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- Subject: [M] Newbie questions, cowfish and live rock...
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:46:24 GMT
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- My reader goofed up my first post of this ....
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- After reading the story about the poor cowfish and the response that live rock
- may cause a "parasitic siege" of sorts, my questions are?
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- 1) What should you visually look for on live rock before you add it to
- reduce the chances of "bad things" being added to the tank?
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- 2) How dangerous is it to add live rock to existing tanks whether they are
- reefs already or non-reefs?
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- 3) What can be done to minimize the chance of parasitic attack when new rock
- is added?
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- I am a newbie and will be setting up my first marine tank this weekend. I live
- in Colorado and the water has some serious copper problems. I would like to
- add live rock and go with inverts. The exisiting tank is a friends 55 gallon,
- It is a "sterile" environment ie nothing but fish and dead coral decorations.
- It is populated by 1 damsel (I wanna trade it away) and a clown I will keep.
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- 4) How can I get the copper out of the water and decorations/gravel that is
- already in the tank? Would it just be easier to trade away the 2 fish and
- toss all the tank contents to start over with "virgin" materials?
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- 5) One last question..I would like recommendations for a 55 gallon reef
- population. I would like all the fish to get along and hopefully be half
- way sociable too. I would like to add a shrimp or two, anemones and
- corals. Any suggestions would be very welcome. I have 20 years of fresh
- water experience and am on the edge of making the "big switch".
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- Thanks!
-
- Mike
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- PS any Colorado Springs or Denver or Pueblo marine types please drop e-mail
- so I can bug you directly! :-)
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