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It come down to what you want to keep and how big the fish grow.
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eight foot reef tank? to get a decent tank it will set you thousand, bigger means bigger filters more lights etc, I stop counting the money that goes into it each week.
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Fish only would be great, so many nice angel fish available. You can even keep some leather corals in with them as the fish might not touch them. i say go for it.
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Chiller would be the best option vs the rsm cooling fan,
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At least the cat is happy
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its the U.K. very nice set up
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Most of the sewage should be washed away with all the rain.
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cool, that should stop people pissing in the water
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If you run the skimmer at night that would solve the problem.
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Yes you can have a tank full of caulerpa and fish, only problem is that if you have tangs they will eat the caulerpa if you don’t have it well established. Should work fine, i did it before but did not run a skimmer, the mud sump could not keep up with waste as it was too small. This time i have the same sump but will run a skimmer during the day and turn of at night, here is another tank using MM
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Day two, Added Caulerpa Tank has cleared form the initial mud addition. Algae has only been in the tank for 6 hours and already it is taking hold on the mud. Should double in size by next week, Tanks looks good today, however cyno bacteria could be a problem over the next few weeks which is normal when adding MM. Checked out Hollywoods coral tanks in Albany today, Still looking outstanding especially since they dont run a skimmer on the tank, only MM.
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They come in 2.2kg size
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First step taken today to get the mud system going. Cleared sump and then added 4 bags of mud. will let it settle in the dark for a few days and then add 3 species of caulerpa to see which grows the best.
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You can drill it. With a hang held drill. I would not trust a siphon overflow.
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They will attached and grow upwards
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Mud has arrived so time to add, will add over the next few days. Also trying out NF metal and Iron supplements Will add mud and then leave lights of on the sump for a week so that that mud settles. Algae to be added soon.
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Some type of sinularia sp. hard to id most of them to species. Might even be a capnella sp, but hard to tell from photo,
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Pointless getting the Tunze in. market to small and they cost. But i am sure they can be ordered in to order. RSm is the best around vs price/quality. pity about the skimmer in them. gets costly when you have to add a Deltec mce500. The Aquaone will be ok, but lack quality like all cheap asian stuff around. Maybe jewel will have one on the market soon? great quality tanks.
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get a close up pic would help
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skimmer can't remove everything desolved organics for example. vs algae that will use it. Initially to get the algae growing and so i can increase nitrates. ammonia gets converted to nitrates. Miracle has other benefits other than just removing nitrates. it adds iron and other vitamins. Is that not what miracle mud is for? to use as a refuge
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found some of the leather corals to be pretty bad, felt quite sick after handling some of them. check this out http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... id=1320605
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i wish i could take the credit, its not my photo.
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New species of clownfish, Great photoshop skills
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the white does not look bad, so leave it. check water conditions. Feed garlic to help immune system. You can some garlic and crush it. some of my fish eat it, try mixing in with you dry foods. Blue tangs get white spot easy , but will go away if healthy.
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most likely white spot and the black spots is where the white spot was. If it is black ich then just leave it as it is not a problem