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10/21/2013, 05:57 AM | #176 |
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Glad your getting back on the horse!
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10/21/2013, 11:18 AM | #177 |
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Me too I love this hobby! I always wanted to be a marine biologist, and still may someday i find sea life so fascinating, its almost alien, I love having a bit of that in my house (as inhumane as it is sometimes like when I kill everything) lol But Ive learned and moving forward my system is going to be better for it thanks for the encouragement guys, idk where I would be without this forum lol
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10/21/2013, 11:40 AM | #178 |
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good to hear about the wp25. I have a 20g long and think it maybe too strong. Maybe i will wait for the wp10 nearer xmas.
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10/21/2013, 11:46 PM | #179 |
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Just ordered two kessil a150ws and mounting arms.... the MH T5 fixture fell off the wall when i was messing with it (i had only ofne of the supports in a stud in the wall) Im a moron lol but it got the gf on board to order some nice LEDs did some research and I liked a lot of different lights, but ppl are crazy about these kessils and there is way less i gotta worry about when it comes to dimming and such.
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10/22/2013, 12:58 AM | #180 |
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out of curiosity, which a150w's did you order?
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10/22/2013, 09:37 AM | #181 |
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Two 15ks
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10/22/2013, 04:39 PM | #182 |
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btmedic04 any opinion there?
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10/22/2013, 04:46 PM | #183 |
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After a few weeks, and testing tank params, everything is ok (dkh is a little low but im bringing it up)
added some corals green birdsnest Uploaded with ImageShack.us Rasta Zoas (I LOVE THESE) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Orange Bam Bams Uploaded with ImageShack.us A big ol rock of blue cloves with some eagle eye zoas in there Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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10/22/2013, 04:47 PM | #184 |
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Btw I got these corals from ReeferSteve in this forum his tank is gorgeous, and hes who def convinced me to go LED...im glad its starting to have life again....
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10/22/2013, 05:24 PM | #185 |
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Your tank is looking great. Glad you like the corals and glad there doing great too.
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10/22/2013, 06:22 PM | #186 |
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10/22/2013, 11:29 PM | #187 |
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Btmedic04 my brother has a 20 and I think he should get ai nano awesome control features... reefersteve has a reef breeder and his tank looks amazing, they sell a small version of that too.ill post some pics once the kessils come...I'm hoping I didn't screw up by getting two 15ks, im going they will still be bright and not too dark...we like the lights in the living room. I know they are going to be very blue
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10/23/2013, 11:18 AM | #188 |
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Im happy, I have the feeling I'm really starting to grasp this chemistry stuff..... in the beginning i read all the stickys and i have books, and talked with people... but until I started testing every day after a crash, and dosing what I am supposed to, and testing before and after water changes, to see what effects things had on the overall chemistry of the tank water.... I really didnt get it..... but I think i am now makes me happy.
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10/23/2013, 07:41 PM | #189 |
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That ora green birds nest will grow fast! Mine has doubled in size in 2 months! I'm diggin the rimless.
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11/05/2013, 12:59 PM | #190 |
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Update:
Uploaded with ImageShack.us my new UPS for the tank, got a 12v adapter and ill have the apex shut off everything but the sump pump and the heater. ill do a test run and see how long it lasts but the ups says itll last 70 mins with a monitor computer and modem, and ill be running alot less with a heater and a pump. So ill prob get close to 2 hrs out of it, and I cant remember the time we were without power longer than that. Also the brown digi and the green ora dont look good... the green ora looked great for about a week, then started to bleach! the other little brown/purplish birdsnest that i have more towards the top and have never moved is doing just fine tho idk whats up. Ill post some pics soon. We have a algae blenny, and a divided wrasse that are doing well, and eating mysis. but they both seem to feast on copapods all day. I really would like a fish that had the appetite my old clowns did tho, leave no food uneaten! lol
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11/05/2013, 09:35 PM | #191 |
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very nice upgrade.
You made me read every posts Now, your tank no longer qualify you as a nano any more. |
11/06/2013, 12:53 PM | #192 |
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I know lol, since you read every post, youll see I asked the leaders of the forum to move my thread and rename it but its not been done lol and I use the thread as more of a personal journal/timeline or id start a new thread.... but the tank isnt a new build its just sort of evolved over the years
Thanks for reading
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11/28/2013, 11:33 PM | #193 |
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Added a beautiful rainbow bubble tip anemone this pass weekend, pics to come!
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