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11/11/2017, 10:25 AM | #201 |
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Good point about young children; hopefully mine are now old enough to know better. Either way, I designed the stand trim to make it impossible for the mag cleaner to get too close to the sand.
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11/11/2017, 02:52 PM | #202 |
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How do you like the Kessils with the Radions?? I have Kessils and Hydras over my 180 and the corals are growing like crazy.
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11/13/2017, 10:19 AM | #203 |
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Combination has mostly worked for me. Shading can be an issue so you end up with more fixtures that you thought you would
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11/13/2017, 10:21 AM | #204 |
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Here's how I have the lights configured.
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11/13/2017, 06:57 PM | #205 |
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Mine are configured like that as well. Minimal shadowing. Nice growth
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11/17/2017, 12:52 PM | #206 |
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Gradually moving the decent sized frags from the frag tank to display. Have an absolute explosion of those tiny white micro stars in the frag tank.
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11/17/2017, 12:55 PM | #207 |
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.... and a picture.
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11/18/2017, 06:18 AM | #208 |
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Love the Aquascaping Simon, been a while since I tuned in. I can't believe how quickly it seems to have come together.
Any butterflies planned or do you like your corals too much, lol.
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11/18/2017, 08:04 AM | #209 |
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Hey Matt. Well there's a pyramid in there, and I have four more loitering in QT. Had a trio but two didn't make the change over. Extremely useful fish as mine developed a taste for Xenia and majanos, but mostly leave everything else alone. Hopefully the resident teaches the newcomers his culinary tastes . Not adverse to other 'flies, but not entirely sure what to get. I've steered clear of the copperband because I figure my tangs are just too boisterous.
Came together fast because I got sick of the house cluttered with aquarium stuff. Dining room table was covered with various bits of kit and half of the garage was taken up with tank and stand. Plus, patience may be a virtue, but it's not one of mine.
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11/19/2017, 10:47 PM | #210 |
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Ended up losing a few fish in the transition, though no corals so far. Tank looks quite 'empty'. So fish plan is as follows, currently:
Four angels - Regal, LemonPeel, flame and Potters Five tangs: Regal, chevron, desjardini, yellow and purple Six anthais: three bimacs and three resplendents Three PJ cardinals six wrasses: dusky, two leopards, two fairies and a cleaner One yellow-tail damsel One watchman One zebra eel One pyramid butterfly I've got a black and zebra tang in the refugium that will get to the display at some point, along with a small gem. Also have four pyramid butterfly in QT. I'm thinking that I will add a unicorn tang if I can find one of reasonable size, along with a bunch of chalk basslets, a few more yellow-tail damsels and 4-6 additional bimac females.
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11/24/2017, 07:50 PM | #211 |
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Sorry to hear about the losses Simon. Love your aquascaping btw, wish I had that depth in my tank.
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03/25/2018, 09:49 PM | #212 |
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Been a bit remiss in updating this thread. Tank has been up and running for 5 months ....
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03/26/2018, 08:08 AM | #213 |
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Very nice tank!!!
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03/26/2018, 04:32 PM | #214 |
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Looks great!
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03/31/2018, 07:25 AM | #215 |
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Wow, I haven't seen this thread in a while. That is serious amount of light... and coral! Very cool.
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09/30/2018, 05:04 PM | #216 |
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Any updates on this tank!
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10/06/2018, 10:50 PM | #217 |
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Difficulties in loading pictures has steered me to use a different forum for this kind of picture heavy thread. Tank will be a year old in a few weeks. Corals have all grown well and tank is mostly full . 450/400 is just too small. Gotta start thinking about a bigger tank. Over 100 fish.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=_wNEh5-nZgc
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10/07/2018, 10:11 AM | #219 |
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It does look pretty full! Your fish seem to be trying to tell you something. Like they think it's dinner time or something.
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10/08/2018, 08:27 AM | #220 |
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Wow, that tank certainly is full already! With both corals and fish. Looks great!
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10/08/2018, 09:21 AM | #221 | |
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10/15/2018, 07:13 PM | #222 |
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Nice Video Simon! I love the large mix of fish you have.
I can't wait to get my tank up and running again. The FOWLR section is pretty much dead on this forum unfortunately. I was looking at my fish today at my parents, I've lost most of my butterflies, including my prized Rainfordi. I still have the barber and the flavirostris though. I'm hoping to get things going again around Christmas.
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12/02/2018, 03:44 PM | #223 |
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Awesome job Simon!! I remember you getting this thing installed and running. Big undertaking!! Everything looks great!
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