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03-28-2007, 09:24 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hazel Park, Mi. Age: 36
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 |  newbee to reef and corals
Hi all, i've had salty fish for 15 years but this is my first reef tank. So much to learn. I like reading peoples questions and answers, been really informative. So I joined here so I can as well ask a few. | 
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03-28-2007, 10:28 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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hello and welcome to 3reef _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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03-28-2007, 11:01 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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Welcome To 3Reef! You are going to love the world of reefing. Symbiotic relationships are awsome! _________ 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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03-29-2007, 03:33 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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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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03-29-2007, 04:03 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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03-29-2007, 04:37 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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If you ran successful salt fish tanks for that long then the move to corals will be easy enough..
Other then tighter water parameters and lighting(depending on types of corals you want ) You will encounter very few problems . Corals are not all that difficult to grow. I'm sure you have a good skimmer already with fish only its a must have (: But welcome and ask questions before applying what you read in a book . Lots of dis-information in the books I think.. It all depends on the Arthur's sponsors (: _________ 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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03-29-2007, 06:26 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Welcome to 3reef! Best of luck with your tank...
Some of the issues that will need to be addressed with keeping corals especially are, as Tangster mentioned but also the placement of your corals as each corals husbandry requirements are different in terms of lighting and water movement. You also have to be careful of the placement of your corals as different corals have different chemical warfare(nematocysts, mucus etc.) protective toxins. Some are stronger(toxicity wise) than others so this has to be looked at so as to limit the chance of injury or death from one coral making contact with another neighboring coral, however, some corals can basically launch nematocyst or sweeper tentacles into the water column in hopes of these landing on another coral to harm it!
Eric Borneman's Aquarium Corals or Julian Sprung Coral book offer alot of ggod info regarding husbandry, ease of keeping and compatability as well! _________ 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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