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11/17/2007, 09:11 PM
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Fantastic System and Great setup. Your aquascaping is amazing! I can imagine how your tank will be after a few months when your corals take off!
I wish my daughters could help me to feed my fish and clean my tank, but one is only three and the other one is 6 months. Oh well...I guess I have to wait a little bit more! Are you planning to add any fish any time soon? |
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11/17/2007, 09:53 PM
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ycn, try a long low height single island to match the length of your tank. You can grow a lot of corals on it and it would look amazing.
fastfish, thank you very much. you're tank is amazing too. you and i have the same taste in fish. I tried a meredithi, scribble, flagfin, poma, majestic, mutlicolor, signapore, bannerfish, etc.. but they all had different death situations discussing them a couple pages back with pics. I want to add more angels and butterflies, but right now I have started to concentrate on corals to let them grow out as I have had great luck with them compared to fish. I've definitely been itching to purchase another angel or bannerfish lately. I've been eyeing those fish in the Chaetodontoplus family since they seem to be more safe since i plan to keep a lot of LPS/Sofites too. I really want a Heniochus bannerfish. |
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11/17/2007, 11:20 PM
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No you meant to say "moorish idol".
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11/18/2007, 06:30 PM
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Oxygenating the living room area...
 
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11/18/2007, 08:40 PM
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yc, thank you.
marc, anytime soon. I havent pulled the trigger just yet. I want to at least have the tank ready with the new stand for our next yrs Houston local tank tours. I still want to redo the garage (equipment) side of this too. |
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11/18/2007, 08:43 PM
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11/18/2007, 09:14 PM
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You guys get me all excited about the new tank
 . Too bad, i cant move till next summer. If everything goes as plan, my mini ocean should be up and running by next X-mas (Just running, no fish). Ed, your tank such a motivation booster. You need to post more picture of the corals and fishie. At least i get to enjoy the look of your tank while waiting on my move....
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11/19/2007, 01:07 AM
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This is my current benchmark. Keep us upated.
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11/19/2007, 07:17 AM
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dphinsx, i know what you mean. I do need to get more fish and its on my things to do. I've been buying more corals but have been on the lookout for any unique fish. Im scared to buy fish because they are more of a risk. I dont want to buy any tangs as I want this tank to be unique. The only tang I would probably ever buy again is the Achilles.
jarhead, what was your original screen name? I havent posted pics of my corals/fish since I dont want to bore anyone with such a premature tank. I know I will in a year though. jnarowe, thank you. I never did take pics of this side shot until now. I wanted to open the front door because letting outside light in the room really brings out the colors compared to just turning on the lights in the house. Maximus, I love the spread. This is the reason i chose the Spectra a long time ago. I knew it had wide reflectors and the bulbs were SE. This told me that it would be a perfect combination for a 40" wide tank. I have no dark spots in my tank. The fixture is also a bit wider than your common fixture to accomodate the wider reflectors and T5's. reefsociety, thank you. |
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11/20/2007, 06:55 PM
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11/20/2007, 07:03 PM
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Good to know about the spread. I am having the hardest time with my light decision. I have narrowed it down to the Gieseman Infinity's (2x250 d/e hqi w/4-t5's) or the Planet Elos 2's. What do you think about the quality of the Giesemann units? I would just hate to run into warranty issues. Are the ballasts Ice-Cap by chance? Thanks Edward.
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11/22/2007, 09:30 AM
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The quality is top notch. It is built solid. You will definitely get your money's worth. I dont think they are ice cap ballasts since lowerster changed his out to Ice Cap's. I dont see a need to change mine out. If you get 250's, i would go with the Magnetic ballasts to get you that extra punch. I used the Kill a watt meter that sloval let me borrow and they were at 300 plus watts each.
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11/22/2007, 10:28 AM
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invincible569 -
Just so you know your little red house gives a bad link. You have one to many "http://" and the second set has no ":" (it comes up as http://http://www.islaescondido.com/) You might want to fix it so others can enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work. Always looking forward to more updates and pics! 
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11/22/2007, 11:21 AM
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11/22/2007, 11:31 AM
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Happy thanksgiving to you and your family invincible.
I just got my tank delivered yesterday so instead of eating turkey I will be busy plumbing.
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11/22/2007, 02:06 PM
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Triton, thanks for the heads up. I have fixed it now. Glad to see you are enjoying it.
Servo/melev, we need to do a Texas wide Tank Tour! The biggest tank tour ever. ycn, that was very generous of you. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well. Im glad to see you got your tank. Post pics soon! Oh and your not alone.. Im just doing simple maintenance today like scrubbing down my BB bottom, blowing off the rocks of any detritus and a water change. Nothing as big as your project, but something to keep the tank clean and healthy.
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