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  #76  
Old 11/27/2007, 11:42 PM
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Toygrr:
Thanks. Got any pics of your 29? You should start a thread!
zma21:
That would be a ton of flow, over 50x turnover per hour. I'm not planning on having a lot of high flow SPS corals, so I think the one will be fine.
Bernie21:
Thanks!
I have over 50X turnover in my 29, everything seems very happy and no sand storm. It just depends on what type of PH's you use and placement. Tank looks great btw!!
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Old 12/01/2007, 07:20 PM
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50x? you mean 50x the aquarium volume in gph?
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Old 12/01/2007, 07:22 PM
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That's enough light to grow SPS's in a 29 gallon. I would get T5's if I were you. You won't have to deal with heat issues, and you can get better color out of your corals with them.
well i know, maybe ill get a couple retrofit kits, icecap or something, and just drill in the PCs' reflector xD stick the t5s on that!
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Old 12/02/2007, 12:30 PM
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Did you have a Tomato, Clarkii, and Scooter Blenny all in a 10 gallon tank w/o a skimmer?

How'd you pull that off?
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Old 12/02/2007, 02:10 PM
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50x? you mean 50x the aquarium volume in gph?
Yes
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Old 12/02/2007, 06:26 PM
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Lpabsolute:
Thanks for checking in! Your 20 long is still the inspiration for this one.

Well, I'm off to the city on Friday, hopefully I'll find something nice. I really hope to find a nice red sponge like Lp, but I'll settle for a nice torch and a few sexy shrimp. We shall see...
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Old 12/08/2007, 12:45 AM
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Did you have a Tomato, Clarkii, and Scooter Blenny all in a 10 gallon tank w/o a skimmer?

How'd you pull that off?
yes i did, and i have no idea how it worked, but the tank was up for a long while. Summer hear+no chiller=Death
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Old 12/08/2007, 12:45 AM
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Mike you live near SF?

if so i go to Fish fish and more fish or 6th ave. aquatics. (lesser quality, better price)
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Old 12/08/2007, 01:23 PM
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Toygrr:
Actually, I live in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and 'the city' is Edmonton, a 4.5 hours drive... more bad news, I won't be going down until next Monday. So we'll all have to wait and see what I pick up
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Old 12/09/2007, 01:25 AM
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alright dude, just curious xD

stoked to see what you get. I kinda wanna get a nice hammer coral or something, oh and heres my thread, it started with questions but as it goes along the pictures and the tank get better. Not too big either, i plan on turning it into a build thread with an admins help in changing the name.
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Old 12/09/2007, 02:58 AM
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I have just over 60x turnover in my 29g and its perfect.
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Old 12/09/2007, 05:01 PM
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Great looking set-up i like how you DIY. Turned out nice thx for pics good times.
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Old 12/12/2007, 04:44 PM
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Justinandkrista:
Thanks for the comments. The diy was easy and i borrowed the idea, but hey, you gotta start somewhere...

Phong 33 et al.:
I'm starting to see that maybe a little more flow wouldn't hurt. Actually, I'm looking into maybe making a four foot nano, and I'd definitely need another nanostream...

Anyone wanna buy the hood I built? lol

Here are some new pics. I got a couple of frags from the LFS up here for cheap, the tank was looking really bare and I couldn't wait for the trip to edmonton... so here they are!

Actinic xenias



Hammer frag



Ricordea



Some other ricordea-looking coral that was starved for light in the tank it was in... I'm thinking it will open up nice and round in a few days



And also, my auto top-off. I ordered it from autotopoff.com, and it's working great so far. Although, I thought it would be smaller and it kinda sticks out for now, hopefully will encrust with coralline eventually.



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Old 12/12/2007, 05:44 PM
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NICE!!
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Old 12/12/2007, 07:08 PM
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Great tank man...I myself am setting up a 29g w/ 10g sump. It's cycling as I type.

Just wondering how much live rock is in there. I heard that the it's 1-2lb per gallon for best filteration but I also heard the more porous the better. I currently have 15lbs of indo rock and keep wondering if it'll do.
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Old 12/12/2007, 08:04 PM
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Envy07:
There is roughly 25 lbs of LR in there, although I've been told it doesn't look like 25 lbs... could be because it's fairly dense rock. I suppose porous rock is good for aerobic bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate, but I know that denser LR has more anaerobic volume which is much more suitable for the anaerobic bacteria that complete denitrification by converting nitrates into nitrogen gas... wow, that was a long sentence!

So really, it's up to you. The rock I have was labeled as 'Jakarta' in my LFS. If 15 lbs looks good in your tank, keep it that way. If you need additional filtration, look into a skimmer or a refugium, or consider frequent water changes. HTH
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Old 12/14/2007, 09:08 PM
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first time i been in here for a bit, but its lookin good. Those xenias look great, under the 2 acitinic t5's you got?
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Old 12/14/2007, 09:08 PM
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oh and can you post a full tank again? i wanna see how the whole things doin'
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Old 12/18/2007, 04:25 PM
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Nice looking xenias!
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Old 12/20/2007, 10:17 PM
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Very nice!
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Old 12/21/2007, 04:01 PM
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I'm trying to make a new post, but photobucket isn't working right now so... hold your breath!
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Old 12/21/2007, 06:28 PM
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:| maybe send me the Img Src code and ill post from my account?

or give us you photobucket url, so we can hac-ERRM Look..at the pics
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Old 12/21/2007, 06:29 PM
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by the way, nice hammer frag mines gigantic.
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Old 12/21/2007, 07:12 PM
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Finally got photobucket to work... apparently it doesn't like photos with a higher resolution than 1024x768, but now that I've figured that out it should be a lot faster and easier in the future

Here's a pic of the new clam, a maxima



And here's the red ricordea frag I picked up in Edmonton



A nice elephant ear mushroom under actinics



And the rest of the pics, under full lighting








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Old 12/21/2007, 07:37 PM
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A current FTS



And finally, a pic of my next project



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