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| State: California |
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#1 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
6.80 |
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20 |
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Ghost pipe-fish with my greek godess slug |
| Quote: |
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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| State: Utah |
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#2 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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6.55 |
| Number of Votes: |
11 |
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my regal, anthius,fox face, and mimic tang, and copper band |
| Quote: |
pita papala wannanndae haha!!!!!! |
| About Yourself: |
fish |
| Advice: |
patience |
| Fish Kept: |
1 male square anthius,1 blue hippo tan, 1 naso tang, 1 rabbit fish fox face, 1 copper band, 1 damsel, 1 yellow mimic tang, |
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three types of montiporas, 1 hyndaphora, 1 green slimer, one 7 inch welsaphilia brian,5 type of zoas, 3 rose anemones, two hugexenia colonies,my personal favorite... austrialian acan lords, also austrialian duncan polyp, a rare anenome im not sure what species. i also have a couple frog spawns. 1 lobo brain, 1 open brain.also 7 different ypes of mushrooms.1 green leather, also green and brown star polyps, and 1red chalic. 1 long tentical fungia plate. two crocia clams. and 1 maze brain. |
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75 |
| Description: |
75 gallon with custom made overflow system, it has a twenty gal acrylic sump with refusium, and also a protien skimmer, and phosphate reacter. It has an orbit lighting system, two 150 watt halides and two 130 watt actinics. |
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| State: Ohio |
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| Rank: |
#3 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
6.50 |
| Number of Votes: |
18 |
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My longhorn cowfish. |
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n/a |
| About Yourself: |
Went to school for biology. Have always loved fish and aquariums began training for a career as an aquarist. Also have interned at 2 different aquariums in the US. |
| Advice: |
Patience is the key with any aquarium, don't add to many fish to quickly!! |
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Volitans lionfish, Checkered Butterfly- 75 gallon
Valentini Puffer, skunk clown- 12 gallon
Longhorn Cowfish- being temporarily housed in a 29 gallon, until he is larger.
Yellow and Black Striped Chromis and flame scallop- 10 gallon |
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none |
| Tank Size: |
75 |
| Description: |
75 gallon
-skimmer and hang on back marineland filter
-some live rock
-two single tube fluorescent lights
29 gallon
- 2 aqua clear hang on back filters
-1 box filter
-some live rock
12 gallon
-marineland 12 gallon tank with built in filter and light.
-live rock |
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#4 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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6.46 |
| Number of Votes: |
13 |
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Marine Dragonets |
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I started out with an aqua one marisys complete filter but outgrew this too quickly to justify spending the money on it. skimmer was a filter stone model (not good enough). setup a new system which was half the price and is heaps more effective at removing waste.
overflow water goes directly to external skimmer (venturi) which then overflows into a plastic kitchen garbage bin (sump,)with a bag of seachem phosguard and the return pump. thats it.
good thing about phosguard is it can be reused until it turns yellow, its just an extra safe guard agaisnt phosphate. mine lasts for over six months |
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black clowns,
yellow tang,
blue tang,
flame angel,
royal dottyback,
flame tail gobys,
sand goby,
sleeper goby's,yellow fang tail goby,
rock goby,
mandarin goby,
circle or target goby,
coral goby's,
six line wrasse,
algae blenny,
anthia,
coral banded shrimp.
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acropora's,
goniopora,
elegance corals,
ancora,
bubbles,
zooanthoids,
blastos,
duncans,
leathers,
pipe organs,
trachys,
torches,
mushrooms,
pincushion plates,
etc,etc |
| Tank Size: |
55 |
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aqua one ar980. 3.5 ft*
150 watt MH, 2 * t5 actinics, 2 moonlights. no brand
marine sources external protein skimmer ms 150:6540 l.
sump with return pump,
bag of phosguard in sump. no other media used. live rock in main tank.
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| State: Washington |
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#5 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
6.18 |
| Number of Votes: |
11 |
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I hope you guys like it. Star stingray. |
| Quote: |
Get on it ! |
| About Yourself: |
I am a local 86 IronWorker. I have my two love of my life, my wife, and my daughter she is 3 months old. And I have two other fish tanks that I'm just hella crazy for! |
| Advice: |
just enjoy the time that you put in to it. |
| Fish Kept: |
Gouramis, firemouths, bettas, Jack dempsey,plecos, rainbow sharks, candy-stripe loaches, red parrot fishes, Flower horn/parrot fish, King-Kong red parrot, flying foxes, green severums, gold severum, rainbow cichlid red jewel. 3-Surinamesis Geophagus and too much to mention. hehe. |
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two big feather rocks, that I bought from a junkyard and put holes and rooms for the fishes and a piece of drift wood that looks like a dead tree. |
| Tank Size: |
150 |
| Description: |
Size-6'Lx26"Hx18"D.
Light- 2 sets of 40W power-glo.
Filtration- rena xp3, cascade 1500.
And 2 air pumps that I dont know the brand. |
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| State: New York |
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| Rank: |
#6 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
5.78 |
| Number of Votes: |
18 |
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Porcupine Puffer. This is Nibbles looking for food. |
| Advice: |
Take your time, and have a blast. |
| Fish Kept: |
Porcupine Puffer, Fiji Puffer, Clown Trigger, Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby, Blue Devil Damsel, Three-Stripe Damsel |
| Plants Kept: |
Live Rock |
| Tank Size: |
60 |
| Description: |
60 gal, Aqua-C Skimmer |
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| State: Florida |
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#7 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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5.73 |
| Number of Votes: |
11 |
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Copperband Butterfly |
| Advice: |
TAKE OUT THE DAMSELS!!!!!!! |
| Fish Kept: |
Coral Beauty Angelfish, Black Saddle Back Clownfish, Yellow Wrasse, 6 Green Reef Chromis, One Spot Foxface, 2 Firefish, Porcupine Puffer, Copperband Butterflyfish, 2 Worm Gobies, 2 Kaudern's Cardinals, Yellow Tang, Naso Tang, Sailfin Tang, Unknown Damsel
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Fox, Pearl Bubble, Brown Button Polyp, Green Button Polyp, Yellow Polyps, Brown Tree Polyp, Starburst Polyp, Red Mushroom, Blue Mushroom, Green Mushroom, Brown Leather Toadstool Mushroom, Yellow Leather, Cauliflower Colt, Frogspawn, Yellow Flower Pot Coral (I think), Rusty Gorgonian, Purple Brush Gorgonian, Short Tentacle Plate Coral, 2 Brain Corals, Blue Maxima Clam, Gold Maxima Clam
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56 |
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56 Gallons, 30 length x 24 high x 18 width, Marineland Magnum 350 PRO Filter System, Fission Power Skimmer, 9 Watt AquaMedic Compact UV Sterilizer, 1/10HP In-Line Chiller, 3 x 295 gph Maxi-Jet Water Pumps, 60 Whisper Air Pump, 305 Watt Light Fixture (1 x 175W DE HQI, 2 x 65W Compact Fluorescent, 4 x Dual Bluemoon LED)
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#8 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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5.71 |
| Number of Votes: |
14 |
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update |
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A winner never quits |
| About Yourself: |
Just the average Jo, trying to have a go down unde. 29 years of age and trying to make the best tank I possibly can. Please please please, only constructive comments or positive. Or get stuffed
Cheers |
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Please comment on any experiences you have had, every bit of help you can offer will be a great advantage to the next beginner.....( I don't claim to be experienced though, still learn something every day) |
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I currently have in my tank
Fish - 1 Blue Tang, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Lipstick Tang, 4 Blue Chromis 4 Ocellaris Clowns, 1 Longnose Hawkfish, 2 Bar Gobys, 2 Gold Headed Sleeper Gobys, 1 Leopard Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Dragonet, 1 Lawn Mower Blenny, 1 Coral Beauty.
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Approx 130 Kgs or 285 pounds of LR. Number 2 grain white crushed coral substrate, and a tennis ball size air stone.
Corals
Numerous Amounts Of
Toadstools, Anemone, Morphs, Gonipora's, Torches, Hammers, Flowers, Daisys. |
| Tank Size: |
150 |
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Tank size * 5ft x 2ft x 2ft, Sump 5ft x 18" x 21" Octopus HOB skimmer which is now in sump, Ehiem 2500 ltr p/h External Canister Filter, 4 - Metal Halides - 150 watt each with 14000k Bulbs, 2 Ehiem 800 ltr p/h internal Power Heads, Fluro 2 bar with Blue Actinic Grow Lights, 2 x 300 watt heaters (one just incase) 1 return pump from sump pumping at a rate of 7500 ltrs p/h. Halides running for 8 hours with the actinics running 1 1/2 hours either side of that. Also middle section of sump is a refugium, with 2 bar fluros for lighting on the oppisite hours to main tank. Caluprea growing in tank for nitrate reduction purposes. |
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| State: Illinois |
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#9 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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5.70 |
| Number of Votes: |
20 |
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my new tank |
| Advice: |
Dont do it if you dont have TIME. |
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2 green chromis, 3 percula clownfish, 2 domino damsil, 2 blue damsil, 2yellow tail damsils, 2 three striped damsil, 1 Strawberry Dottyback,1 powder brown tang, 1 coral beauty angle, 1 scooter blenny, 1 cleaner shrimp,3 emerald crab, 12 blue leg crabs |
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55 |
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55 lb liverock 40 lb sand, marine land power head 1140, protien skimmer, and hot magnum filter, whisper 60 filter |
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| State: Ohio |
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| Rank: |
#10 out of 23 saltwater fish worldwide |
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5.62 |
| Number of Votes: |
13 |
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My lionfish |
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n/a |
| About Yourself: |
Went to school for biology. Have always loved fish and aquariums began training for a career as an aquarist. Also have interned at 2 different aquariums in the US. |
| Advice: |
Patience is the key with any aquarium, don't add to many fish to quickly!! |
| Fish Kept: |
Volitans lionfish, Checkered Butterfly- 75 gallon
Valentini Puffer, skunk clown- 12 gallon
Longhorn Cowfish- being temporarily housed in a 29 gallon, until he is larger.
Yellow and Black Striped Chromis and flame scallop- 10 gallon |
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none |
| Tank Size: |
75 |
| Description: |
75 gallon
-skimmer and hang on back marineland filter
-some live rock
-two single tube fluorescent lights
29 gallon
- 2 aqua clear hang on back filters
-1 box filter
-some live rock
12 gallon
-marineland 12 gallon tank with built in filter and light.
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