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09-28-2006, 08:34 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Well, here she is, finally! This picture is a few weeks old and my fiancee ("Tangster" here on 3Reef) is still working on the the hood which will be suspended from the ceiling but other than that, the bulk of the work has been completed. The tank has a 40 gallon breeder tank for a sump and a refugium will be added later as the tank matures. 
We're just now starting to see some brown algae so the cycle is in full swing. | 
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09-28-2006, 09:10 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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Looking good keep us up to date | |
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09-28-2006, 09:32 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA
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Very nice! 
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46 Gallon, Aqua C Remora w/ Maxi-Jet 1200, 2 Hydor Koralia #1, Penguin Bio-Wheel 200 Filter (w/ no Bio-Wheel), 65 lbs live rock, 60 lbs live sand, Coralife 36" Lunar Aqualight 2x96w with LEDs.
LIVESTOCK
Fish: 2 false perculas, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 diamond goby
Inverts: 10 hermit crabs, 2 nassarius snails, 7 turbo snails, 1 electric blue crab, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp.
Corals: Colt Coral
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09-28-2006, 09:53 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Dang you sure have a lot of sand in there maybe a couple of inches too much I'd remove soem of that asap ! Otherwise its looking O.K
Last edited by Tangster : 09-28-2006 at 12:22 PM.
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09-28-2006, 10:21 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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 Always a comedian
Forgot to mention that most of that sand has been removed. We thought it would work its way towards the back of the tank but SOMEBODY put so much rock in there that there's no place for the sand to go 
Also, the top part that looks like a hood is actually there to hide the plumbing and overflows and now has the same trim on the top as it does on the bottom. | |
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09-28-2006, 10:29 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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Looks great. I'm putting in my 180 this Nov.
What did you go with as far as lighting is concerned?
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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09-28-2006, 10:46 AM
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| | Long-fin Bannerfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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Looking Great!!! I like the stand color too.
UH OH!!!! I see a BB/DSB war coming on.
Add this to your vows.......I promise not to mention 'septic tank' ever again. Should you ever experience sandbed problems, I promise not to say, "I told you so". _________ Curt  | |
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09-28-2006, 11:04 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by inwall75 Looking Great!!! I like the stand color too.
UH OH!!!! I see a BB/DSB war coming on.
Add this to your vows.......I promise not to mention 'septic tank' ever again. Should you ever experience sandbed problems, I promise not to say, "I told you so". | The sandbed is now only about 1" deep so there will be no septic tank in our house!!! Luckily, both Tangster and I agree when it comes to running shallow sandbeds as opposed to deep ones. We also don't like the look of a barebottom....tank that is
The stand has been painted to match the trim in the living room. It's white with a touch of blue | |
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09-28-2006, 11:05 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by jtReef Looks great. I'm putting in my 180 this Nov.
What did you go with as far as lighting is concerned? | Right now, lighting has not been set up as it's not needed yet and the hood has yet to be built. We will be going with a MH/VHO combination but I have no idea about the specifics. I'll let him answer that question when he's got time | |
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09-28-2006, 11:41 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Super neat.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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