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01/02/2006, 08:11 PM
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Location: North Carolina
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how did you cycle so fast?
I'm like 6 weeks in and I still have high nitrites...did you get rock from an established tank? your tank looks great |
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01/02/2006, 10:31 PM
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My rock was fresh from the ocean. It had been delivered to my LFS the day before I purchased it. I scrubbed off what stunk and tossed the rock in the tank and let it cure. I cycled the tank in just about two weeks. Try cleaning off your rock with a power head or turkey baster. I use a Magnum HOT filter with a micron cartridge to "dust" the rock off and vaccum up the junk on the rocks. I do this every other week. It keeps the tank very clean. I haven't done a single water change yet and have no intention on doing one. I very rarely did water changes on my 55 when it was up and the tank did awesome. I only keep five fish in the tank... 1 Sixline Wrasse 2 True Perc Clowns 2 Yellow Head Jawfish So far corals are... 1 Green Open Brain 1 Yellow Polyp Colony 1 Toadstool Leather 1 Xena |
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01/16/2006, 02:57 PM
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Updated Pic 1/16/06
Well here's an updated pic as of today 1/16. All are doing well.
Fish: Two True Perc Clowns One Sixline Wrasse Inverts One Skunk Cleaner Two Featherdusters Many Hermits and Snails Coral One Toadstool Leather One Yellow Fiji Leather One Thin Finger Leather (acclimating when pic was taken) One Spaghetti Finger Leather Two colonies of Zoo's (center of tank and left side) One Green Open Brain Star Polyps Yellow Colony Polyps Xena 
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01/20/2006, 03:22 AM
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Beautiful work
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01/20/2006, 07:37 AM
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Thanks!
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01/21/2006, 03:58 AM
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I just noticed that you're ditching the M-tank for a 20L...whats going on with the M-tank?
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01/21/2006, 04:58 AM
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Location: north carolina
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sweet looking
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the only dumb question, is the one not asked... Current Tank Info: 225 gallon peninsula |
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01/22/2006, 09:52 PM
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Actually, I'm currently using a Berlin Air-Lift 60 with a wood air stone and pump. Believe it or not, this skimmer actually works better than that piece of junk the tank came with. I do want to upgrade the skimmer to the Tunze nano DOC skimmer when/if it ever comes out. I think that's about the only skimmer that will fit in that small compartment. I'm also beginning to get the urge to keep SPS as well and I'm obviously concerned about lighting. Flow I can achieve, lighting may not be so easy. I just ordered a 250W 14K Pendant for the tank. Finnex is not really sure how the top center brace will react to the heat from that much lighting but I'm going to find out. I was at my LFS on Saturday and he uses 250W 14K Reefstars over all of his coral display tanks. After placing my hand under these pendants at my LFS, if I keep my pendant about 10"-15" off the top of the M-Tank I think I'll be ok. If I lower the pendants, I'll have to place a fan in between the light and the top of the tank. To help cool the water and to keep the center brace cool. So I'll see....if the M-Tank doesn't overheat and melt, I may keep it. I'm going to eventually set up the 20L weather or not I keep the M-Tank. |
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