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July nTOTM- UWWMatt's 25G Mixed Reef
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07/02/2009, 03:21 PM | #2 |
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FTS A very shy orange spotted goby These are most recent tank additions. I trio of spot gilled cardinal fish. This is me hand feeding my bumblebee shrimp My porcelain crab on a ricordia mushroom This is a mini brittle starfish orgy. I came home from work one night to find hundreds of brittle starfish in little piles like this all over my tank. My pom pom crab in the shipping bag before I put him in the tank |
07/02/2009, 03:27 PM | #3 |
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More mess from the tank disaster. My fiancé was not happy.
Another shot of the cardinals Some pictures from the build This is my bicolor blenny |
07/02/2009, 03:32 PM | #4 |
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This is the 14G biocube that I upgraded from.
Here is a shot of my 25G right after the transfer. I also transfered the livestock from my 2.5G tank Sexy Shrimp (I only have 1 now) |
07/02/2009, 03:39 PM | #5 |
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Some coral shots
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07/02/2009, 03:48 PM | #6 |
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congratulations!!! I love the progression shots and all the random fish and invert pics!! Great picture taking skills you got! Very cool. You definitely deserved this one! Glad you got through your dilema back in May and now your nTOTM!! woo hoo!! congratulations once again
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07/02/2009, 03:53 PM | #7 |
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Congrats. Wonderful tanks and great story. I had a similar incident happen and I am rebuilding as well. You deserve the honor this month.
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07/02/2009, 05:54 PM | #8 |
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Nice tank! Good job!
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07/02/2009, 06:05 PM | #9 |
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Congrats! very sweet tank
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07/03/2009, 01:52 AM | #10 |
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Thanks guys.
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07/03/2009, 10:28 AM | #11 |
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Congrats! Very nice tank. How do you like your vortech? I'm thinking of the MP10 for my next project.
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07/03/2009, 11:10 AM | #12 |
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well deserved nTOTM. congrats!
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07/03/2009, 01:13 PM | #14 |
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Love this tank! One of the few NTOTM I like.
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Thanks everyone.....if anyone wants to know more about a certain aspect of the tank or see more pictures just let me know. Matt |
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07/03/2009, 05:35 PM | #16 |
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Congrats
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07/03/2009, 08:12 PM | #17 |
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Congrats!.. just one question?.. do you still have a fiance?..lol
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07/03/2009, 11:48 PM | #18 |
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Well deserved winner, stunning tank and shots.
Excellent write up of your tank, very well put together.
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07/05/2009, 01:55 AM | #20 |
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Very nice tank. It is not too common to see a 25 tall aga as a reef tank. I think you did a great job aquascaping. Great composition and mix of corals.
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07/05/2009, 06:25 AM | #21 |
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Well done uwwmatt - great looking tank, with a great write up.
I hear you about the fiance and tank situation... I've managed to have 1 tank burst, and flooded our old apartments on more than one occasion, ha ha. couldn't have been that bad though, we're now married ...hoping to raise the 'upgrade' question with her soon...
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07/05/2009, 07:03 AM | #22 |
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really like the tank matt. I like to see other people out there with the same kind of "hands off" aproach to testing and maintaining their tanks. Yours is proof that it can work.
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07/05/2009, 12:34 PM | #23 |
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ncie tank well deserved ntotm
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07/05/2009, 02:01 PM | #24 |
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Thanks for the comments everyone!
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07/07/2009, 12:23 PM | #25 |
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Great looking tank sir, well done.
Couple of Q's.. What type of overflow are you using, what return pump and do you have a top down shot of the sump in the stand and associated plumbing? I have the exact same tank stand combo and am thinking of making some radical changes soon.
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