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04/09/2007, 05:53 PM
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Truly amazing. You've made me want to get back into reefing again, Louis. Kudos for that.
I was curious about your sand bed in the main display. How much fiddling did it take to keep your powerhead from creating bare spots near the front glass? When I had my 180 set up, my two Tunze streams created bare spots that forced me to fiddle with rock positioning in order to eliminate. Well done!
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04/09/2007, 06:52 PM
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Louis, thank you so much for your excellent description of how you drilled your tank. Much appreciated!
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04/09/2007, 07:14 PM
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Super sweet nano louist!
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04/10/2007, 04:14 PM
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Congrats on a beautiful nano
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04/10/2007, 04:33 PM
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where can an all glass tank like this be located? i really like the fact there is no plastic stripping.
louist... is there anyway i could order it from your country and have it shipped to me? do you know of a store i can find online to do that? what happened to your sea horse? this is something i really would like to add to my nano as well.
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04/11/2007, 04:49 PM
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Your tank is just ok!! For a nano
Just kidding! Great tank, great shot. I really think you deserve TOTM. Your hard work shows!!!!! I really think that nano's can be more work than a larger tank, because things can change so fast. It just looks great!
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04/11/2007, 05:18 PM
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Awesome tank!!
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04/11/2007, 07:28 PM
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I solve the problem partially by having corals such as Acanthastrea sp. and small colonies of Zoanthids on the substrate. Quote:
I doubt it will be economical to have a tank like this shipped across the Pacific. For the same cost, you could have it made in starfire in the US! which would be 10x better! The seahorse passed away quite a few month back. She was doing very well in the tank and had adapted a few techniques of surfing the current to get to where she wants. Then she got external gas bubble disease (EGBD or external gaseous edema) which I cured using Diamox (an Acetazolamide, used for altitude sickness). She did well for a bit longer than started getting recurrent EGBD followed by an internal infection. Since antibiotics are strictly controlled (as it should be) in Australia, I wasn't able to get the antibiotcs required to treat her. She later passed away from that infection, may she RIP! Seahorses are fascinating creatures, but make sure you are aware of their requires and certainly read up about diseases and treatment. RC's forum and Seahorse.org are the best places to start. I'll put them into a larger nano, not a small one. They need some room for movement also. Quote:
Aquamart at Castle Towers Strictly's Auburn Strictly's West Ryde Auburn Pet center Kim's Aquatics at Ashfield. This is my main LFS where there are lots of corals. Biggest selection of marine stock in Sydney. However, since they are also the #1 stop for many of the MASS (Marine Aquarium Society of Sydney) members, unless you are there to attend the "stock arrival party", you won't find much stunning colors. Stuff get bought straight out of the shipping boxes and if there are arguments as to who got it first, one person purchase it and split it in the car park  Thanks everyone for your great support! My next goal would be to see if I can get my new 4' into a TOTM material in the coming years
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04/11/2007, 07:40 PM
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Here are two photos on the seahorse. She was a bit younger in the second photo. The Sinularia was her favourite hitching spot since it gave her a view over the Tubastraea colony, which means mysis!
  Lastly, I would like to point out a mistake in my write up. I mistakenly ID'ed my blenny to be a "lawn mower blenny", but she is in fact a Peacock Rockskipper Blenny, Istiblennius meleagris. Thanks to Kylie for the correction. One of the distinguishing feature is the "flame tongue" horns on this blenny.
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04/11/2007, 08:36 PM
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How do you keep the glass so clean. I find that with my nano that the rocks get so close to the side that I have trouble keeping them clean. It looks like your aquascaping is close as well to the glass.
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04/12/2007, 06:04 PM
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extinguishfire, I use a plastic scraper. It's the ones used by painters for scraping stuff and filling stuff (you probably can tell I am not a painter
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04/12/2007, 07:53 PM
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I'll post more photos if people are interested. Some may no longer be relevant to the tank as it is now. Or unless you guys want to go totally OT and see some photos of bugs? [/B][/QUOTE] Go for it. Lets see some bugs! I love your avatar photo. Do you have any macro photography of critters in your refugium? |
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04/12/2007, 08:33 PM
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i tried doing a search for those particular tanks you mentioned are sold in the US and i didnt come up with anything on google.
do you have any links by chance?
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04/12/2007, 09:13 PM
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http://www.pbase.com/plantella/natur...m_gallery_2005 Website: http://www.adana.co.jp/index_e.php
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04/13/2007, 08:10 PM
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Beautiful tank!
Congrats!
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04/16/2007, 09:35 PM
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Another Sydneysider here. This tank is beautiful. Well done.
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