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Old 10/21/2007, 03:23 PM
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2 Years of Progression......
I thought it would be cool to see my tank over two years. The tank will be 3 Years old in June 2008. Enjoy



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Old 10/21/2007, 03:57 PM
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Wow! Now that is some sweet growth. How do you like the XM20ks over the 10ks?
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Old 10/21/2007, 04:03 PM
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crazy!! What bulbs were used in Jan. 07??
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Old 10/21/2007, 04:36 PM
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nice!! that red cap on the right is perfect!
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Old 10/21/2007, 05:15 PM
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I just switched back to 20k xm's how do you rate yours against the phoniex
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Old 10/21/2007, 05:24 PM
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awesome progression pics.
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Old 10/21/2007, 06:23 PM
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very nice tank
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Old 10/21/2007, 06:27 PM
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WOW!
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Old 10/21/2007, 06:49 PM
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One of the best tank I've seen so far. Are you running Zeovit system?

Thanks,
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Old 10/21/2007, 07:20 PM
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incredible growth and tank. i've got the same fish, regal, naso, rabbit and yellow tang in my 180.
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Old 10/21/2007, 07:55 PM
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I am loving the 07 look, excellent job
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Old 10/21/2007, 07:56 PM
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beutiful tank!!!!!!!!1
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Old 10/21/2007, 11:05 PM
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Wow! Now that is some sweet growth. How do you like the XM20ks over the 10ks?
The 20K are more pleasing to the eye. The 10K's brought out more intense coloration and growth though. Not to mention they were only 250W and not 400W like the 20K's. I may end up going back to 10K's and see what happens. I highly recommend both formats of the bulb, 10K and 20K.



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crazy!! What bulbs were used in Jan. 07??
20K with two Daylight VHO's and one Actinic. The rest of the pictures after that are with all Actinic VHO. It doesn't really look that blue in person.

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I just switched back to 20k xm's how do you rate yours against the phoenix
I love the 20K's. The DE 250W Pheonix 14K's were my favorite. They gave me the best colors and growth yet! Although I did have the 10K xm's running for only three months so its hard to compare those two. But the 20K XM 400W have been nothing but great to me and the corals. Easy on the eyes and reasonable growth. The XM 10K in the 250W version was insanely bright, I can only imagine what it would look like in the 400W version.



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One of the best tank I've seen so far. Are you running Zeovit system?
No ZEO here. Although I have begun to use PRODIBIO. The probiotic form of reefing is definitely the wave of the future. It is the next "big thing" in reefing. For now I am very happy with the PRODIBIO, it is already helping my tank look better. I may in the future begin to add some ZEO supplements other than the "basic 4". For now i am very happy with the way the tank is maturing.

Thank you all for you kind comments and praise.
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Old 10/21/2007, 11:16 PM
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Same Coral, two different Bulbs:

Phoenix 14K


XM 10K
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Old 10/22/2007, 12:55 AM
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Great tank. keep it up.
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Old 10/22/2007, 05:40 AM
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awesome job - your tank has always been one of my favs
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Old 10/22/2007, 08:46 AM
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Beautiful job . I have admired your tank over the past few years.
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Old 10/22/2007, 09:22 AM
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How much pruning do you do?
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Old 10/22/2007, 10:54 AM
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Love the monti, fav coral for me.
The growth and colouration over time is just fab, decent growth rates to.

The way it plated out is very trick.

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Old 10/22/2007, 11:45 AM
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How much pruning do you do?
I frag a bit too much sometimes.

The orange caps are always being fragged along with the Green slimmer, blue slimer, tri-color, Purple Monster and Bennet Tort. I haven't really fragged much in the last few months, kinda want to let things grow out a bit and see what happens.
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Old 10/22/2007, 12:21 PM
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Sunny...Very nice looking tank...progression photos ROCK!
im a big fan of the XM-10K and my 4-bulb VHO actinics.
One of the best looks all around and as you mentioned the GROWTH is awesome with those bulbs.

Keep up the good husbandry!

Rich K.
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Old 10/22/2007, 07:38 PM
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That’s a gorgeous tank! It looks amazing under the XM 20K light.
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Old 10/22/2007, 10:08 PM
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your fish are lucky to be in such an amazing tank
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Old 10/22/2007, 10:52 PM
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That is a great set of pictures......Excellent tank you have....
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Old 10/22/2007, 10:56 PM
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Tank pics look great!! You are doing something right
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