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No worries. I've got a Marty Feldman backup.

I don't think corals would be effected by cloud cover. It's all about the process of photosynthesis. As long as they are getting enough usable light in a day to accomplish that, they will keep going.

Well, i think it's a bunch of baloney. :wink: Purchase lighting to keep your photosynthetic creatures alive and happy. Purchase LED lighting to save on electricity and make the corals pop. Make simulated lightening storms for what? Are you going to have the goofy thunder sounds too? What about...

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you are the best. cheers!

hello folks. long time no see! i was wondering....could someone dig up that old "turf scrubber be-all end-all" thread for me please? i have been referring to it, and have been unable to find it. thanks in advance. Doug

buy the fish you like (after properly researching them to see their compatibility and tank size etc..), and do weekly water changes and you'll be fine. flatworms don't hurt fish. if you want to use flatworm exit, follow the directions closely. my suggestion would be not to worry about them...

just use kent tech-M. not just any mag supplement. i think it's supposed to be upwards of 1600 as jaa1456 stated. raise it very slowly. it worked in my system, and i didn't even reach the suggested 1600. mine was about 1400 when i saw the briopsis falling apart.

i have a 2 lamps 48" kit that i'll sell for 50 bucks, plus shipping. do you come to the philly area at all? it's this unit- http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1369

some mandarins will eat prepared foods and frozen, but some won't. if your mandarin only lives a week, it's not a food issue. it's something else.

overdosing many things will kill living creatures. you don't even know how much magnesium you have in the tank. it's hardly a reef keeping discovery! how about trying to overdose them with air? it's easy and a sure fire way to rid yourself of flatworms. just drain all the water from the tank...

i don't agree with this. mine rattled on startup from day one, mo matter how many times i pulled apart the pump and re-seated the shaft. mesh or needle wheel did not matter either. once they got running though, they worked awesome. i left mine on all the time and just adjusted down the foam when...

i kinda follow this method- the tools- the procedure- and the finished result-

it's very possible that the color of the lamps are contributing to algae growth.

i've seen swimming worms before. i can't remember where i was able to I.D. them, but they are harmless. i only had a few when the tank was young, and they must have died off. how many are you seeing? and then as sevTT said, a spawning event could have happened, although, i don't think the larvae...