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    DBTC Sea Hare

    It suffered a strange death about 2-3 months ago. I say strange because it had algae to eat.
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    [Dec 14, 2013] Rich Ross Talk & Potluck 12/14/13 (Hayward, CA)

    Better late than never. Bringing in some wings. ETA 12:40.
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    hair algea! cant get rid of them

    One of my tanks had a severe hair algae outbreak. I tried many solutions: Sea Hare, GFO, water changes, lots of manual removal, etc. In the end, what did it for me was introduce enough competition: significant amounts of Chaeto. This is not my main display tank so I did not care. But if you...
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    Rose bubble tip anemone

    That is a stubborn anemone and admittedly happy anemone. Maybe you should consider keeping it and planning around it. :cool: Other than that, I don't know of other gentle steps to get it to move. Maybe covering it (which may not work if it extends around whatever you place to cover it). Good luck.
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    Rose bubble tip anemone

    Clarification: when I do this, I expect the anemone to move to another rock. I don’t sit there and watch it. It can take up to a day for the anemone to move but it eventually does. In my experience, the anemones liked moving to a nearby place where the flow is not so high. I had some 1.5 inch...
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    Easiest mixing salt!

    I like Craig Bingman’s trick: Get a nice plug-in type drill, attach a large paint mixer (Home Depot) and go to town. It creates a serious vortex mixing the salt. The water is crystal clear after a couple of minutes (and that is mostly to get rid of all the air that was driven into the water...
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    Rose bubble tip anemone

    My RBTA has its leg stuck under a a large rock and it will extend and surface wherever it pleases without moving. So, I got it to move by placing objects where it liked to pop out (a bunch of chaeto) so it had no option but to move locations. I’d point some nice flow at it to force it to move...
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    BAP 2013 T-shirts

    Sign me up for 1 XL
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    Volunteers Needed for BAP

    I’m down for morning setup, helping Mike with the frag tank, and will likely help with clean-up.
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    Using/cleaning refractometer

    I follow the same procedure other than I use paper towels to clean acrylic that I got from Tap Plastics. I clean in between every single test.
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    Moving established 40b reef

    I got a 40 gal from another member about a year ago. The move went well but I can tell you that the cycling process took a toll. I've been fighting hair algae in that tank for a good while and it is a "nice" challenge. So, my only advice is to go very slow once you get it going again, and keep...
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    Early ReefThreads podcasts

    Did any of you download the early podcasts Gary posted on his website (1-25)?
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    East Bay Tank Tour! Sunday July 14th

    Sorry I couldn’t join you. Thanks for posting the pictures. That’s some great tanks you have. Congratulations. PS: The prez really likes pizza ;)
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    Events

    Talking about the tour, I didn’t log it in my calendar. When is it? BTW, are we meeting this Saturday or is that the time slot for the tour.
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