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Having just read all six pages, I have nothing to add except:
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Thanks guys.
Meanwhile I'm not happy with the colours of my SPS, I think the lack of a fish population and dissolved organic matter plays an important role here. Yesterday I start adding a little fish food into the system (brine shrimp, cyclop-eeze mixed with Vitamin C and Essential elements from Kent Marine).
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Temperatures are dropping so I added one more 100W thermostat to the upper tank. The average temperatures in both tanks now are 75 ºF (24ºC).
New photos: Hard corals tank Zebrassom velliferum Sump with Aquamedic Calcium reactor 1000 (pH=6,5) Big crab in sump Soft corals tank Caulerpa prolifera Lobophyton pauciflorum Galaxea big frags (don't any space left for them in the upper tank) Regards
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Very nice!!!!
-Chris-
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Beautiful tank, beautiful stand, I am very impressed sir.
Also, too chime in on woods (even though thats long dead) What nammy pointed out was 99% what distinguished hard woods from soft,. Gymnosperms (Pinophyta, plants that produce cones, have narrow leaves referred to as needles) are soft woods and Angiosperms (Magnoliophyta, make flowers, have broad leaves) are hard woods, not sure where Ginkgo (Ginkgophyta) falls or the Gnetophyta, but we won't ever encounter those woods for building. The biggest difference I see is the resin content, Softwoods tent to have a lot of pitch in them and for the most part more volatile organics, which can irritate fish if the water comes in contact with them but serves to reduce water penetration, which lessens the chance of rot. sorry for prattleing on, Once again, Beautiful Tank, great looking frags too!
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Great pictures, what sort of camera and lens do you use?
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Thank you for the info Opcn.
racrumrine, I uses Canon Rebel XT (EOS 350D in Europe) with Canon EF 28-80mm and EF 50mm (f1.8).
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Thanks.
Best of luck, Roy |
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I love this tank awesome job |
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ROddie,
Just to let you know I have now been using the natural seawater for my live rock curing vats. It is fantastic - Thanks for sending the info. I am leaving 1000ltr sit for around 1 - 2 week, Collecting on a clear day. All the gunk settles on the bottom and I leave that off - Run it through UV and presto - Ready to go. So for I have had 1000kg of live rock in the curing vat and in 5 days still perfect readings on parameters - I am sure if this was synthetic then it would be all over the place - No Ammonia, Nitrate or phosphates - 400 on Calcium. Once in the Vat just running Ozone and Activated carbon. Here are some pics - Water was clean once started then went a bad yellow - Now all clearing up. Thanks again for the advise. Andrew Loading in the Tonga Branch - Notice the clear Water Branch and Tonga shelf nearly all loaded in - Water getting muckier Most of the Fiji Ultra loaded in - Water is getting worse Close to fully loaded up Skimmer just eating it all up and going crazy Balla - Hey if anyone is in Ireland and wants some rock - Just let me know - I got a bit spare...
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You're welcome Andrew. I'm glad you could find a better way to use NSW. The LR looks nice. Why don't you mix it with dead rock (more cheap to buy) and after some months you get LR??
Regards
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any new shots?
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Beatiful tank dude. How do you keep the water so crystal clear other than the reason being that it's seawater?
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Hi Jesse, I don't use ozone, sometimes I use activated carbon, sorry for my long delay answering your question.
Last week I took a few shots of the soft coral prop tank. The Xenia population is disapearing, maybe because water changes are lacking. Finnaly I got a nice Butterflyfish to control Aiptasia population. The hippo tang is a fish I really enjoy.
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Soon I'll post a few pics of the hard coral prop tank.
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Looking great!! Keep those pics coming.
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I love this tank I was thinking of setting up a tank like this just as a regular tank
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http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/rodrigu...IMG_7405_2.jpg
What kind of coral is this? Your system is on fire!! Great work. |
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shakara_b, those are mono-polyp Galaxea frags.
Thanks.
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Sweeeet! The stuff dreams are made of!
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