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#811 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
4.87 |
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Favourite old photo, need to update already |
| Quote: |
Problems are just solutions without brainpower added... |
| Advice: |
Let things settle for two months and slowly add the fish and corals. |
| Fish Kept: |
Basic fish just for colour, 2 brown clowns (breeding now), damsels, humbugs, gobies, coral banded shrimp, usual snails, crabs etc |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Daisy corals, fluffies, leathers, several anenomes, purple tipped jardini, heaps of random corals and continually adding slowly. |
| Tank Size: |
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| Description: |
4' x 18'' x 18'' tank with two foot sump
Double twin fluros, running 2 blue, 2 white
Chiller, Heater, Protein Skimmer, Mechanical filter and Biological.
Nothing Fancy, all home made.
Over 50kg of live rock |
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#812 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
4.86 |
| Number of Votes: |
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125 LONG |
| Quote: |
get er done |
| About Yourself: |
always love fish |
| Advice: |
most important research. ask alot of questions.
win the lotto.
ENJOY!!!!!! |
| Fish Kept: |
1 NASO TANG.
2 TRUE PERKS.
1 POWDER BROWN TANG.
1 ORANGE SHOULDER TANG.
1 YELLOW TANG.
2 ROYAL GRAMMAS.
1 FLAME ANGLE.
1 LAWNMOWER BLENNY.
1 YELLOW GOBY.
1 1 GREEN MANDORIN GOBY.
7 GREEN CROMIS.
2 FIREFISH GOBIES.
1 PAJAMA CARDINAL.
1 TOMATO CLOWN.
1 BLACK BRITTLE STAR.
MANY SNAILS AND CRABS. |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
YELLOW POLIPS.
LEATHER TOAD STOOL.
CHOCHOLATE POLIPS.
3 FEATHER DUSTERS.
GREEN AND YELLOW ZOOS.
ORANGE AND RED ZOOS.
FINGER LEATHER.
ANENOME.
BLUE MAXIMA CLAM.
4 PENCIL URCHENS. |
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125 |
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125 gallon long glass w/duel overflows
16 t5 bulbs 1/2 attinic 1/2 day lighters.
45 gallan sump.
1/5 hp chiller.
seaclone 150 skimmer(for now).
2 mag 12 pumps.
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#813 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.86 |
| Number of Votes: |
583 |
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full shot |
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ttt |
| About Yourself: |
dddddd |
| Advice: |
soccer |
| Fish Kept: |
tang |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
sps,lps everytihng |
| Tank Size: |
37 |
| Description: |
37 cube |
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#814 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.85 |
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14g oceanic biocube reef |
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"Only bad things happen quickly in a reef tank." --a very patient man |
| About Yourself: |
Stumbled into a marine fish shop, picked out a couple pieces of rock, a damsel, crab, shrimp and feather duster; when the guy rung me up and told me my total was $160 I literally thought he was kidding. It took about thirty seconds of him staring at me with a straight face for me to get that it was not a joke. It has been all downhill ever since ;) |
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Stock your tank according to how much time money and effort you want to invest in your reef. I have fallen into the trap of buying animals that need to be fed specialized diets or that need frequent feedings when my time wont allow it (or my tank can't process the resulting amount of waste efficiently!) If you arent going to do the required maintenance to keep the water just so for the animals then don't buy the animals that are high maintenance (anemones, sps, etc) You can do a reef that is fairly low in cost and very low maintenance if you do not overstock. And don't think that overstocking or overfeeding won't catch up with you in a bad way! Be patient, let your tank achieve its own balance slowly; don't just throw it all in and hope it all works together. Reading about this hobby is vital, but it is also fascinating and fun and you will feel good about "knowing before you go." Take your aquarium books with you when shopping for new purchases; this will help you avoid impulse/inappropriate purchases. And buy the best equipment your budget will allow or else I guarantee you will be buying twice. |
| Fish Kept: |
breeding ocellaris clown pair (2 years), juvenile ocellaris, peppermint shrimp, 6 blue leg hermits, 2 scarlet yellow face hermits, 3 astrea snails (stocking 1 per gallon is a sure recipie for starving snails!), 3 nassarius snails, misc hitchiker snails which breed constantly, and one bumblebee snail which I have had since I began the hobby in June of '03. I think he will never die. |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
green sinularia, pink kenya tree, finger leather, pink anthelia, brown button polyps, green ricordea, green star polyps |
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14 gallon oceanic biocube. 50 watt heater, stock lights and pump, no skimmer. water change once a month of 5 gallons. |
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#815 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.85 |
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18"x20"x16" nano with live rock, 5 soft coral 1 hard coral, a clean up crew a clown and orchid dottyback, up and running a month so far |
| Quote: |
none |
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take it slow, and listen to as much info as you can before your head pops off |
| Fish Kept: |
clowns, dottyback |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
easy ones this is my first time goniopora is my hardest one |
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12 |
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18x20x16 Nano Reef, 40lbs of live sand, 16kg of live rock, 1 toadstool coral, 1 pulse coral, 2 mushroom corals, 1 yellow polyp and one goniopora, 7 turbo snails, 6 hermits, 1 common clown, 1 ochid dottyback, I have 3 powerheads and a 100w heater 2 36w t5 compacts and 2 t8, up and running since 1st january 2006 |
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#816 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.84 |
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2163 |
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Dont tap on the glass the fish will think your an idot. |
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#817 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.84 |
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90 gallon reef tank, clam, mimic tank yellow leather, torch coral, clown fishes, coral beauty, fairywrasse, filiment wrasse, sand sifting gobey, scooter blenny,fox coral, dented brain, zoanthid colony, gorgonian fan, green clove polyp, feather dusters. |
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What do you mean my fish don't understand it when I talk to them? My fish love me, yes they do...just ask them and they will tell you! |
| About Yourself: |
Started 09/06 when I received a 90 gallon reef tank for my birthday. I'm hooked... that little puddle of water has taken over my life! Soon there will be a 120 gallon fowlr tank with puffer fishes! wooo hoooo! |
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Find a good lfs that will support and guide you. Forget 911, Optimum Aquarium is #1 on my speed dial list. |
| Fish Kept: |
Mimac tang, fairywrasse, filiment wrasse, sand sifting gobey, coral beauty, scooter blenny, ocellaris clowns. |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
yellow leather, torch coral, clam, fox coral, dented brain coral, purple mushroom, zoanthid colony, geen star polyps, red mushroom, gorgonian fan, green clove polyp, feather dusters. |
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90 gallon reef tank, metal halide lights, euro-reef rs135 protein skimmer, 2 power heads, 2 stealth heaters, sump, 90lbs live rock. |
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#818 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.84 |
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195 |
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purple queen anthias royal grammer and sebae |
| About Yourself: |
wanted to be a marine biologist didnt have the ambition so im going to the next best thing |
| Advice: |
patience ,patience ,patience if you rush you will fail and lose a lot of money |
| Fish Kept: |
1sailfin tang,3 ocellaris clown fish , 2 blue damsels ,1 sebae clown, 1 royal gramma, 1sixline wrasse,1 purple queen anthias, (INVERTS) 4 peppermint shrimp ,1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 30 or so turbo snails, 40+ hermits scarlets blue legs and zebra's 10 cerith snails, 30 nassarius snails, sand sifting star, 2 horseshoe crabs, i think thats it for now |
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1green stripe mushroom, 2 ricordea mushrooms, green star polyps, green eyed zoo's, hammer coral |
| Tank Size: |
120 |
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L48"xW24.5"xH25" I have 4 65watt pc's 2 dual daylight and two dual actinics , 2 maxijet 900's and 2 maxijet 1200's, main pump is a magdrive 950 and a brand new refugium that isnt in yet asm G2 protein skimmer, also a aqua 40 watts uv sterilizer |
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#819 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.83 |
| Number of Votes: |
2266 |
| Description: |
130 custom built 1-250w MH w/XM 20k |
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#820 out of 963 reef tanks worldwide |
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4.82 |
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Front view of Marco's 24 gallon nanocube, Feb 2007 |
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Save a reef, grow your own! |
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Trained as a ecologist and biologist. Keep a reef tank as a form of environmental activism and because I love the ocean. My wife is very attached to our clown fish. |
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Cycle long, build slow, read a lot, Diversity = stability
Understand your biology. |
| Fish Kept: |
True Perc Clown pair, breading
Don't over stock fish! 1 inch of fish for every 5gallons of water. 24 gallon tank? No more then 4.8 inches of fish, total. I only have about 3 inches between my two clowns. I am considering adding a High Fin Goby/pistol shrimp pair. |
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Mostly tank propagated, variety of soft corals
Several species of corallimorphs (mushrooms)
About seven species of zoainthids
Green star polyps
Three species of gorganians
Two species of sarcophyton
One colt coral
Xenia
Ricordia
Five species of snails (Astaea, Margarita, Nerites, Ceriths, Nassarius)
Ten small hermit crabs
One emerald crab
Two cleaner shrimp
Lots of micro brittle stars
A healthy population of copepods, amphipods and other plankton.
Spaghetti worms
Beneficial fireworms
One large feather duster worm
Lots of little feather dusters
Small worm snails
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24 gallon Nanocube
32 lbs live rock, 20 lbs live sand, 4 lbs "GARF grunge"
72 watts of 50/50 compact
Upgraded pump, upgraded heater
No carbon or any chemical filtration
One sponge for mechanical filtration
Surface skimmer
ATO top off with 5gallon sump
Separate pod cultivation tank (2.5 gallon)
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