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Old 08/16/2007, 11:00 AM
wizsmaster wizsmaster is offline
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i haven't taken any one sin the last week or so ... i think these are from 08/06/07





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I don't want real life lighting...I want better! Nature/god never grew a 400 pound pumpkin, man did.
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Old 08/16/2007, 11:02 AM
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sweet tank wiz is the whole tank hurricane resistant?
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Old 08/16/2007, 11:03 AM
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Nice i like all the tangs, watch out for that rabbit mine started eating zoas and rics and a few other lps corals..... lil b@$turd
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Old 08/16/2007, 11:15 AM
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Quote:
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sweet tank wiz is the whole tank hurricane resistant?
no, but it's energy efficient ... lol.


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Nice i like all the tangs, watch out for that rabbit mine started eating zoas and rics and a few other lps corals..... lil b@$turd
12-15 tangs ... somewhere there.
Yes, heard that a few times. I decided to take my chance. So far so good. It's a scribbled rabbit as well....
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Old 08/16/2007, 11:36 AM
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My Tank has about 40 fish, is 600g SPS mostly.

Heres a pic....


the ater 8is a little cloudy since I had been cleaning pumps and blown some sand around the tank.
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Old 08/16/2007, 11:41 AM
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very nice. How long has this tank been setup?

I'll have to add .. my tank is fairly new ... setup about 6 months ago, and been adding coral frags heavily in the past 2-3 months. I buy mostly frags, no large colonies.
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  #132  
Old 08/16/2007, 12:15 PM
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Very nice tank everyone.
Wizsmaster, you have 12-15 tangs? Wow, I think I need more then.
Pwhitby, your tank is so BIG and pretty.

Here are some pics of my tank.
They are not new though.
I will take some new pics and post soon.

Tank: 300g (5x4x2tall)
System: ~400g (300g SPS, 75g LPS, 90g sum)
Fish: 6 tangs, 1 magnificent foxface, and about 20 small fish)




This pic is about 3 weeks old.

Last edited by Deepsea2005; 08/16/2007 at 12:23 PM.
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Old 08/16/2007, 05:38 PM
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Wow deep i thought i was diving the great barrier reef when i saw that giant efflo in your tank
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Old 08/16/2007, 05:48 PM
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Mine is a 340 gallon with two external overflows guess'ing on the gallons never did the math. tank is 72" w x 30" T x 36" deep. With a 75 gallon sump. 400 watt hqi currently running coralvue 20k along with two 6ft vho atinics.
PM Cal RX , dart return, barricuda CL and three tunze 6100 on a controller.

Just removed my sand bed but I am planning on adding more back.
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Old 08/16/2007, 05:50 PM
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Here are some random pics


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Old 08/16/2007, 05:51 PM
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Sorry camera and camerman skills both suck


and a FTS

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Old 08/16/2007, 06:33 PM
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How big is that efflo and how long have you had it.
tank looks great
thanks
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Old 08/16/2007, 07:43 PM
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your tanks are more awsome than your skimmers guys.
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Old 08/16/2007, 07:50 PM
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Thank you Randy and Victor.
Victor, I have the efflos since 2004. The big one is 2' diameter.

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Old 08/16/2007, 07:52 PM
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My clowns like my new skimmer just caught this action today

Que the cheesy music... chek abow now...
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Old 08/16/2007, 07:55 PM
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how long did you have those percs in there before the skimmer, the water quality could be inducing them to spawn. but i havent heard of that before.
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Old 08/16/2007, 07:58 PM
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I have had them for a little over 7 years and they do a lot of spawning.
they have outlasted a few marriages that I know
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Old 08/19/2007, 01:06 AM
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Man the skimmer looks awesome.
So will there be an update to the current sized skimmer?
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Old 08/19/2007, 09:55 AM
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What is the preferred feed pump? How many GPH?

I just picked one up at Reef-a-palooza and now I gotta figure out how to get it set up. Also, have any of you flooded/overflowed the skimmer?

Can't you just use the drain on the dart impeller housing to drain the skimmer? Maybe there is a fitting that could be screwed into this to make it easier to drain?
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Old 08/19/2007, 11:09 AM
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Here are some random pics


Randy you should have included a FTS earlier I would have jumped in a lot faster!!! Love the tank!!!
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Old 08/19/2007, 11:50 AM
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well, I have ahd my skimmer approaching 6 weeks now and Im still amazed at how well it is performing.

Since my skimmer is in the garage I removed the little silencer doo-dad at the top of the air intake in the hopes it may bring more air in with less restriction. It is slightly noisier, but barely noticable. I do think there is more air flow as the water level rose somewhat, but not a great deal.

I still pull copious quantities of gunk, but I am feeding a little heavier now.

I should get my 100g refugium online later today !! woohoooo
at my age getting ecited about the chance to do a little plumbing....

heres a shot of my fish room, as it is now - on its way to completion.



Paul.
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Old 08/19/2007, 11:53 AM
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and if by chance you are curious as to all the pipes....



I have yet to fit the shelves above the sump and the bench above the refugium for the frag tank....but its getting there.

I also have to get the electricals run in panduit. The extension cords in the picture are there temp while im fitting equipment.

on a side note, the lack of a drain plug in the Reeflo made me take time to fit a drain plug on my refugium.

Paul.

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Old 08/19/2007, 12:08 PM
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what size is the chamber in the middle. It looks like it is 8" but not sure. Anyone have an idea
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Old 08/19/2007, 05:02 PM
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Thanks if I had a better camera or better camera skills LOL I would post more pics
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