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kicbak
02/27/2005, 01:17 PM
Here are some Feb pics of my 20H Softie Tank (http://www.kicbak.com/pictures/ListPictures.php?nAlbumID=45&nGroupID=)

http://www.kicbak.com/images/Kicbak/album/20H02262005/fulltank.jpg

http://www.kicbak.com/images/Kicbak/album/20H02262005/pulsingsinularia.jpg

http://www.kicbak.com/images/Kicbak/album/20H02262005/orangecenterzoos.jpg

http://www.kicbak.com/images/Kicbak/album/20H02262005/centerzoos.jpg

http://www.kicbak.com/images/Kicbak/album/20H02262005/zoos.jpg

Specs and other stuff (http://www.kicbak.com/fishtanks/showtank.php?nRecordID=2)

Wes
Sugar Magnolia
02/27/2005, 01:24 PM
Very nice!
wahshk
02/27/2005, 01:43 PM
Wow. Good job. :)
phenom5
02/27/2005, 02:16 PM
looking good.:thumbsup:

i need some more frags in my tank...
kicbak
02/27/2005, 02:18 PM
Thanks everyone. If you can believe it ever single thing in this tank started from frags. Most of them I got over a year ago.

Wes
wahshk
02/27/2005, 02:52 PM
WHat's your secret??? How do you keep up the water quality with chemical warfare?? Just awsome to see this in 20G. :)
kicbak
02/27/2005, 04:13 PM
My secret? I just try to limit the collisions in the tank. Most of the big leathers are not bothered by the zoos and mushrooms. Everything is pretty stationary and grows up instead spreading. The zoos and mushrooms spread but don't bother much.

I don't skim or run carbon and I change about 4 gallons a monthly.

Wes
ScoobyDuu24
02/27/2005, 04:51 PM
What kind of lighting?
kicbak
02/27/2005, 07:42 PM
130 CSL with a 10k and Actinic bulbs.

Wes
Paladin
02/27/2005, 07:49 PM
Looks good. I see you have some GSP in the back right. How do you keep it from overgrowing your zoos? Do you have to constantly trim it back?
kicbak
02/27/2005, 07:50 PM
The GSP doesn't seem to grow very fast for some reason. I do trim it back some and it is not close to anything really.

Wes
Carl_in_Florida
02/27/2005, 07:56 PM
Did someone say "Frag Sale?"

Nice tank, thanks for posting.
shadofax69
02/28/2005, 08:05 AM
wow very nice hope my softie tank looks like that in 15 months when it hits a year and a half
ratimpulse
02/28/2005, 10:24 AM
OMG, you dont run skimmer?? and water change only once a month OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
kicbak
02/28/2005, 11:16 AM
Carl_in_Florida - I am fragging constantly. I have 2 or so people stop by on the weekends to trade/sell with.

ratimpulse - Yea, I've been a little lazy. Before the Black Foot clown I haven't had a fish in it for like 8 monts, can get away with being sloppy with a softie tank without a high bioload.

Wes
Carl_in_Florida
02/28/2005, 11:24 AM
Maybe we can make a thermos trade for a purple shroom some time.
This is what is really cool about a softy tank. You don't have to wait 3 years for something to grow enough to frag.

Carl