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Old 11/15/2006, 01:38 PM
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Having just read all six pages, I have nothing to add except:
Stunning work! You should be very proud.
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Old 11/15/2006, 02:45 PM
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Thanks guys.

Meanwhile I'm not happy with the colours of my SPS, I think the lack of a fish population and dissolved organic matter plays an important role here. Yesterday I start adding a little fish food into the system (brine shrimp, cyclop-eeze mixed with Vitamin C and Essential elements from Kent Marine).
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Old 12/13/2006, 03:17 PM
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Temperatures are dropping so I added one more 100W thermostat to the upper tank. The average temperatures in both tanks now are 75 ºF (24ºC).

New photos:

Hard corals tank

Zebrassom velliferum








Sump with Aquamedic Calcium reactor 1000 (pH=6,5)


Big crab in sump


Soft corals tank

Caulerpa prolifera


Lobophyton pauciflorum


Galaxea big frags (don't any space left for them in the upper tank)


Regards
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Old 12/13/2006, 05:09 PM
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Very nice!!!!



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Old 12/14/2006, 10:47 AM
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Beautiful tank, beautiful stand, I am very impressed sir.

Also, too chime in on woods (even though thats long dead) What nammy pointed out was 99% what distinguished hard woods from soft,. Gymnosperms (Pinophyta, plants that produce cones, have narrow leaves referred to as needles) are soft woods and Angiosperms (Magnoliophyta, make flowers, have broad leaves) are hard woods, not sure where Ginkgo (Ginkgophyta) falls or the Gnetophyta, but we won't ever encounter those woods for building. The biggest difference I see is the resin content, Softwoods tent to have a lot of pitch in them and for the most part more volatile organics, which can irritate fish if the water comes in contact with them but serves to reduce water penetration, which lessens the chance of rot. sorry for prattleing on, Once again, Beautiful Tank, great looking frags too!
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Old 12/15/2006, 12:22 AM
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very nice set up
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Old 12/15/2006, 03:41 PM
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Great pictures, what sort of camera and lens do you use?

Regards,

Roy
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Old 12/15/2006, 03:45 PM
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Thank you for the info Opcn.

racrumrine, I uses Canon Rebel XT (EOS 350D in Europe) with Canon EF 28-80mm and EF 50mm (f1.8).
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Old 12/15/2006, 03:58 PM
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Thanks.

Best of luck,

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Old 04/03/2007, 02:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by RRodrigues
Lights are almost completely done.

Should I put some sugar size aragonite in the bottom?

New pics with my Bangaii juveniles:










Comments please!

Hasta,
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I love this tank awesome job
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Old 04/03/2007, 02:36 AM
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ROddie,

Just to let you know I have now been using the natural seawater for my live rock curing vats. It is fantastic - Thanks for sending the info. I am leaving 1000ltr sit for around 1 - 2 week, Collecting on a clear day. All the gunk settles on the bottom and I leave that off - Run it through UV and presto - Ready to go.

So for I have had 1000kg of live rock in the curing vat and in 5 days still perfect readings on parameters - I am sure if this was synthetic then it would be all over the place - No Ammonia, Nitrate or phosphates - 400 on Calcium. Once in the Vat just running Ozone and Activated carbon.
Here are some pics - Water was clean once started then went a bad yellow - Now all clearing up.

Thanks again for the advise.

Andrew

Loading in the Tonga Branch - Notice the clear Water


Branch and Tonga shelf nearly all loaded in - Water getting muckier



Most of the Fiji Ultra loaded in - Water is getting worse


Close to fully loaded up


Skimmer just eating it all up and going crazy


Balla - Hey if anyone is in Ireland and wants some rock - Just let me know - I got a bit spare...
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Old 04/03/2007, 02:49 PM
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You're welcome Andrew. I'm glad you could find a better way to use NSW. The LR looks nice. Why don't you mix it with dead rock (more cheap to buy) and after some months you get LR??

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Old 04/03/2007, 07:08 PM
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wow great pro system!
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Old 04/03/2007, 08:47 PM
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love your prop tanks
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Old 04/09/2007, 01:11 PM
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any new shots?
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Old 04/09/2007, 01:11 PM
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Old 04/09/2007, 06:27 PM
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Beatiful tank dude. How do you keep the water so crystal clear other than the reason being that it's seawater?
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Old 04/22/2007, 03:48 PM
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Hi Jesse, I don't use ozone, sometimes I use activated carbon, sorry for my long delay answering your question.

Last week I took a few shots of the soft coral prop tank. The Xenia population is disapearing, maybe because water changes are lacking. Finnaly I got a nice Butterflyfish to control Aiptasia population. The hippo tang is a fish I really enjoy.













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Old 04/22/2007, 03:48 PM
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Soon I'll post a few pics of the hard coral prop tank.
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Old 04/22/2007, 07:53 PM
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Looking great!! Keep those pics coming.
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Old 04/23/2007, 04:07 PM
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I love this tank I was thinking of setting up a tank like this just as a regular tank
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Old 04/23/2007, 10:57 PM
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http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/rodrigu...IMG_7405_2.jpg

What kind of coral is this?
Your system is on fire!! Great work.
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Old 04/23/2007, 11:29 PM
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Awesome work
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Old 04/24/2007, 04:22 AM
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shakara_b, those are mono-polyp Galaxea frags.

Thanks.
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Old 04/24/2007, 10:57 PM
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Sweeeet! The stuff dreams are made of!
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