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04-06-2007, 12:04 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hazel Park, Mi. Age: 36
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 |  reefer out of control, when to stop?
Hi, i've had my reef up for a few monthes and everything going great.. I can't stop, i'm addicted. When do I stop adding frags and corals? I still have room for more but every weekend I keep buying stuff. So when is a good stopping point? | 
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04-06-2007, 12:14 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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When you run out of money and your wife divorces you! _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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04-06-2007, 12:16 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Dont forget to leave room for them to grow. | |
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04-06-2007, 12:54 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: east anglia, england Age: 16
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well leave space for them to grow spread them out and once you reckon its full start saving the money youd pay out for a new tank then you can get even more _________ 34 liter
3 male guppies (king red)
5 neon tetras
1 dwarf gourami (neon blue)
2 bronze corydoras.
a snail
2 baloon mollies (1 black 1 white) male and female mated pair have 5 fry
R.I.P
1 neon tetra, 1 bronze corydora, 1 dwarf gourami Mister Poll: tropical fish Mister Poll: saltwater fish
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04-06-2007, 01:02 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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hahahaha
You will ALWAYS want one bigger, check out my post with that guys 3600g tank. | |
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04-06-2007, 10:16 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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As ravin said "When you run out of money and your wife divorces you!
" I reached the 2nd part. But now with no wife the sky is the limit :-)
That is the beauty of this hobby. There is always more you can do from a stocking standpoint to the never ending knowledge that can be gained through the hobby.
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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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04-06-2007, 12:04 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
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You could buy stuff and send it to me. Then buy new stuff! _________ 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 | |
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04-06-2007, 04:19 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Originally Posted by Jeffrey750  Hi, i've had my reef up for a few monthes and everything going great.. I can't stop, i'm addicted. When do I stop adding frags and corals? I still have room for more but every weekend I keep buying stuff. So when is a good stopping point? | After all the yrs I have been in this bobby I still see corals I want heck in fact I average 3 new frags a week I bring home for our tank , Its always the not so seldom seen stuff I collect now the Blues and purple and teals green with orange polyps across stuff like that But i still get that feeling when I see that unusual coral. Oh I feel your pian LOL _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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04-06-2007, 08:09 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hazel Park, Mi. Age: 36
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Thanks for the replies, I guess i'll keep on adding till I upgrade to a new tank. | |
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04-06-2007, 08:42 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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One very important thing to mention to you before you go out on shopping sprees at the local buy your fish from us and save a buck though we don't know much about the reef hobby much store!!! Don't forget that corals carry varying toxins and ways of implementing these chemical warfare defenses to harm, if not kill, neighboring corals! Be careful with the types and placement in your tank or you could be spending more money than not to replace the one you just lost due to sweeper tentacles by a Euphyllia(Frogspawn) for instance.
Need to think about that and the growth of the coral ie. plate, tubular, encrusting, whirling etc. with regards to lighting and water flow to try and match it is closely as possible to that of its natural biotope! _________ 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 
Last edited by coral reefer; 04-07-2007 at 05:05 AM.
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