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06-03-2006, 04:12 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Great tank PaintGuru, where have you been hiding? What size tank is that?
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06-03-2006, 04:13 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Keep us posted Gmoney, maybe we can help with your setup!
Welcome to TRT,
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06-03-2006, 04:15 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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It is nice to have a great place like this to relax and talk about our tanks Black71gp, it was a long time comming but I love it here. I am glad they set this up for all of us.
A big Welcome to TRT for you too!
Whiskey
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06-03-2006, 07:56 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca.
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will do Wiskey
I have info in the tank blog area on how I plan on running the tank...
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06-04-2006, 12:14 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Post a setup thread in the BB fourm, that way we all get cool pictures, and we can chime in with suggestions and tips along the way.
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06-04-2006, 08:06 AM
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Automotive Paint Nerd
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Livonia, MI
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Great tank PaintGuru, where have you been hiding? What size tank is that?
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I'm busy in the summer with soccer so not a whole lot of free time for me. Its a 92 cube with a 400W Reeflux 10K in a Luminarc reflector. Things seem to be happy enough (I am getting a little hair algae for some reason, need to figure out why).
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06-04-2006, 08:39 AM
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squid
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Buffalo, New York
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Barebottom for over 2 years, growth and color are much better than my DSB days.
The Chips, Tort and Pillow were small brown frags on plugs 2 years ago.
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06-04-2006, 10:27 AM
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Little Fishy
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acromoron:nice pics! I hope in 2 years I get growth and color like that.
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06-04-2006, 02:06 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Originally Posted by PaintGuru
I'm busy in the summer with soccer so not a whole lot of free time for me. Its a 92 cube with a 400W Reeflux 10K in a Luminarc reflector. Things seem to be happy enough (I am getting a little hair algae for some reason, need to figure out why).
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Indeed, things do seem to be quite happy. If you are getting hair algae it means that you are not getting some deatris out. Look for settling spots, make sure your skimmer is running wet enough and evaluate your export in general.
Do you blast off your LR regularly? Sometimes deatris can build up in nooks and cause algae, this could give you an idea where you need a little more flow.
HTH,
Whiskey
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06-04-2006, 02:08 PM
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Barebottom for over 2 years, growth and color are much better than my DSB days.
The Chips, Tort and Pillow were small brown frags on plugs 2 years ago.
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Great tank! Thanks for sharing, do you have a full tank shot?
Welcome to TRT!
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06-04-2006, 03:41 PM
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Automotive Paint Nerd
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Indeed, things do seem to be quite happy. If you are getting hair algae it means that you are not getting some deatris out. Look for settling spots, make sure your skimmer is running wet enough and evaluate your export in general.
Do you blast off your LR regularly? Sometimes deatris can build up in nooks and cause algae, this could give you an idea where you need a little more flow.
HTH,
Whiskey
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Yeah I've been playing with the circulation lately. I think a lot of my detrius is pushed underneath my starboard. I think I need a Seio to blow underneath my milkcrate to get that stuff going. Again...just been to busy lately  .
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06-04-2006, 07:43 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NJ
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paint guru: I have a similar problem with detritus going underneath my starboard. I have 4 Seio's blowing straight down along the back, which helps a lot. Although, in the front there are still areas where it gets under. Although it aggrivates me, and I know it definetely isn't helping my tank AT ALL, I have no adverse side effects that I can see or test. I have no algae, anywhere, and my nitrates and phosohates are 0. I also have a BB chaeto section of my sump, which I keep very very clean, which hopefully is taking out any nitrates that enter the water column at all. I run a Deltec MCE600 skimmer.
Hope something here helps solve your algae issues.
Dave
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06-04-2006, 11:21 PM
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Detritus is not a pet
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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Been a while since I posted a pic of my tank. Nothing changed just a new acro up front left side and a new oxypora that doesn't show up in the pic very much.
Some of the fish.
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06-05-2006, 10:51 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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Wow, the BB group keep growing. Welcome everyone, nice tanks.
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07-02-2006, 04:14 AM
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Detritus is not a pet
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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New look, new toy, new picture.
Love the Stream  And a picture from Old San Juan here in Puerto Rico just for the heck of it.
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