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03-09-2008, 08:07 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
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|  Some shots of my tank
I know I will benefit from Kamil's photo article. My photo's pretty much stink, but here are a few are none-the-less. 
The tank... 
LR with a margarita and the possible zoanthid colony... 
Another chunk of LR with good coralline and a vermatid on there somewhere... 
Here's Steve the happy go lucky Ornate Goby... 
Mr. Tang being camera shy. He'll come right up to me, but when the camera comes out he's off... 
Money moving around in his perch... 
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Marty
72g Bow Front, 2x250w MH (10 hrs), 4x65 Act (14 hrs), 6xDual Moonlights (10 hrs), 300 gph from cannister filter and powerhead, Prizm hang-on protein skimmer, 50 lbs LR, CC Bed
Yellow Tang, 2 Clowns, Bubble Tip Anemone, 2 Yellow Tail, Humbug, White Spot, Ornate Goby, Emerald Crab, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 2 Blue Legged Hermits, 15 Scarlet Hermits, +Snails with no names (margaritas, turbos, astraeas) | 
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03-09-2008, 08:11 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Age: 23
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lookin good, do you have plans for all the vertical space? how long has it been up?
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03-09-2008, 08:13 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Great pics Marty, it s about time!  Are you planning on adding more LR? _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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03-09-2008, 08:16 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
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Originally Posted by spiralout  lookin good, do you have plans for all the vertical space? how long has it been up?
spiral | Been a couple months. The plan is to add a little LR every week. I'm kinda playing with how it is stacks so I get maximum flow through and leaving room for my fishes to do laps. | |
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03-09-2008, 08:18 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 Great pics Marty, it s about time! Are you planning on adding more LR? | Yeah, for sure. I'm thinking I want a 1.25 lb per gallon ratio, but I don't want it too crowded looking. I still need to leave vertical space for my eventual corals and such. I'm at about 50lbs of LR now. Think another 40 lbs would look ok.  | |
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03-09-2008, 08:22 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Originally Posted by Marty Been a couple months. The plan is to add a little LR every week. I'm kinda playing with how it is stacks so I get maximum flow through and leaving room for my fishes to do laps. |
Very nice setup Marty!
Be ever so careful about adding more LR to an existing system. Will likely kick tank into a cycle putting your existing fish in great peril.
Best you can do is "cure" rock yourself in another tank till you are sure it is "safe"
Good Luck.
Thanks for sharing pics.
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..."
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03-09-2008, 08:28 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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Originally Posted by omard Very nice setup Marty! | Thanks. Quote: |
Be ever so careful about adding more LR to an existing system. Will likely kick tank into a cycle putting your existing fish in great peril.
| That's good to know. I pick my LR right out of my LFS's tank, does that make it safer to use? Quote: |
Best you can do is "cure" rock yourself in another tank till you are sure it is "safe"
| Can I set up a sump/fuge to do that, or should it be a closed system? | |
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03-09-2008, 08:40 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Age: 23
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Originally Posted by Marty Thanks.
That's good to know. I pick my LR right out of my LFS's tank, does that make it safer to use?
Can I set up a sump/fuge to do that, or should it be a closed system? | most rock at the lfs is almost cured, but plan not to start your watching/waiting period until after you've added the last pieces
if youre curing and you've already started in with livestock introduction, it should probably be in a separate system with a powerhead and skimmer
good times, over there
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03-09-2008, 08:47 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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That's good to know. I pick my LR right out of my LFS's tank, does that make it safer to use?
Can I set up a sump/fuge to do that, or should it be a closed system?
| Reusing old live rock?
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03-09-2008, 09:11 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Nice looking tank..... | |
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