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State:
Illinois
Country:
United States
Description:
210 gallon in-wall SPS reef display, 135 gallon refugium, a 55 gallon sump, and 3 10 gallon Carlson surge tanks. Hammerhead Gold return pump, Pacific Coast 1/4 hp chiller, 3 x 400 watt MH lighting using XM 10K bulbs, 2 x 160W 454nm actinic fluorecents on an Ice Cap A4, Nautilus Phosphate reactor, Warner Marine Research AR200E prototype skimmer, Geo 818 calcium reactor filled with almost 30# of Gen-X media
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Fish Kept:
Acanthurus Lineatus,
Centropyge argi,
Chrysiptera starcki x 5,
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus,
Gobiosoma oceanops,
Halichoeres iridis,
Naso Vlamingi,
Paracanthurus hepatus,
Pterapogon kauderni x 4,
Salarias fasciatus,
Synchiropus picturatus,
Valenciennea puellaris,
Zebrasoma scopas
Zebrasoma veliferum
Corals/Plants:
Over 120 species of SPS(mostly started from frags),
15 species of LPS,
Tridacna crocea,
ORA Tridacna derasa,
ORA Tridacna maxima,
"Golden Tear Drop" Tridacna maxima,
Tridacna squamosa
Tank Size:
210 gallons
About Yourself:
I started as a cichlid hobbyist, turned breeder. After breeding 50 or so species of cichlids I tore down my 30 tank/1000+ gallon fish room, and built my dream in-wall reef tank in the summer of '07. I now spend hours at a time pressed against the glass of my reef.
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