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*****July 2006 TOTM***** Sing, goddess, the rage of Achilles the son of Peleus,the destructive rage that sent countless pains on the Achaeans... |
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![]() Yes your tank is definitely TOTM material. Simply beautiful display. ![]()
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I especially like the beautiful color of the vibrant SPS in this magnificent reef.
Sunny, how do you clean the front panel and avoid scratching the glass? Joe |
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How often do you frag your corals? How can you frag such some nice LRs.
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Yes, LR stands for LR. What I mean is that when you fragging your corals, do you cut your LR or you just sniffle their tissues off the rock?
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How long have you had the Anthia group Sunny? I assume they take the Spectrum pellets then ...which formula? Also, how are they getting along as a smaller group? Am interested because 8 would be overkill for me. BTW, awesome tank.
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Sunny, so how do you pump out the sand when changing it?
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Absolutely gorgeous! That Deltec skimmate looks yummy!
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i know.. that skimmer is sick............ as awsome...........
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Congrts Sunny!!! Your tank has come along beautifully! Its a very colorful and heathy system you have there!!!
Best of the luck to you!
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"Just a drop in the bucket" Last edited by Aquabucket; 07/12/2006 at 02:35 PM. |
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Your tank is awsome. Thanks for sharing. I was quite impressed that you so young and put together such a fabulous system. I never could have done that at 24. No time or funds. I was wondering if you could tell us how you found so many terrific looking SPS corals. You said in the article you avoid designer corals, however you prefer to pick out nice looking specimens. I live in NY where it is very difficult to find nice looking SPS. Often I will buy pieces online based on a picture which is usually color corrected. It's been a struggle to aquire quality SPS. Any suggestions?
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![]() 98% of all corals in the tank were started from frags of 1" or less. Only two small colonies were purchased recently from Reefermadness.us, the Yellow Tort and the Blue Slimer. The key to having great looking SPS is to purchase them small. This gives the coral time to adapt and grow in the aquarium environment. Provided that water and parameters are in check there is no reason why a coral should not look its best. Be sure to give corals as much space as possible. I find that corals with extra space grow much larger, more colorful and exhibit more natural growth pattern then those corals that are packed together. Just be patient and let things grow out. Try not to add too many different species of coral in one tank. Purchase the corals you would like and then try to add as little as possible later down the road. My old 120gl was run for almost one year before I added any corals. I wanted to be sure that everything would not just survive but thrive.
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http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewIt...product=PY1217 Connect it to a facet and place an empty bucket in the sink, Sand will collect in the bottom and water will simply flow over. Works great for me. If you do not have an industrial sink in the fish room than it could get a bit tricky and messy.
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It just goes to show you a tank can evolve in 1 to 2 years with good husbandry and good parameters. I didn't realize they were all started with frags but I have followed his progress here on RC.
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Thanks Sunny. I might try it.
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Great color!...I really love the look and layout of this tank....it isnt over crouded at all, and is pefectly balanced!
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Sunny without saying, very nice tank. After reading the params of your system I noticed you mentioned nitrates were 'undectectable' I ask about this since for your size tank you do have a number of fish as well as keeping nice corals. I have been trying to get my nitrates down which range from 20-40ppm. I know my tank load is high but outside of the normal things like a refugium and water changes how do you keep the nitrates down?
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i know, how do you keep it down?
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why do you removed your sand for?
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