canister filter

    Hey hey i'm looking to increase overall circulation of my tank. I'd just get a higher flow overflow, but if it happened to be any louder my fiance would kill me (its in the bedroom ><). I have a cheesy canister filter atm which i just use for flow and carbon/mechanical filtration. I've been...
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