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Old 01/11/2008, 08:15 PM
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Smile my very first frag tank, pics included

well i just set up a 20 gallon tank that has been running with nothing in it for about 5 months now to my main system. i decided to turn it into a frag tank and thought i would share it with everyone. im pretty excited. its a 20 gallon tank with a 150 watt hqi metal halide over the top and i have tons of flow powered by a sieo and a maxijet. here are a few pics. let me know what you think! now all i need to do is load this full of some cool frags and watch them grow. the frags i have in here currently are ones that have been sitting in my fuge and dont look to hot right now. hopefully they will color up!

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top down shot of all the frags i have so far
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:17 PM
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frogspawn frag




green with purple rim montipora cap frag
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:19 PM
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blue tipped staghorn acro frag


green acro frag- i think its a green slimer, not sure since it looks diffrent from my other green slimer i have
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:21 PM
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dougie the hermit crab, he keeps everything nice and clean.


yellow acro frag, not sure what exact kind this is either


ORA rose acropora milliora

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Old 01/11/2008, 08:23 PM
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here is a pic of one of the many pods, there are so many in this tank!



lastly here is a pic of the devil crab that lives in the live rock, he has killed a few fish in my main tank so he is jailed in this tank till he becomes a puffer fish snack
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:25 PM
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anyways let me know what you think. im not sure if the 150 watt will be enought to make these grow at a reasonable rate or not so maybe someone out ther knows from experience
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:32 PM
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If you want real grow out, switch to 10k bulbs. Otherwise, you've got a nice collection.
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:36 PM
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yeah im debating that, although im not sure if i rather have my corals keep better color or grow a little faster. it seems like most large scale growers use 20 k's no matter what.
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:08 PM
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Really nice setup. Like the frogspawn!
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:22 PM
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Cool Set-up!
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Old 01/11/2008, 10:06 PM
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i think that 150 watt halide should be fine
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Old 01/11/2008, 10:44 PM
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I think the 150w and 10k is the best for growing considering you have the frags nice and high in the tank.
 

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