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murfman
01/26/2007, 11:33 PM
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=971190&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Darknes
01/27/2007, 12:30 AM
You found pictures of my tank? :p

Those are amazing!
murfman
01/27/2007, 12:47 AM
yeah, I am only on page 9 of the thread......
reefkoi
01/27/2007, 08:12 AM
Yeah I came across that one before, amazing stuff some of those guys are using HGH also! Its legal in italy apparently. Its amazing what stuff reefkeepers will come up with !
normanviking
01/27/2007, 09:26 AM
What is HGH?
Darknes
01/27/2007, 09:36 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9087611#post9087611 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by normanviking
What is HGH?

Human Growth Hormones.

I've heard they use that in those tanks too. The tanks are incredible, but they do some questionable things to get them like that.
reefkoi
01/27/2007, 10:28 AM
well I' read some of the people say that the tanks would still look great without HGH but they get incredible growth from the corals. The fish dont grow any faster and the HGH I think enables the corals to feed on whats in the water faster, anotherwords the HGH is letting them feed better but HGH is not the food itself. Maybe similiar to the way the coral snow from Zeovit is. Coral Snow is not a food itself but helps the corals take in stuff thats put into the tank for them by us.
murfman
01/27/2007, 12:13 PM
quick summary; the HGH is put into a gelatinous food cube that is then frozen. slices are cut off of it and because it was frozen, it breaks down into amino acids that the corals can use. The non human growth hormone (it is synthetic) is not the food. They are getting ready to document the process and publish it in reefkeeping italia.com magazine, identifying what amino acids work.
Thurge
01/30/2007, 03:15 PM
You ought to check out Palletta's book, "Ultimate Marine Aquariums". The best part is that the owners document what is in the tank, what equipment is used, how often they feed and how the lighting scheme works, among other tid bits of info.
I'm also prowd to say I have actually seen a few of the tanks featured, in person.
reefkoi
01/30/2007, 04:01 PM
yeah I read that book all the time, its a great book a must have for sure