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08-30-2007, 08:42 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Abilene, Texas
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 |  Hello from Abilene, Texas
Hi guys,
Just getting acquainted with you all.  I'll have lots of questions later I'm sure. Right now I'm cycling.
Starting off with a
20 gallon 24x12x16
VHO lighting with two 75 watt Actinic white VHO lamps
30 lb. live sand
20 lb. live rock
Jebo protein skimmer 180
heater
Am I on the right track here so far? | 
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08-30-2007, 08:44 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Abilene, Texas
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Oh forgot to add that my water is from my brother's established 75 gallon aquarium. Not sure if that makes a difference/helps/hurts. | |
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08-30-2007, 08:45 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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 To 3Reef!!!
Looks like you are doing great. Be patient with the cycle and all will be great later. _________ 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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08-30-2007, 09:57 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef!
The water will help tremendiously but you might want to turn your skimmer off for a while because there is nothing in the tank to skim. I ran my tank for 5 months before i turned my skimmer on. Also don't run the lights right now. You want bacteria to grow and not algae. _________ 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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08-30-2007, 12:02 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Abilene, Texas
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Can I keep my little 15 watt lights on any at all? The ones that came with the tank hood? My tank is in a dark corner and can't really observe anything without light. | |
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08-30-2007, 02:56 PM
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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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08-31-2007, 04:37 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Western Wisconsin
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Welcome! _________  120 RR AGA, 2000gph, 840watts lighting, Aqua C- 150 (w/ mag12), DIY Kalk Reactor, 7 years reef keeping
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08-31-2007, 07:22 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Abilene, Texas
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| Rock anenome
Hi all,
Just started my cycling day before yesterday. I turned my lights on this morning and found a snail (guess he was in the sand shipped in from Florida) and four little rock anenome. I saw rock anenome on some of the rock at the little mom and pop fish store here in town where I bought the rock, but "Dave" the fish guy didn't give me any of those rock and when I pointed them out to him he said they weren't the "as dangerous" kind....lol. So what is the verdict, are they good or are they bad? And are there gradations of bad? | |
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08-31-2007, 08:01 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Troutdale, Oregon
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welcome to 3 reef. there's lots of help available here. I would suggest using the search feature to find specific topics you're interested in. Good luck. I've been to Abilene many times visiting my son who went to ACU
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AG 120 gal, Coralife Super Skimmer(220 gallon),120 lbs. of Live Fiji Rock, Pondmaster 1800 gph pump, 4-48" VHO T12 (2 Artic White, 2 Acitinic Blue)
purple tang, clarkii clowns, flame hawkfish, foxface rabbitfish, naso tang
green star polyps, sun coral, candy cane coral, green zoos, mushrooms, BTA, Brain coral | |
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09-01-2007, 08:41 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Welcome to 3reef!!!!!!!!!!! Do you have any pics of this "rock anemone"...the reason i ask is it could be a pest anemone called aiptasia (ap-tay-sha).....these reproduce asexually and do it fast,sting everything in the tank,and when u scrape one off a rock one will sometimes grow in the same place as the last... | |
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