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Old 04-30-2014, 11:27 PM
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I see a ton of people complaining about sand sifters but never ever read of anyone housing a sand-dollar... I've had one in my reef for over two years now and he keeps the sandbed spic and span and I never get to see him unless he decides to go offroading and climb the rocks (this happens once a year and doesn't last very long)
your pretty lucky, about 2 years is where starving dollars start to die off, the problem with them is each type has a spicific food requirment and 99.9% of the time a tank doesn't support the right food. this ontop of the huge amount of sand bed you need for them gives them a very pour sucess rate in tanks.

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Old 10-03-2014, 06:47 PM
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So it's been way too long since I've updated this thread. The tank is doing well. I had a little bout with Cyano a while back and after trying all the natural methods, decided to treat.
I've reached the stage where I'm getting some battles between corals and so I need to do a little cleanup to deal with it. Dreading that job as it's tough to decide who stays and who goes.
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Old 10-03-2014, 07:18 PM
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What did you treat with? What happened to your pod population while this was happening?
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Old 10-03-2014, 07:34 PM
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I used chemiclean at a slightly weaker dose than suggested. My problem wasn't terrible, just more than I could tolerate. The pod population appears fine...still everywhere.
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Old 10-04-2014, 01:54 PM
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looking awesome Mark! I need to come over again and get my fix, your whole system keeps me awake at night! Awesome! Let me know when you do some clean up.
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Old 10-04-2014, 04:44 PM
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Looks good Mark.
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Old 10-04-2014, 11:20 PM
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Thanks everyone. I love how it's coming together. At first I was nervous about how much water space I left above the rock but now that the coral is growing in...it's taken shape nicely.
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Old 10-06-2014, 02:49 PM
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Mark the tank is looking great my friend, just watch out for that Doug fella out there he is bad news
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Old 10-06-2014, 02:54 PM
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Look at all those corals! Awesome Mark!
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Old 10-06-2014, 03:46 PM
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It's filling in nicely. Sometimes it's fun to just watch the battles. It the end, it could look very cool and more natural. Plus it's also less work!
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