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02-25-2006, 07:10 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: florida
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 |  My 29 any advice
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I have a 29g high glass (23h-23l-12w) with glass top cut to fit accessories.
Penguin biowheel 150 without the wheel
prizum skimmer on from 7am til 7pm
170 gph pump for water movement, mounted at top of tank at slight
angle down, flow from right to left as you look at the tank.
on from 7am til 7pm
heater stick, temp stays between 74-80
2 inchs sand and approx. 20lbs of fiji live rock
coralife aqualight 1 65 watt 10,000k fluoresent, 1-65 watt actint both on from
7am till 7pm and actint is also on only from 5am, and from 7pm till 9pm to
simulate morning, and night, and a moon light from 9pm till 5am.
1 green brittle star
11 scarlet hermits
6 nassau snails
4 margarita snails
2 false perculas
1 orchid dottyback
1 cheveron tang
some hairy shroons
small frag of hammer
Last edited by stonepilot; 02-25-2006 at 08:44 PM.
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02-25-2006, 07:50 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lynnwood, WA
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Welcome to 3 reef Stonepilot.
How long has your system been running? Do you have any pics? My first observation is your temp swings between 74 and 80 degrees. Is this daily? I would remove the glass tops on your tank to help regulate temp. Hopefully to only a 2 degree change. Also I would run the skimmer and your water movement pump 24/7. JMO
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02-25-2006, 08:44 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: florida
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running one month. distilled wated from walmart, no ammonia no nitrites, no nitrates ph stabil at 8.1 but only test in afternoon. temp swings from night to day but has been staying pretty consistant lately at 75. jpegs are to big | |
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02-25-2006, 09:17 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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Up your LR to 1-2 LBS per gallon and you can get rid of the filter and only use it on ocassion to run carbon.
Ditto on the PH and skimmer on 24/7 _________ 135g 3" SB 3- 400w MH, 2 65w PC actinic, 2 10K PC, 40g refugium, EV-180 PS ,Mag 18 ret,1700 PH,2 maxi 1200's air water and ice 5 stage RO/DI  | |
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02-25-2006, 10:26 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Ditto on what everyone has said so far.....
Wait at least another month to six weeks for your system to become even more stable before adding any more corals or fish. BTW if you decide to add any more corals, with your lighting (pc 2x65 watts) stay with the lesser light demanding corals like what you have now. Leathers and soft, no sps.
Welcome to 3Reef.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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02-25-2006, 01:37 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Hey post a pic of those shroons, never heard of those before.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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02-25-2006, 07:01 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: florida
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| shroons
pics to get started | |
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02-25-2006, 08:46 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: florida
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rickzter love to see a pic of the whole tank. | |
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02-25-2006, 10:14 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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Stone, welcome to 3Reef!
I think your lights are heating up the tank, and you've compensated by lowering the thermostat on your heater. I like having the glass top on the tank. I see from your picture that you have the lights raised away from the water, so I'm at a loss as what you could do to even out your temperature variation.
I disagree with Diver. The lighting you have is fine, and would be adequate for a tank twice your size. (We've had these lighting discussions before. See the lighting posts or the anemone posts).
Karma to you for a good post! _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Green Chromis damsel, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral shrimp.
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02-26-2006, 06:45 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: florida
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Thanks saw39 temps have been stabil at about 75. trying for a stabil 80. started dosing for a ph of 8.3 or better stabil right now at 8.1. | |
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