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04/02/2005, 10:50 AM
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This was the largest rock in this shipment. For now, we just put it in the tank on top of the older rock, but this piece need to go in the center of the tank on the sand.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n/P2122402.jpg Here are pictures of the smaller pieces:       
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04/02/2005, 10:51 AM
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My portion of the TBS journey
   i placed this rock in my sump because i could get into all the crevices to see if i had any bad hitchers. turns out i didnt and the rock went into the display 2 weeks later. 
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04/02/2005, 10:59 AM
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Why do I feel like I am listening to "Sybill".
 How many people are posting under the same name here? You are breaking my brain arrggghhh.
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04/02/2005, 11:05 AM
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04/02/2005, 11:09 AM
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My portion of the TBS journey
all i lost in the addition was my fire shrimp.
RIP buddy  i got a small short ammonia spike which im sure was dampened by the existence of the well established rock already in the tank. after letting the rock settle, and observing it all very close for a week or so, i tied it into the aquascaping. i wanted to build a foundation for the second half, and also create a valley effect. it was the first time i had worked wit ha tank this big, so i was sure i could pull it off. any way here is the tank after aquascaping the first half of the TBS (it looked so clean back then  ) sorry Pat, i thought you were done posting......hopefully i waited long enough to submit this one....
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04/02/2005, 11:12 AM
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We need John to start his contest "new" now....lol 
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04/02/2005, 11:12 AM
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sorry about the confusion. i was going to wait until Pat finished posting, and she stalled so i though i could go ahead and introduce my self and my tank to the thread. i guess i jumped the gun a little.
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04/02/2005, 11:14 AM
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04/02/2005, 11:23 AM
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My portion of the TBS journey
in the midst of waiting for the second half i did a little lighting upgrade. i added 500w of MH to my 440w VHO.
  then the second half came okay well my second half didnt go as smoothly as the first. i got a lot bigger ammonia spike this time. it took my female clown and Kole tang  very sad.the rock was great and ll the corlas survived with noe porblems. everything settled out and this is what i had  after aquascaping and few reef club meeting (i can never turn down free corals ) my tank turned into this after a bit more tweeking of the 'scape, a few more free corlas and few more purchases i have come to the current set up, and im very very happy with it. 
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04/02/2005, 11:24 AM
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04/02/2005, 11:30 AM
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04/02/2005, 11:32 AM
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Some facts on my TBS so far:
It was an easy cycle for both parts of the shipments. Ammonia went up to 0.4 with part 1 and 0.2 with part 2. I hardly had any die off. The few things that did die off were mainly sponges and they died either because we knocked them off trying to position the rocks or bad critters ate them. We got 1 mantis with each shipment. Neither one made it into the tank. There are over a dozen pistol shrimp in the tank now. Most are small but one of them is 2-3" long and beautifully colored with orange and blue. There are many gorilla crabs in the tank. I've been able to get some out, but they have to be having babies...because there are lots still in there. I did find one cirolanid isopod a little over 2 weeks ago. I've been looking diligently for more and haven't spotted any yet. We've added 2 clownfish to the tank and they seem very happy so far. I also have a royal gramma in QT now. Problems I've had with the tank have been low alkalinity. I've been dosing with B-Ionic which has helped, but I do plan on changing salts from Oceanic to Kent in the very near future. I have a microbubble problem mainly because I am using a converted wet/dry for the sump and it's just not set up properly and is lacking baffles. I 've been a little concerned lately with the temperature of the tank, only to find my thermometer isn't very accurate..so I don't know if the lighting is adding to rising temperatures or not. My T-5 lights are nice, but it would be much easier if I had them suspended so I can get in and out of the tank easier. That seems to be something we can change relatively easy. If I had to do it over again, I would still get the TBS...but I'd get a glass tank over the acrylic, probably would get a 120g tank over the 90 for the extra width... and I would have a real sump with baffles. I would probably use a different brand skimmer than the MRC I am using. Don't get me wrong...the skimmer works, but I have to clean it out constantly or else gook builds up on the risers of it. Just a little bit of a hassle as far as I'm concerned.
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04/02/2005, 11:35 AM
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Chris....I have dozens of the stars and just like your picture, I only see small portions of them! The only time I've seen the whole thing, is when they've been on a sponge here and there or right on the sand line in the front of the tank.
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04/02/2005, 12:09 PM
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Chris and Pat, thank you both for the compliments. i have a few more minor tweeks to do, but it will be complete soon....all but the growing
both of you will have just as nice tanks as i, with time 
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04/02/2005, 12:32 PM
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Here is a thought...we could use all the best pictures we have of all the hitchhikers we've found on our rock and put them in a few posts? We could separate them into good and bad and I guess questionable hitchhikers? I can supply a picture of a c. isopod
For the good guys I can supply some fo the clams, corals and sponges. I won't have access to my pictures until Tuesday though. I would even volunteer to have people email their hitchhiker pictures so I could post them all at once on here. Pat I think you have the best gorilla crab pictures.B.
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04/02/2005, 12:45 PM
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the package price is very good, i think like $3 or so per pound. a very good deal, IMO.
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04/02/2005, 12:47 PM
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ok here i go i ordered an 85g package (i have a 90g) not to skimp but because i had got a GARF rock that will turn into live rock. i ordered it in December of 04 and got it in January shortly after i found out my wife could not find her soul in our current home and we were moving to one where her soul might be found (only 2 miles away) i have delayed delivery of part two because of the move, good news i sold my (souless) house and now know i will be moving May 6th YEEAAH!! and here are my pics
stand being built  hard wired timers  tank with just GARF rock  part one  new additions(impatient me)     also name is Jason go by DooD
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