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05-16-2008, 01:24 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: ...the night time... is the right time...
Posts: 183
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hi everyone, i was doing a water change on my african cichlid setup(mbuna) about four months ago when it hit me....i've been keeping fish for 20 years now! so to celebrate i decided to try my first reef tank, its a 29 gallon and i'm about three and a half months into it,added my first corals {a rock with 8 mushroom polyps on it}a few days ago,so far so good,but i'm gonna take this REAL slow.... | 
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05-16-2008, 03:01 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 4,066
 
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Welcome abaord and welcome to the dark side of the pond. Keep us posted and feel free to post so pics. Luna _________ 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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05-16-2008, 03:03 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Congrats and welcome to 3reef!
Glad to see you make the switch from Africans to a marine reef aquarium. Their are many differences, likewise their are many similarities as well between the two tank biotopes.
You will find both of them rewarding, entertaining and enjoyable,
Best of luck and see if you can show us some pictures! _________ 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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05-16-2008, 04:11 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
Posts: 3,281
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Welcome to the dark side as Luna put it. You will have much more enjoyment with sw. I kept brakish tanks for 23 yrs before I jumped the fence, so I know where you are coming from. _________ 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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05-16-2008, 07:06 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Glad to see you found way here.
Expect most of us here were once long time keepers of FW tanks.
Good luck on new project.
Please share progress with rest of us.  _________ 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..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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05-16-2008, 09:30 AM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
Posts: 1,783
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Welcome to 3REEF! And congrats on the switch. I think you might kick yourself about not doing it sooner, it's very rewarding. Good coral to start with also. | |
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05-16-2008, 09:30 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: ...the night time... is the right time...
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thank you all for the warm welcome, honestly, i probably would have scrapped the idea if it werent for sites like this,i can't believe how much there is to learn or how much things have changed{for the better} since my last sw setup in the mid eighties,after a few more months get under my belt i'll definately be posting some pics,not much going on in there just yet! | |
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05-16-2008, 09:50 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
Posts: 1,084
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Howdy! Welcome to 3Reef send us postcards! fish tank ones...lol | |
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05-16-2008, 09:56 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
Posts: 2,993
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Welcome to 3reef!! _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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p.s. I'm a woman!  "Don't sweat the small stuff, the big stuff is right around the corner waitin' on your a$$!"....me
To new computer users; "When it asks you "Are You Sure You Want to Delete?". Make damn sure you want to delete, cause it's going bye bye"......me
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05-16-2008, 10:08 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Welcome to 3 reef! It's great to hear that you've 'converted'  .
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55gal,260 watt PC(2x65 actinic,2x65 10k daylight,8 lunar LED) 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto, grape, and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 4 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 true perc, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails | |
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