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12-13-2007, 03:26 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
Posts: 1,112
|  10 month update
heres an update of my tank at 10 months.its going well.i'm no longer adding things,i'm just going to left it grow from here on out.i just change my carbon and 10 gallons of water every month and i need to replace a few snails.oh and i'm thinking i may need new bulbs at some point so i'm thinkin about that.i've bulit a new stand but i'm not using it till i make a new sump.my sump was made from a 10yr old tank and i don't trust it.  
my goal is to no longer be able to see the rocks because of the corals.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | 
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12-13-2007, 04:42 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Right on! Looking great! Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggy222  my goal is to no longer be able to see the rocks because of the corals. | LoL that's MY goal too!  I got a ways to go though....  _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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12-13-2007, 04:46 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 3,782
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Great looking tank Ziggy. Keep up the great work!!!! I have reached to the point that I cant add anything to my tank. Just regular water changes and testing the water. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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12-13-2007, 04:53 PM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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10 months is all it took to get it to look like that??? WHAT AM I DOING WRONG 
It looks really good Ziggy!! lots of very nice colors! _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
R.I.P. Big Blue 12/02-10/22//07
p.s. I'm a woman! 
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12-13-2007, 07:23 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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i'm glad to see my tanks apriciated.i really have no idea what i'm doing right.i use tap water with a ppm of 534.regular instant ocean salt.i have sps mixed with lps and soft corals.4 54 watt 10 month old t5 bulbs with no fan.as i said before i change 10 gallons a month.i mix it right before changing.acording to some people my tank should of crashed by now.i'm not going to get too brave though.i'm sure with just a little more neglect it will go downhill fast. | |
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12-14-2007, 05:00 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by ziggy222 i'm glad to see my tanks apriciated.i really have no idea what i'm doing right.i use tap water with a ppm of 534.regular instant ocean salt.i have sps mixed with lps and soft corals.4 54 watt 10 month old t5 bulbs with no fan.as i said before i change 10 gallons a month.i mix it right before changing.acording to some people my tank should of crashed by now.i'm not going to get too brave though.i'm sure with just a little more neglect it will go downhill fast. | Yes I bet a lot of people have told you you are doign things wrong and your tank will crash and ya-da-ya-da.... Don't listen to them. Don't listen to all the crazy things people insist you have to do for things to work and for you to have a healthy tank....
From what I see your tanks looks good and that means you are doing something right. Just keep doing it and check your water parameters out every now and then to make sure things are ok.
I do say I am suprised that you are not gettign algae issues using tap water but if not then keep using it. I would check phosphate leves just to know what they are but good job my friend. | |
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12-14-2007, 08:41 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Yep ziggy...looking good.
I use tap water also...no algae issue whatsoever.
Do regular water changes to make sure no toxin/metal buildup.
Cu is my biggist worry. But run some cuprisorb in sump and check for monthly. No sign of todate...4+ years. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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12-14-2007, 08:54 AM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
Posts: 1,759
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so far so good
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12-14-2007, 09:35 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 528
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Man I wish I could just use tap water! If I used our water here, I would hate to think what would happen.  By the time our water gets to where I am at from lake Michigan it goes through 9 other communities! Our water is so full of treatment chemicals and other crap when you turn on the tape it makes your eyes water.
My wife was using it on her FW tank and she couldn't understand why she had to clean the algae off the walls of the tank every other day. I told her to start doing her water changes using RO water. It been about 2 1/2 months now and she had to go out and by Algae wafers for her Pleco and the two big blue snails
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I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.--Unknown
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.--Unknown
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12-14-2007, 04:18 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Originally Posted by ziggy222 i'm glad to see my tanks apriciated.i really have no idea what i'm doing right.i use tap water with a ppm of 534. | 534!
Man there must be something in there your corals like. I've never heard a reading that high. Have you tested with a different TDS meter?
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