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Old 08/02/2006, 08:48 PM
OrionN OrionN is offline
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A little late, but great tank Gary. Congratulation
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Old 08/05/2006, 04:55 AM
Gary Majchrzak Gary Majchrzak is offline
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Thanks and good morning, Minh.
It means a lot coming from you.
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Old 10/08/2006, 04:40 PM
Ray Decareau Ray Decareau is offline
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Thumbs up Thorite & cinder blocks

First of all your tank is tight, very very nice!!
I had a question about the Thorite and Cinder blocks, I want to re-aquascape my reef using them, is it ok to use on an existing year old system ?
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Old 10/08/2006, 08:07 PM
Gary Majchrzak Gary Majchrzak is offline
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Thanks for the compliment. I definitely would not recommend placing dirty cinder blocks or uncured Thorite in an established system full of sensitive fishes and invertebrates.
I suppose that if you rinse the cinder block thouroughly and let the Thorite fully cure before placing any of it in your system you might be alright.
The ideal thing to do is set the block in place and use the Thorite to aquascape rock over it before adding water, fishes and inverts. Good luck with your project, Ray.
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Old 01/20/2007, 01:26 AM
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I am late with the congratulations as well...Very nice reef!!! Question: Do your mimic (Acanthurus pyroferus) and convict (Acanthurus sandvicensis) tangs get along well or is this not a good match to mix these types of Acanthurus tangs together in the same system? Your mimic and convict tangs look great. I have a mimic tang and would like to add a convict tang as well but was concerned they might not be compatible. They would be placed in a 180 gallon reef w/ 125 gallon sump.

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  #131  
Old 01/20/2007, 06:11 AM
Gary Majchrzak Gary Majchrzak is offline
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My A. pyroferus was added after the Convict and was an immature fish upon introduction. Neither ever had issues with the other. You might have problems introducing a Convict into an aquarium with an established Chocolate Mimic Tang- Convicts are passive and should be added first.
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Old 01/20/2007, 12:35 PM
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Thanks for the information, Gary. I currently have the mimic tang in a 90 gallon system, and this fish is still small, but is the most aggressive fish in the system. I recently upgraded to a 180g system, but have not moved everything over yet. I am thinking now is the time to add a convict tang to the 180g first, then move my mimic tang over a few days later. Finding a local fish shop that has convict tangs in stock is another matter (IE, I never see them offerd for sale locally). Thanks for the tips. Your convict tang looks great!!! I was able to take some really nice pictures of convicts tangs in the wild from a snorkel & dive trip to Hawaii. I attached a picture for you below. Again congratulations on Tank of the Months honors and thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.

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Old 04/23/2007, 10:44 PM
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hey i just wanted to kno where you lived in NY cuz i am from new york also.
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Old 04/24/2007, 04:28 PM
Gary Majchrzak Gary Majchrzak is offline
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Originally posted by mikey3165
hey i just wanted to kno where you lived in NY cuz i am from new york also.
Hi, Mikey.
I live on the "north coast of NY state"- up by Lake Ontario near the city of Rochester.
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