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  1. Coral of the Week: Tubipora musica (Pipe-organ Coral)

    Here a pic of mine,I have now had it year and a half and is still healthy although polyps are less white now
  2. Hermit eating from Bubble Pic

    Caught my hermit doing some direct cleaning !!! :lol:
  3. Turboflotor 1000 adjustment

    What do you mean by blocked venturi ,I've cleaned all I can could I have some pointers to what I may have missed and also instructions thanx.
  4. Turboflotor 1000 adjustment

    this skimmer has flow rates on the output which in turn causes the water level to rise in cone and after 1 year of use the only way to get foam now is to turn the valves and have the water about a quater up the cone,the instructions dont mention anything about these valves anyone know the...
  5. ID Please??...what is this mushroom doing??

    Dont know the name but mushrooms come in many shapes and sizes enjoy this one :lol:
  6. Blue star damsels

    A picture of the fish can be found at http://qualitymarineusa.com/fish/photo/ ... /2123.html
  7. Blue star damsels

    How would 2 of these fish settle in a 50 gallon with 2 clowns ,3 chromes and a mandarin? I am told by LFS that they are passive as damsels go but anyone have personal info ? Thanks [/img]
  8. Stand construction

    Just wondered if people with self made stands and below tank sumps could answer the following -do you put a back on your stand or leave for ventillation? -do you treat wood on inside to ward off condensation? -do you suffer much condensation inside cabinet ? -do you use any type of water proof...
  9. Toadstool too big!

    Thanks for info but to be clear if I trim edge I will have strips, do you then cut these up into squares for instance?,is it wise to do it in one go? thanks
  10. Toadstool too big!

    I am victim of my own success! , the toadstool I have has more than doubled in size in the last year with no signs of stopping so my question is this can it be trimmed around the edge? is this even possible? its a great looker and I'd love to keep hold of it but if push comes to shove then I...
  11. Attaching mushrooms ?

    Just got some ricordia mushrooms from lfs problem is they arent on rock as you can import these but not the rock and they have now attached to a fine sand across the base;anyone have idea how I can get them onto host rock normally when propagating I get them on small rubble and glue with reef...
  12. Canister filter

    I have an Eheim classic with filter media ehfimech and ehfisub plus course filter , how often do I clean media , also I assume I clean with tank water when doing water change?
  13. Water tests

    Just wondered what water test's you guys do and how reguarly thanks for the feedback :lol:
  14. Sun coral help

    Have had small colony in tank now for 1 week,read all I could before and so far have only managed to tease out extension to point just before I get full extension :( .Should I worry yet or continue target feeding? any ones experiences welcome. P.S. I did read someone removing them from tank...
  15. What do I have, Anthelia or Xenia?

    As my lights go off mine shrink back so the stems get fatter also the frills can look tatty and what you end up with is something that looks like the eggs out of alien i.e. idividual pods.

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