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Unread 03/06/2008, 03:55 PM   #76
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i love the tank my only ? is. you have that think overflow on you yet?
No - but close - I came home to find a snail on my float valve holding it down, the tank was filled up to a few millimeters from the edge - next project: plastic guard around my float valve


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Unread 03/06/2008, 03:57 PM   #77
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Thanks for the info. I'm kind of torn between the two shrimp! I have one hi-fin in a 20L w/ a pair of very small onyx clowns and 5 sexy shrimp, so I may just leave that guy be and hopefully he'll come out on his own once he settles in. The other 2 I have are in a 45g w/ a couple clowns and a clown goby. But I like the look of the tiger pistols, but the randall's add more color.. plus it doesn't look like anyone that I normally order from has either, so I'm just gonna wait and see what happens. I might add another hi-fin to the 45 as well, in hopes that 2 of the 3 will pair up.


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Unread 03/06/2008, 04:09 PM   #78
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Unread 03/08/2008, 12:56 PM   #79
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A great alternative to the more conventional, and sometimes boring, coral dominated tanks! I'm guessing that your nitrates are effectively zero from all this algae, right? One question: did you mainly get the different macroalgae from local LFSs or online?


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Unread 03/08/2008, 01:36 PM   #80
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Thankyou. And, yes, nitrates are always undetectable... :]
I got the different algaes from select local fish stores mostly - only one algae specie (codium) was purchased online. In fact, some of the stores I got algae from saw it as a pest, and they were happy to get rid of it - lol


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Unread 03/08/2008, 03:41 PM   #81
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Mabuhay! from the Philippines.

I would like to have a thriving tank just like yours someday. KUDOS! I have a few questions, do you inject CO2 in your system? and what kind of saltmix do you use and how often do you perform WC?

thanks so much for any response.

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Unread 03/08/2008, 05:30 PM   #82
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Mabuhay! from the Philippines.

I would like to have a thriving tank just like yours someday. KUDOS! I have a few questions, do you inject CO2 in your system? and what kind of saltmix do you use and how often do you perform WC?

thanks so much for any response.

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Thanks for the compliments - I do dose CO2, at less than 1 bps - this is just enough to get some of my algae to pearl (visually release oxygen). I use Reefcrystals for my salt mix, and perform 15 - 20 gallon (20~30%) water changes every 3 months.


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Unread 03/09/2008, 01:08 AM   #83
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More Fish that've been in the system fo a while:

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More shots:


(Yellow Roses)


(Yellow Roses)
How many yellow roses do you have in your tank, and do they all get along?


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Unread 03/09/2008, 03:26 AM   #84
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I had originally put five into my system, but one jumped the first week :[ ....the rest of the four get along great - as there are plenty of shrimp to go around, and they seem to jump holes anyways - the worst I've seen are some mild fin-dispaying, but never any real aggresion :]


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Unread 03/09/2008, 05:33 AM   #85
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what's the ID of the yellow starfishy?


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Unread 03/09/2008, 05:51 AM   #86
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Marty, it is probably an Iconaster species or Glyphodiscus sps. Here is a paper I found on the two genera.

http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medi...63_z05n1a9.pdf


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Unread 03/10/2008, 05:16 AM   #87
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Marty, it is probably an Iconaster species or Glyphodiscus sps. Here is a paper I found on the two genera.

http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medi...63_z05n1a9.pdf
thanks very much for the link, jamie.


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Unread 03/16/2008, 11:52 PM   #88
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It's been a little while, so here's a photo update:












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Unread 03/17/2008, 05:02 AM   #89
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oh man, you can't update pics without showing the gobies and pistols!


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Unread 03/17/2008, 05:29 AM   #90
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My bad! I'll take and upload some livestock shots first thing tomorrow (later today - lol).


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Unread 03/17/2008, 06:53 AM   #91
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cool. I'm still debating on whether or not to get a couple of pistols and if so which ones. The tiger's look cool, but the randall's would add more color. Did you say you had both in different tanks? I still gotta figure out a way to start the macro in the tank w/o the mithrax gettin at it too fast.


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Unread 03/17/2008, 03:14 PM   #92
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I've had both species before, yes. I had one tiger in a seperate system - and the randallis in this system now. I much prefer the randallis - they are more colorful, I see them a lot more often (maybe cause there's 5 and not 1...) and the don't completely destroy my scape from digging because they are much smaller. To start the macros in your tanks - I would remove the mithrix crabs for a while - just catch them as you see them :]

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Unread 03/17/2008, 03:15 PM   #93
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Unread 03/17/2008, 05:11 PM   #94
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dang I love those pics! I just put in an order for 2 Randalli's, they'll be here Wed.. hopefully all goes well! I also thought of a way to start introducing macro into the tank and have it be out of reach of those darned mithrax. So hopefully I can start having a planted tank.


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Unread 03/17/2008, 05:37 PM   #95
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Awesome - good luck


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Unread 03/18/2008, 09:05 PM   #96
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what kind of substrate is best for the planted only system?

I am using rock only bottom but may re-scape and add some sand?

also, wonderboy, what amounts of CO2 are you dosing and when did you begin dosing?

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Unread 03/18/2008, 09:58 PM   #97
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I've only used this Bahama oolite substrate... So I can't say what would be best. I think it would really depend on how mature and established the sand bed is. I started dosing co2 as soon as I felt I had enough algae in there to use it all. I dose at 1 bps.


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Unread 03/19/2008, 12:21 PM   #98
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Man. That was awesome. Nice thread and tank. Totally awesome!

Can you buy the gobies and shrimps already paired?


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Unread 03/19/2008, 01:08 PM   #99
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yeah, check www.liveaquaria.com 's diver's den daily, sometimes they pop up there w/ different kinds..yashia, hi-fins, draculas, etc. They're under the fish section if they're there (the paired ones). you'll usually get 2 gobies and 1 shrimp


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Unread 03/24/2008, 08:15 PM   #100
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Hey everyone - not much has changed, but I managed to get some shots that I thought were worth posting:


Click here for the full resolution panoramic





And here's my favorite side (right side) as of yesterday:


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