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05/29/2017, 10:34 AM | #1 |
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From humble beginnings!
Here are a few pics of my 280g from 3 1/2 yrs ago to now.
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05/29/2017, 10:51 AM | #2 |
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Man, that's so freaken awesome. Not only the sps growth, but your school of blue tangs growing along with the tank!!!
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05/29/2017, 12:39 PM | #3 |
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Beautiful reef! How are you maintaining your alk and calcium?
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05/29/2017, 12:47 PM | #4 |
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Thanks , dosing baking soda and CaCl ,from the RH 2 part balling method
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05/29/2017, 01:00 PM | #5 |
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What anthias are those?
Excellent growth and your tank is beautiful!
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05/29/2017, 02:37 PM | #6 |
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Lyretail Anthias , somehow didnt keep their color
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05/29/2017, 05:27 PM | #7 |
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I love a KISS system. Really nice growth. Could you tell us more about your build? Lights? Skimmer etc?
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05/29/2017, 06:32 PM | #8 |
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great monti!
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05/29/2017, 11:20 PM | #9 |
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Tank 80x36x20 Lighting for the most part has been 2 400w radiums , skimmer Tunze , i run Dsb in the sump with some macro algea and a 'diy' test scrubber at the moment.
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05/30/2017, 02:36 AM | #10 |
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Very nice and lovely tank. Your fish must love your aquascape, easy to hind and easy to swim around.
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05/30/2017, 10:36 AM | #11 |
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Some more pics from closer and above
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05/31/2017, 09:10 PM | #12 |
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Very impressive.
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05/31/2017, 11:42 PM | #13 |
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Very very cool! Love the before and after.
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06/01/2017, 05:51 AM | #14 |
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very nice! cant believe you are able to keep all those blue tangs together, very nice grow on everything too!
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06/01/2017, 08:33 AM | #15 |
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Only two 400w radium's over that long tank? Or are you saying two 400w radium's per reflector? Beautiful full colonies, looks great! Takes a good reefer to grow out such a small amount of coral into nice big colonies like that!
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06/01/2017, 01:54 PM | #16 |
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06/01/2017, 02:19 PM | #19 |
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It is also very nice to see colonies that are not dying from the base-up and colorless and white on the underside. Well done, indeed.
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06/01/2017, 02:42 PM | #20 |
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Wow, can you share a front tank shot showing your lights? How high are they hung?
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06/02/2017, 09:56 AM | #21 |
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06/02/2017, 10:02 AM | #23 |
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Holy Moses! That's insane! I would love to see two LED fixtures do that. Goes to show how good radium's bulbs really are. Even though you pulled the rockwork in towards the middle of the tank, those bulbs are still reaching a long way and growing the coral really well. I wonder what difference you would have seen if you had four bulbs over that tank.
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06/02/2017, 10:08 AM | #24 |
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Very nice! I love shallow tanks.
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06/02/2017, 10:17 AM | #25 |
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I think 4 build 1600 w may be an overkill in this tank as it's only 20 deep
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