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07-24-2006, 09:12 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
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|  Whats your favorite time to look at your tank?
I was just turning on my lights this morning(timer broke) and thats totaly my favorite time to look at my tank. As soon as the lights kick on everyone kinda pokes their head out and the tang is all pale and starts to get color. My snowflake gets all grumpy and hungry and stirs up the tank.
Whats yours? _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia
Last edited by Urban_s; 07-24-2006 at 01:26 PM.
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07-24-2006, 09:22 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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My favorite is at 11pm. 1 hr after lights out with a red lens on my flash-lite.
My hippo tang spends about 30 min trying to backhimself into a crevice to sleep, my sailfin just swims around real slowly, I can count all 12 of my brittle starfish as they come out of hiding to scavage for food, and the rest of the fish are just fun to try to find at that time.
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x hydor #3's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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07-24-2006, 10:32 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,447
 
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My favorite time to look at my tank is when its clean  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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07-24-2006, 11:03 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
Posts: 1,200
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The best time to look at my tank is about 2-5pm. Everything is completely out. Once my room get's dark around 7pm, the glow of the halide looks nice on the tank, but everything is not as out as the time mentioned above.
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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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07-24-2006, 12:07 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
Posts: 874
Karma: 137
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Originally Posted by Bruce My favorite time to look at my tank is when its clean | +1, Just after I've cleaned it.
As far as the time of day, it depends on the tank.
The 210 in the office is when I'm blabbing on the phone.
The 90 fowler in the den is when I'm 1/2 watching the tube since it's at the end of the couch.
The 300 between the dining room and living room is around dinner since it's right next to the table.
All get extra attention at feeding time when I do a head count to see if everybody is happy. 
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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07-24-2006, 02:13 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
Posts: 3,973
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One of my favorite times is when I have just my actinics on. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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07-24-2006, 02:18 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,447
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Yes! Actinics make the corals look nice. | |
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07-25-2006, 01:05 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 94
Karma: 196
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I must say that there is no one time that I like to look at my tank. I am constantly looking, especially after cleaning and or adding something new. | |
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07-25-2006, 01:12 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
Posts: 500
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When I get home from the office, peace at last. The nice scenery and water movement is incredibly relaxing if you let it be  Fire up some David Gray (music) and a corona light or two. Ecstasy w/o the worry of a jail cell. | |
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07-25-2006, 05:10 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
Posts: 1,117
Karma: 166
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I Really Love Coming Home And Myself, Hubby, And All Three Cats Sit By The Tank And Watch The Inhabitants. It's So Relaxing And It Will Be Even Nicer When We Get Fish...but I Am So Far Very Content Watching My Crabs. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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