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ascitone
10/23/2009, 10:46 AM
Hi,
Been lurking for a while and have always wanted a reef tank. I have had a 75 gal. heavily planted tank (2x 250 MH, co2, under substrait heater. the whole 9 yards.) Anyway, Today I filled my 20 long with water and I am mixing now. it's pretty boring I know but a big step for me. tank as I said is a 20 long, right now I have a 30" coralife PC fixture over it. I am waiting for my T5 ballast's. runnig a penguin 330 & Eheim 2026 untill I get the rest of my LR & LS. then the Ehiem will be removed & power heads installed, And mod the penguin into small refuge. shure I'll have lots of questions along the way. but for now I am happy here is a pic of my sad tank..<a href="http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z212/ascitone/?action=view&current=Day1-10-23-09.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z212/ascitone/Day1-10-23-09.jpg" border="0" alt="Day 1b 10/23/09"></a>

jenjen
10/23/2009, 11:09 AM
[welcome]

I love that piece of rock, great shape. Good luck with the tank, and be sure to keep posting pics... we love pics!

lordofthereef
10/23/2009, 11:20 AM
Not boring at all! Everyone here knows the excitement of getting started with their first SW tank! Keep the thread going with updated pics please! :)

ascitone
11/16/2009, 06:34 PM
Still not much to look at but it is an update, this is with the 192 Blue LED'S
I have 2 scarlet crabs, 1 blue leg crab, 4 nassarius snail's
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z212/ascitone/PICT0001.jpg
and I'm not sure what this is on my rock its hard to get a good pic.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z212/ascitone/PICT0185.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z212/ascitone/PICT0192.jpg

JTL
11/16/2009, 08:24 PM
I am too new to venture a guess, but welcome to the club.

Falconeer
11/16/2009, 08:46 PM
Just based on shape, i'd guess a mushroom of some form. However, i am also very new to SW and reef tanks, so i'd let some more experienced folk ID it before settling.

MadOTC
11/16/2009, 09:00 PM
Good luck with the new tank. Remeber to be patient, it will pay off in the long run.

TwistedEnvy
11/16/2009, 09:31 PM
+1 on the mushroom. looks like a good start. Hope your mushroom lives even in the new tank!