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03-30-2003, 01:13 PM
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squid
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Westerville, OH
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New to the board and Building a reef tank.
Hello all. I'm new here but not new to keeping an aquarium. Sold my fish only tank when we moved and looking to put together a 75-125 gal. reef in the new house. Helped out some friends with reef tanks long ago but never had one myself. I was hoping to get some recommendations on lighting and filtration.
BTW, Ive attached a Pic of my old tank. It was a 130 gal. fish only that stood 7 ft tall. Not going to go that big this time. As you could imagine, it was a pain to clean.
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03-30-2003, 01:17 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Demotte IN
Posts: 131
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03-30-2003, 03:17 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Location, Location
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Welcome! nice stand and canopy on the tank  i can see where the tank would be a pain to clean,,,,
just a hello and welcome from another Indiana Reefer,,
we are almost neighbors,,,,  well sorta,,, 
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03-30-2003, 03:23 PM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
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W huge warm welcome to ya bud! I love your old tank, the stand and canopy are gorgeous! What all did you have in your old tank?
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03-30-2003, 03:56 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
Posts: 25,150
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Well hopefully we can steer you twowards a nice reef setup
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03-30-2003, 05:27 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Medicine Lake, MN
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What a nice set-up you had. With a tank that tall you gotta love magnets! Good luck with your reef plans...just let us know when you have a question!
Brooke
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03-30-2003, 06:41 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Welcome to TRT!! That was a very nice FO saltwater tank! Also welcome to the world of a reef tank!  |
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03-30-2003, 07:08 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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Awesome tank you had welcome
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03-30-2003, 07:35 PM
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squid
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Westerville, OH
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Thank you for the compliments. Ya, magnet window cleaners and a 2' grabber arm were a must. Took about 3 hrs to clean and bleach once a Mo. We had just about every fish you could imagine over the 7 yrs we had the tank. When I sold it, it had: Queen and Imperator angel, Australian Harliquin Tusk, 2 Ocellaris Clowns, Clown trigger and three Green Cromis. Amazingly the guy who bought it came from Chicago to get it and only lost the harliquin in the move. That was over a year ago and he still has all the rest. |
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03-30-2003, 08:47 PM
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Sumpless and Proud
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Rochester, MN
Posts: 1,296
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NICE FO tank!
I'm new here too....welcome!
J.
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03-30-2003, 10:48 PM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 20,559
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Welcome!!!
i was going to say, you must have some long arms. either that or you must use a snorkel.
oh great, another Indianna reefer.
G~
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