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07-24-2007, 10:46 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007
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 |  Aloha from Hawaii!
I'm new to this forum thing, and this is my FIRST salt-water tank, but I just wanted to say Hello!... Everyone's got such great tanks here.... Hopefully I can find a solution for mine... Being that I live in Hawaii, we are not allowed to import coral, nor are we allowed to take them from the oceans. I am trying to find a solution for my tank, so that it will look better than just the live rock I have in it. (It's looking kind of colorless at the moment...I have had it for about 3 months now, it's only a 30 gallon tank. I initially wanted it to be a hermit-only tank, but I opened up to the idea of a few fishes in it as well...I have been considering a 100gal in the near future!  ... (Contents of the tank-- I have three damsels in it, a couple of small (inch long at most) gobies, a halloween hermit, about 7 zebra hermits, and an unknown hermit that looks pink-ish but has very hairly legs..lol--she must not like to shave much!--, two cleaner shrimp, four feather dusters, and two brittle stars, that came as hitch-hikers on a live rock I got.). *in the photo there's a small humuhumunukunukuapua'a, I set him free because my father caught him on a hand-pole and I read up about him and found out he needs a 50gal at minimum....and I also added a proteinskimmer that says it is for 30-100gallon tanks, Seaclone brand). Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! 
Anyhows, thanks for reading this and have a good one.
Aloha!
-Minx 
Last edited by SnorkelMinx; 07-24-2007 at 10:57 PM.
Reason: Wanted to include more info.
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07-24-2007, 10:50 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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First-off welcome!  I would cry if my tank was coral-less
Premium LR with coral hitchikers! (okay, not likely, but a possibility!) _________ 14g Oceanic Cube
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07-24-2007, 10:59 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007
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--It was LR that I took from the beach...we can take rock/coral rubble as long as there is no "visible lifeforms" on it.-- | |
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07-24-2007, 11:36 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Hello and welcome to 3Reef!
Hawai'i eh? I am taking some courses at UH Manoa, getting certified too. _________ 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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07-25-2007, 01:55 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Hello and welcome to 3reef first of all! You will be glad you decided to become part of our community of reefers in hopes of obtaining and achieving the same common interests, conservation and becomming conscientous aquarists while maintaining vivid, healthy and enjoyable reef/fish tanks longterm!
Give it time and let the coralline algae grow and cover your live rock. That will ensure that you have some pretty pink, red and purple color to your rock work. Maybe some macroalgae as well to add some life to your tank.
If you can add zoanthids and mushroom anemones...it will add color immensely as they come in a myriad of color!
Good luck! and again Welcome(ALOHA) _________ 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> 
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07-25-2007, 03:42 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef. Wouldn't hurt to have just a little more LR in your tank. They say 1 to 2 lb per gal. Anyway good to have you aboard. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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07-25-2007, 06:02 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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welcome to 3reef! _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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07-25-2007, 08:52 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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 To 3Reef!!!
Glad you found your way here. Good thing I do not live in Hawaii. It would be real hard to explain why a frag or two did'nt just fall in my trunks pocket while I was out diving.  _________ 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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07-25-2007, 09:25 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2007
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WELCME TO 3 REEF.... | |
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07-25-2007, 10:55 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
Posts: 3,891
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is it just me, or is your tank really uneven? Another thing... with that much evaporation in your tank, you need to check your salinity. water evaporates, salt doesnt. You can super saturate your water with when the water evaps that much. | |
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