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I am getting close to adding the salt to my new tank. I have always used Kent Salt in my FOWLR tank. What does everyone recommend? And why? I am curious also how price factors in to quality and contents.

Well I was in San Antonio for my last day of classes! WOOHOOOO!!!! Graduate next Saturday after Finals next week!!! Anyway I went into Texas Tropical and they always seem to have a great selection of fish for small tanks, and I picked up 1 green banded goby and 1 Tiger goby (gobiosoma macrodon). the original plan was 2 Green bands, but the Tiger looked so plain it was cool. In case you don't know what the tiger looks like here it is:


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So ive convinced my self my tank just dosent have enough flow.... ive plumbed it with 1/2 cpvc and the pump im using is a via aqua 3300 which does 977 an hr but at 4ft head which is how tall my stand is. There are two returns that go into the tank on either side and the over flow is in the middle. The overflow im using is a is a HOB which does 600 hr, but because of all the right angles I have used in the 1/2 i dont thing there is even 600 going through there. Does anyone have any suggestions ...

Hello and thanks for letting me be a part of your addiction, all of us junkies in one place. Scary stuff. I hope to learn and share what we have learned in our experiences in reef keeping. I look forward to seeing the handy work you guys do with DIY projects and other projects from so many bright minded addicts and maybe a few not so bright ones as well. I assume we are all here to learn and share in reef keeping ideas and maybe a few suggestions on where to get the good deals on supplies. ...

I need help with this one... about 1" long... EXTREMELY FAST... swimming all through the tank... I don't know if this is a baby eel or what the hell it is, I just saw it for the first time tonight, and it's zipping all over the place.... I have a terrible phone video of it if anybody can help id this

http://s770.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=VID00016.flv

I'm going to try and trap it so I can get some more pics

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