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    Who fills Co2 bottles in the IE?

    I have a really nice red anodized aluminum bottle, I don’t want to exchange it. I know a few places in the OC who will fill it but I’m not planning on being there any time soon. Corona would be best.
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    Is it just me or does everybody get the most stubborn algae on the edges of the glass?

    Why is it the mist stubborn algae grows right at a bout a 1-1/2“ margin along the bottom of the glass and in the corners? It’s not like I go easy on those areas, in fact I pay special attention to those areas. But every month or two I have to go in with my hand and a razor to clear the...
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    WTS “oops I broke it cleaning” frag pack $35

    I’ll add photos of the colonies. In order left to right Located in corona pack colonies left to right
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    FOUND Apex classic

    My apex classic is on the fritz and I don’t want to redo the system for a newer APEX If I don’t find one over the weekend, I’ll buy an EL from BRS on Monday.
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    My sump is leaking.

    After a few years, my PVC/acrylic sump is leaking right around 2 of the windows. It started off as salt creep on the windows right where they bond with the body of the sump. This is very disappointing because this sump/ATO/fuge combo cost about twice as much as my first used car :( I’ve...
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    SOLD 4” yellow tang

    I’ve had him 2 years and suddenly he started getting picked on so I put him in the refugium last month. He’s healthy fat and happy and looks great. $200 pick up in Corona.
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    Free stuff

    2 small pumps, pondmasstert and rip 800 used tune clip neptune aquasurf
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    Now that BRS is basicly reef tank skynet....

    now it seems like everything is now too expensive. I am struggling with my DKH and while I get my calcium reactor re-tuned, I need a source for sodium bicarbonate. I wonder if this is safe or something else I can use, I just need a pound or two until I get the CaCl2 reactor adjusted right...
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    MREs/ storable food bulk pricing $1.75/meal

    Found this on another site, seemed like a good deal. Passing it along. Pallet pricing is 1000.00 for 1 - $1.75 per meal 1/3 pallet $500 Bulk pricing is 50 pallets - $25K Read the details, these are a few years old. Still seems like a good deal, many years left before inspection date...
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    Jan SCMAS meeting

    January SCMAS meeting, I was thinking, I miss the old IHOP, I’ve decided I’m bringing my iPad to 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA and ordering a rooty tooty fresh and fruity. If anyone else wants to join me, I’ll bring frags for a FREE raffle. You don’t need to be a member but it’s cheep to join...
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    ICP-OES Testing, which one

    Well, I just packed up my last ATI test kits to mail Monday and it’s time for me to buy some more. They are cheeper if you buy 4 at once… then I started thinking, the ATI test is the most comprehensive, which is why I started using it in the first place and I do have 10 or so tests recorded...
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    Rusty carbon?

    I’ve been keeping aquariums for a minute or two, since I was about 12 and I’m getting letters asking me to joint AARP every birthday now. Anyways, I have never seen this before. for some reason, this carbon got left by the trash can for a week instead of thrown into the trash can and it...
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    FREE 60” T5 lamps, NO SHIP, Corona ALL GONE please close

    Switched out my T5 for LED …. Not all that impressed but I can’t really go back now :(. Anyways, I have about a dozen 60” lamps. Preponderance of ATI blue plus. Some of the lamps are new but they are all in good shape. Some are marked very good, almost new. You have to pick them up in 92879...
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    Marine Depot liquidation sale; What did you score

    In case you didn’t know, Marine depot was gobbled up buy BRS and I’d in it’s last week of it’s liquidation sale. About 1/2 off on the things they inventory in their warehouse pretty much nothing off on things they drop ship and I would rather buy no discount from someone who is going to be in...
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    Fluconazole and skimmer question

    I have been battling GHA and losing badly.... actually all I did was buy 250 hermit crabs, start using NOPOX again and did a bunch of manual removal Saturday. I also dosed Flux Rx TM on Saturday. Instructions say to keep the skimmer off for 72hrs because it ill probably go nuts... well I just...
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    Need to get my Co2 bottle filled

    I bought a really pretty aluminum bottle and wont it refilled, not exchanged. Any idea where I can have that done, preferably near corona?
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    Free Chit, no shipping ALL GONE! please close

    Pick up in Corona Pump and aqualifter are gone
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    My Halide/T5 Geismann Spectra / Reef Brite strip project

    Father’s Day project :D My Reef Brites showed up the other day, I was playing with them last nite and my wife took interest in how great the looked on the tank. At one point she asked: how much were those? I responded with: you don’t want to know. To which she said: OK…… and went back about...
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    Wholesale hermit crabs?

    OK, tank rebooted in January, it’s settled down now and I’m finally growing algae. It’s now outcompeating cyano, dinos and all the other weirdo nuisance new tank syndrome stuff. Now I need about 200 hermit crabs to eat the Algae. Where to get the best value on reef safe hermit crabs?
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    School me on reef brite XHO

    I need to replace the T5’s on my halide fixture and it seems with some fabrication, i can make 60” reef brites fit nicely, are they dimmable? Are they decent for pop?
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