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10/17/2007, 10:06 PM | #126 |
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I want to show you some details of my tanks, with pics taken by my friend Tiago Garcia (he and his camera make miracles...).
I begin with some of my clean up crew fishes. I thank them for keeping my tanks algae free (and I pay nothing,,,) I hope you enjoy it Last edited by Machado deSousa; 10/17/2007 at 10:27 PM. |
10/17/2007, 10:23 PM | #127 |
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More fishes of my tanks. These are more efficient as pic models than cleaners...
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10/18/2007, 11:36 AM | #128 |
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some more details
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10/18/2007, 11:39 AM | #129 |
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God dang this is awwweeesome!!!!
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10/18/2007, 12:13 PM | #130 |
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Very nice picture taking. The colors are awesome!
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10/18/2007, 01:12 PM | #131 |
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Some grown babies on the discs in the Day-care center
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10/18/2007, 03:18 PM | #132 |
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Do you have any close up pics of the "newborns" in the nursery?
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May be tomorrow I take some close ups to the corals in the nursery and post them. Cheers |
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Tomorrow I'll get them. Cheers |
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10/19/2007, 03:50 AM | #137 |
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Simply amazing. You have an awesome collection of frags there mate. Well done.
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10/19/2007, 05:31 AM | #138 |
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Those are good pictures and your setup is excellent. Many Americans don't see the how good T5s can be. Do you have any pics of one of your single polyp transfers, or are you in between generations while you set up new tanks?
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10/19/2007, 05:44 AM | #139 |
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Hi, Chris wright!
I am thinking of traveling to Australia in the next year to know your beautiful country and visit the worldwide reefs sanctuary. It's my dream. You live in a country blessed by God! Cheers |
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About t5 lamps, I have T5 lighting because I am forced to do so. The biggest problem that I have here with HQI lamps would be the issue of cooling costs in the summer. I always used in my home aquariums HQI lamps and Corals grew well and had strong colors. If I could have in my prop system HQI lamps I would not hesitate. I adore glitter lines in decoration! Cheers, |
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The shimmer lines are very cool, but I do not see any shortfalls in your system. Nice work!
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When nursery frags grow I take them off with covers all together from the tubes ant fix them with inert cement on the discs. Cheers |
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I can not feed the corals one by one because they are in large quantity. I provide the food to water, stop the skimmers so that the food that is not consumed goes to the sump for feeding the living organisms there because they also need to be fed. Too often I feed directly the life in the sump. Cheers, |
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I feed the corals with the lights on but the more efficient it would be when the lights are off because it is when that the coral polyps are at the maximum extent. You gave me a good idea. I will change the feeding time. From now I will always feed them with lights off... About HBH, No, I don't use HBH. Cheers |
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Australia is a country worth visitin, all biasis aside . There's plenty of reefs to visit. Cheers Chris |
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10/19/2007, 10:33 PM | #148 |
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I had aquariums for a long time and I could always change frags with some friends. I went to Germany with friends and I brought 20 rare corals from a coral farm. From then began to reproduce in tubes in my aquariums at home. There are about a year i rent this garage, that is located 25 km from my home, to adapt to my prop system .
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That's what I call true dedication to this hobby. Well worth it though.
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10/20/2007, 04:41 AM | #150 |
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Beautiful system mate!! As Chris said, "true dedication to this hobby" well done. I would love to see some more equipment shots if you get the chance.
And thanks for the kind words about Australia, shoot me a PM if you do find yourself down here. Cheers, Josh
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