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  1. billyboy2
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    Unresolved BLAH Red Hair Algae?? (VIDEO ADDED!)

    Its red cyano. It's not an algae but a bacteria that acts like one. It will overrun a tank in time because it uses wastes like nitrate and phosphate...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 4, 2010 in forum: ASAP
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    Clown being harassed by damsel

    I recently added a small percula clown. I had a mated pair and the male died....:cry: all my fish got sick. In the QT he died but the female survived...
    Thread by: billyboy2, Mar 4, 2010, 18 replies, in forum: ASAP
  3. billyboy2
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    who here quarantines their fish first??? and who doesnt??

    i agree i think QT a new arrival only if there is reason to suspect illness...or if you knowingly buy a sick fish. otherwise its added stress thats...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 4, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
  4. billyboy2
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    is it safe to introduce fish to a new tank this way?

    The answer is no it is not, if by safe you mean good. The proper way of introducing a new fish would be to have a QT or hospital tank setup. Then you...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 4, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Normal for a foxface??

    yeah i've heard alot of goodthings about that marine max... i cant find any localy, but i ordered some 2 days ago just for the same reason. I don't...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 4, 2010 in forum: Diseases
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    What to do if coral grows on my live rock and i dont want it?

    yeah if they grow then they like your water and tank setup...i can understand you don't want to care for them but if they grow on their own they...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 3, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Normal for a foxface??

    Hey i got a foxface that was recently infected with bacterial infection and ich and velvet. Today my QT is going to get emptied and the fish put back...
    Thread by: billyboy2, Mar 3, 2010, 5 replies, in forum: Diseases
  8. billyboy2
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    Hermit Crab's leg is stuck in another shell

    i wouldn't worry about it personally...like you said before let nature run it's coarse. if you try to free it you might kill it, at least this way...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 3, 2010 in forum: Inverts
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    Found a mantis

    it might not be a problem now cause he's so small, but i thought mantis shrimp pack a powerful punch? What happends when it misses what it wants to...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 3, 2010 in forum: Inverts
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    Saying hello/upgrading tanks (as we speak)

    yeah level is the most important thing. level length wise and width wise. The plywood on carpet works well, only thing is you need to use the thick...
    Post by: billyboy2, Mar 1, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Saying hello/upgrading tanks (as we speak)

    i don't know...my tank was almost perfectly level. The key word is "almost". when measuring the water on one side to the other i had a 1/4''...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    what's causing my cyano prob?

    i set an airstone on the intake of my powerheads so i got microbubbles like crazy right now...that should do the trick. I was worried i might get an...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Saying hello/upgrading tanks (as we speak)

    i noticed you have it on carpet.....i did that and it was a big mistake if you don't level you tank perfectly the weight doesn't get evenly spread...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Saying hello/upgrading tanks (as we speak)

    a good rule of thub is don't add till you test. if you mag and cal and all that is already at a good level, dosing for it could cause a negative...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    what's causing my cyano prob?

    just a question..does this medication kill the cycle in my tank? I'm running an airstone on one of the powerheads and it's shooting the...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Saying hello/upgrading tanks (as we speak)

    You could drip acclimate them....the most important thing is that the temp is the same,(where they are to where they are going), along with pH and...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Hello from Kailua, HI!

    Hi welcome! To address your problem how long has your tank been setup and running? If it's a recent setup your bio-filter might not be well...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 27, 2010 in forum: Say Hello!
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    what's causing my cyano prob?

    thanks uncleJed that was going to be my next question.....My LFS just sold me exactly that, the chemi-clean red slime remover. I showed them a...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 27, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    what's causing my cyano prob?

    i change the carbon every month, the carbon i'm running now is 3 weeks old, the bio-max is only a week. i Just did another water test and i got 0ppm...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 27, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    what's causing my cyano prob?

    Well i'm not exactly sure how to answer that....i'll tell you more about my setup. It's a 55G without a sump. The sump is in the works but will have...
    Post by: billyboy2, Feb 27, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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