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#1 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.70 |
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the shepherdsreef killer 65 gallon reef with 15 gallon sump jbj ato,halides prime 1/10 LOT OF CORALS
65 gallon reef
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"my fish are up side down do you think there dead?" someone rally asked me this? |
| About Yourself: |
i work a lfs in brea Ca called imperial tropical fish call us up if you need a tank good prices 714-255-0978 |
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buy a good filter flow tho the filter is key |
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lots |
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not much any more still have a nano tho |
| Tank Size: |
80 |
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80 gallon freshwater moved out so i let my reef go.. o-well any 75 to 80 gallon tank 24x24X30 with a 20 gallon fuge sump, nothing in it might add plants, and lots of rock |
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#2 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
7.14 |
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100 |
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Entire tank (New default picture) Updated 08-08 |
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It can be so hypnotic to watch them for hours on end |
| About Yourself: |
A very costly hobby, but one we can always do together |
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My husband had a reef tank years ago. We just started up a new one again a several months ago and absolutely love it. It is a great hobby you can do together. Flow ! Flow ! Flow and lots of live cured Rock!!! Salinity and temperature, because one wrong element can ruin your tank. We feed alot so all of our starfish live for several months, also not everyone can keep a flame angel, coral beauty, purple and yellow tang together in the same tank so luck was on our side (IF YOU DO NOT LIKE OUR PICTURES THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM, BUT VOTING 0 IS VERY NEGATIVE ON YOUR PART) PLEASE JUST MOVE ON - THANKS!!!! |
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WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Scissortail Goby, coral beauty, clown tang, naso tang, purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, purple firefish, six line wrasse, corise yellow wrasse, Orange and white juvenile corise wrasse, leopard wrasse, pink skunk clown, percula clown, harlequin sweet lips, bigmouth spotted jawfish, marlin, lawnmower blenny, 2 stripped cleaner shrimp, royal gama, anemone crab, emerald crabs, dozen or more starfish (I love color), greek goddess slug, leaf fish |
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WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Purple fan coral, toadstool leather coral
green plate tentacle coral, bubble coral ultra green, frogspawn fluorescent green coral, brain coral, variety of mushrooms, gorgonian, dendrophelia coral, pulsing xenia, short orange plate coral, open brain candy coral, carnations, candy coral, long green torch coral, acropora, favia, kenya tree green coral, ricordea, ultra blue maxima clams, frags, feather dusters, coco worm, hammer head bubble torch coral, colt coral , green flower pot, duncan heads, assorted zoos, green strar, and some blue sponge |
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60 |
| Description: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK AND OTHER ITEMS FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
(THE KEY TO HAVING AS MANY FISH AS WE DO IS TO GET THE XTRA LARGE PROTEIN SKIMMMER)
60 gallon reef / fish saltwater tank, 2 Aqua jets powerheads with 110 Aqua pro chiller, 4 1/2 watts per gallon of compact fluorescent lighting, UV sterilizer light, 300 gallon capacity protein skimmer |
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#3 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.14 |
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103 |
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Left side of tank (08-08) Established only 3 months now - Check out our full tank pictures as well.........
(IMAGINATION AND DETERMINATION ARE THE KEY FACTORS FOR US) Every kind of fish you can think of that everyone says you can't keep together, we have in the tank - (Our Tank was custom built by Ryan - Thanks!!!) -
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!! |
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It can be so hypnotic to watch them for hours on end |
| About Yourself: |
A very costly hobby, but one we can always do together |
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My husband had a reef tank years ago. We just started up a new one again a several months ago and absolutely love it. It is a great hobby you can do together. Flow ! Flow ! Flow and lots of live cured Rock!!! Salinity and temperature, because one wrong element can ruin your tank. We feed alot so all of our starfish live for several months, also not everyone can keep a flame angel, coral beauty, purple and yellow tang together in the same tank so luck was on our side (IF YOU DO NOT LIKE OUR PICTURES THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM, BUT VOTING 0 IS VERY NEGATIVE ON YOUR PART) PLEASE JUST MOVE ON - THANKS!!!! |
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WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Scissortail Goby, coral beauty, clown tang, naso tang, purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, purple firefish, six line wrasse, corise yellow wrasse, Orange and white juvenile corise wrasse, leopard wrasse, pink skunk clown, percula clown, harlequin sweet lips, bigmouth spotted jawfish, marlin, lawnmower blenny, 2 stripped cleaner shrimp, royal gama, anemone crab, emerald crabs, dozen or more starfish (I love color), greek goddess slug, leaf fish |
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WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Purple fan coral, toadstool leather coral
green plate tentacle coral, bubble coral ultra green, frogspawn fluorescent green coral, brain coral, variety of mushrooms, gorgonian, dendrophelia coral, pulsing xenia, short orange plate coral, open brain candy coral, carnations, candy coral, long green torch coral, acropora, favia, kenya tree green coral, ricordea, ultra blue maxima clams, frags, feather dusters, coco worm, hammer head bubble torch coral, colt coral , green flower pot, duncan heads, assorted zoos, green strar, and some blue sponge |
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WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK AND OTHER ITEMS FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
(THE KEY TO HAVING AS MANY FISH AS WE DO IS TO GET THE XTRA LARGE PROTEIN SKIMMMER)
60 gallon reef / fish saltwater tank, 2 Aqua jets powerheads with 110 Aqua pro chiller, 4 1/2 watts per gallon of compact fluorescent lighting, UV sterilizer light, 300 gallon capacity protein skimmer |
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#4 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.00 |
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110 in-wall reef tank |
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| About Yourself: |
None |
| Advice: |
Don't go cheep, it will cost you. |
| Fish Kept: |
Powder brown tang,Half black mimic and six others |
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SPS, LPS, Soft, I have 21 SPS frags that are growing fast and will improve the right side of the tank when they are grown in about 6 months to a year. |
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110 |
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110 gallion in-wall reef tank, 4 months old, 1 400 MH, 1 175 MH |
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#5 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.98 |
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103 |
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180G Reef tank with SPS |
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We started saltwater aquaria in 2007 with a brthday gift from my spouse: a 95G Oceanic Wave reef tank. Within months, we were looking for a larger tank! The 95G now houses my wife's breeding seahorses, (Hippocampus Reidi) and a nice collection of zoanthids, palys and other safe corals for the seahorses... |
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The first and most important lesson I learned in saltwater aquaria: Be patient, grasshopper.
Find an honest, experienced LFS which specializes in saltwater, join a local club, and seek advice constantly. Start with as large a tank as you can manage...that will only delay the desire to upgrade! |
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(1) Magnificent Foxface Rabbitfish
(1) Blue Hippo Tang
(1) Yellow Tang
(2) Black ORA Ocellaris Clownfish
(5) Green Chromis
(1) Green Mandarin Dragonette
(1) Purple Firefish
(1) Yellow spooted Goby |
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Acropora, Montipora, Zoanthids, Colt, Frogspawn, Plate coral, GSP, |
| Tank Size: |
180 |
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72 x 24 x 24 reef tank with numerous SPS, LPS, zoas grown from frags. Lighting is CURRENT USA Outer Orbit fixture w/ 3x 250W 14K Phoenix Metal Halides supplemented by 8x 39W 420nn and 460nn T5s. Oceanic Model 2 Sump, with center chamber refugium with Chaeto, Blueline 40D-X external return pump, Ocotpus DNW-200 Recirculating Protein Skimmer, Hydor Wavemaker 2 driving (2) Korolia 4 12V Professional series powerheads supplemented by (2) Maxi-Jet 1200 with Hydor wave adaptors. TLF Reactor running carbon. |
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#6 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.86 |
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101 |
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full front |
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Youll have to spend money in this hobby. I highly recommend a Reefkeeper or Aquacontroller this was my BEST INVESTMENT to manage my temp and lighting. Many DIYs on the internet. For ex. I made a top off system for less than $20 and it works great. Rock, corals, and lighting are the most expensive, and buy a good oversized skimmer. Use ONLY RO/DI water |
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1 yellow tang, 4 chromis, 1 royal gramma, 1 perc clown, 1 lawnmower blenny, 2 skunk cleaner shrimp, lots of blue hermits about 8 red legged hermits, a dozen cerith snails, 15 ast snails, 1 red star fish. 1 feather duster. |
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Leathers: Colt, 1 XL long tenticle toadstool with a baby next to it, 1 short tenticle toadstool, yellow fiji, and Xenia that gows like madness I cut it back and with in a few days there are polyps appearing. 4 colors of ricordeas with 2 dozen + mouths, lots of blue mushrooms, green rhodactis muchrooms, 100s and 100s of zoos and palys, 4 headed torch, and an red and green open brain. Huge rock with 2 morphs of long tenticle star polyps. |
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75 gal drilled all glass tank with red oak canopy and stand. Reefkeeper 1 to control lighting cycle and temp with 300 watt heater in sump and a fan in the hood and a fan blowing on the sump. I maintain 77.5 to 78.5 degrees year round. 260 watt power compact. Hydor Kor 1 and Rio 400 for in tank criculation with dual spouts for returns Clear plastic bin with 10 gallons of water in sump. DIY top off (thanks to Melevesreef.com) Mag 7 for return. Berlin classic skimmer. 200 micron filter sock cleaned every 3 days. Another 200 micron filter sock for skimmer return cleaned weekly. Water is crystal clear with no microbubbles at all. I run Black diamond carbon changed monthly. Essential elements added byweekly rotated with an 8 gallon water change by weekely as well. About 90 lbs of live rock and a 2" sandbed. Never had to cycle the tank Always maintained 0 for AMM. NITRATE, NITRITE and PHOSPHATES. Used to dose kalk, but cal is stable at 420 to 440. |
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#7 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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55 gal reef tank |
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Don't tap the fish tank |
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Spend the money for good pruducts, Do it right the first time, no sortcuts. |
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Blue damsel,six line wrasse, pair perculas and a purple tang |
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Colt coral, green hammer, pink brain, goniopora, blue mushrooms, blue, orange, and yellow zoas and yellow and green star polps. |
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55 |
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4 compact fluorescent 260 watt. I use a chiller to keep the tank in steady temp. |
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#8 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.77 |
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size 150x60x60
hard and soft corals
i hope you liket |
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reef tank |
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this is first time in my life on reef tank , |
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New to the hobby but absolutley loving it. |
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damsel , nemo , maron , tiger , shrimp, yallow tang |
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hard and soft corals |
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180 |
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lighting equipment giesemann brand , |
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#9 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.70 |
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102 |
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I have kept Malawi Cichlids for a few years but always wanted a reef setup & I have finally taken the plunge & set my reef tank up. It has only been running 5 weeks. The live rock, live sand & water all came 2nd hand from an established setup. |
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Never be afraid to ask for advice. |
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Yellow Tang
pair of Common Clowns
Flame Angel
Kole Tang
1 Yellow Rock Goby
Red Scooter Blenny
2 cleaner shrimp
1 Blood shrimp
1 orange starfish
4 turbo snails
2 Red legged hermit crabs
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Small clumps of Xenia, mushrooms & Zoo's that came with the live rock when I bought it.
Green tipped Hammerhead
Green Tipped Frogspawn
Green Goniapora
Acan Lord
Yellow Fiji Toadstool
Red plating montipora
Bright green trumpet coral
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Jewel Vision 180 Bow Fronted. 3ft wide by 16 inches deep & 22 inches high. 1 external Eheim professional filter with activated carbon & rowaphos in it. x2 Hydor powerheads, 45Kg Live rock, Live sand as substrate. Deltec MCE300 Protein Skimmer. TMC UV sterilizer, Eco Aqualizer, 200W heater, Aquamedic 150W metal Halide lighting unit suspended over my tank & 2 strips of blue LED lights attached to my aquamedic unit as my actinics night viewing.Certizon ozonizer connect to an ORP controller |
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#10 out of 26 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.66 |
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29 gallon mixed reef tank. tank is 3mths old |
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patience |
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bi color parrot
sailfin tang
2 maroon clowns
1 clarki
1 yellow tang
2 mandarin gobies
1 black and yellow damsel
1 blue allen damsel
2 fire fish
3 cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
pink and blue goby
engineer goby
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various acropras and montiporas
various acans
various ricordeas
various polyp and zoanthids
2 clams
pagoda cup
pink chalice
yellow tubinaria
xenia
candy cane
4 feather dusters
small in tank refugium
2 blastomussa's
yellow gorgonia
purple gorgornia
assorted brainsorange sun coral |
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29 gallon mixed reef tank.
305 total watts (halide and pc combined)_
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