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04-11-2008, 04:56 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 6
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 |  Hi from tropical Minnesota
Hi, Since we are having a blizzard here with 12 inches of new snow I figured I'd take the time to register rather than just lurk in these forums. On March 18, 2008 I began to set up a 20 gallon long reef tank in my office at work. I used to breed discus many years ago, but I got too busy with work, kids, and school so I sold all of my equipment. I'm not a complete newb, but salt water is new to me as well as a lot of the equipment has changed. Here is a list of what I have done so far.
1. 20gl long tank
2. 1 inch aragonite sand
3. 25 pounds Tonga Live rock.
4. 100 watt heater(can't remember brand, but it's a top of the line one)
5. Whisper 30 filter(will be going to a nano refugium)
6. Biocube 29 skimmer (not sure If I'm going to stay with it)
7. 2 hermits after two weeks of cycling
8. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrates 0, PH 8.3, KH 8-9, SG 1.023
9. I have also found what looks to be two anemones and one zoanthid polyp a very small brittle star, as well as numerous small featherdusters on the live rock.
10. Just received a 30" Current USA Satellite 65w light yesterday.
BTW I started the tank with distilled water and will continue to make all my water changes with that since it's pretty cheap. Everything appears to be thriving at this point. I may begin to add fish in a couple weeks if all goes well.
I've attached two pics. I think I have two hitchhiker anemones on the lower left hand side of the live rock in the second pic. Can anyone Identify them and are they harmful. Any info would be appreciated | 
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04-11-2008, 04:58 PM
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| | Caribbean Reef Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>>>
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 true perc ,1 porcelain crab, tuxedo urchin, 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, rd/blue blastos, neon grn bali slimer acro, ROB, 1 grn 1 purple tipped frogspawns, feather duster, purple, and orange rics, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, cndycane corals, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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04-11-2008, 05:14 PM
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| | Tassled File Fish
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
Posts: 1,984
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Those are zoanthid corals. Woot your first coral 
LOL
WELCOME TO 3REEF! _________  | |
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04-11-2008, 05:54 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bloomington, MN
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Welcome to 3reef! What part of MN? _________ 72G Bowfront
20G Sump
Euro Reef Skimmer
Custom Bio Tower
Mag7 Pump
2 Koralia 4 Powerheads
70Lbs. Live Rock
80Lb Live Sand  | |
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04-11-2008, 06:02 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
Posts: 2,980
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Welcome to 3reef, glad 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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04-11-2008, 07:29 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Glad to see you found way here.
Looks like you are off to a great start.
Good Luck.
Scott _________ 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 - (Davis Family Reef Aquarium - Home Page/Reef Log) (Best Photos of 2008!) | |
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04-12-2008, 08:21 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Thanks for the warm welcome all. Seppish, I live just south of Duluth. Also thank you for the ID on the zoanthids, that makes three then. The other one was easy to identify, even for me. If you look just about an inch up and slightly to the right in that same pic you will see a feather duster, forgot to mention that in my first post.
Take care all, and have a great day. Scott ( seems to be few Scotts here) | |
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04-12-2008, 08:28 AM
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| | Tassled File Fish
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Your welcome! Dont forget to update us in on your progress! | |
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04-12-2008, 08:30 AM
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| | Caribbean Reef Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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04-12-2008, 08:32 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 3,656
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Welcome to 3reef. That was my very first SW tank(20L) Good luck with everything and let us know if you need help with anything. Luna
P.S. yes, there are alot of Scotts here, this is going to get confusing _________ 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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