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01-29-2003, 03:35 AM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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Cromagnum's reef specs
tank specs:
46 gallon black trimmed glass aquarium
3" deep sand bed (50lbs)
most fiji live rock, and some tonga (38lbs)
cpr backpak 2r filter
cpr 18" aquafuge
u.v. light purifier
lighting:
55w power compact 50/50 smart lamp
55w power compact ultra-actnic lamp
150w HQI metal halide 10k
reef residents:
scopas tang
longfing fairy wrasse
tamato clown
green mandarin fish
hermit crab
oyster
urchin
and a few snails
corals
leather cabbage
rabbit ear coral
pulsing xenia
chili soral
frogspawn
purplu trumpet
several varieties of mushrooms
and a few sponges and other stuff
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02-12-2003, 12:27 PM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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here is the tank under 55w of pc ultra actinic lighting and 55w of pc 50/50. i added 1 dark purple long tipped tube anemone last night, i was told this is a "non-stinging" and reef safe type. i placed in up front and in a gentle flow area. and now it seems to have killed 1 lawnmower blenny and is stinging one of my prized mushrooms to death..... geez..... not good.
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03-01-2003, 11:24 AM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 96
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Looks good
Tank is a thumb's up  . And thanks for all the frags.....the mushrooms you gave me are going crazy....1=10 already on the red
on the blue 1= 3 and the cabbage is reaching for the sky. When you come up...I will repay ya....I got a couple of small colonies for you....
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03-05-2003, 01:22 AM
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squid
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: dallas,tx
Posts: 7
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Coool
It looks better if at eye level for the tank. 
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03-05-2003, 12:35 PM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
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thx for the nice words, tpeck and stormdragon8!
yesterday i removed the 3 light fixtures down, and replaced all of them with a new 165w (3x55w) power compact setup. this elimanted the dark shadow produced by the center strap, and spreads the light out very evenly across the top of the tank. the light seems to reach all the way down to the bottom 18" to were the sandbed begins, so i shouldn't have to move any corals or inverts about.
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03-06-2003, 09:28 PM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 96
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How bout a tank pic with the new light???
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04-07-2003, 09:26 AM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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my new adventure into nano-reefing
here is my 20gl nano reef. lighting is supplied by a 150whqi mh with 10k bulb. filteration is provided by a cpr bakpak, and 2 small rio pumps. 18lbs of liverock, and 30lbs of live sand. hw marine mix " professional was used to start the tank up, and then water was seasoned with a 8gl. swap-out from my main tank. currently the live stock consists of a flame angle, hermit crab, orange discosomas, star polyops, and white blue tipped acro and a blue tipped purple stylo.
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04-28-2003, 11:12 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 807
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looks good.
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04-28-2003, 11:40 AM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
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thx! actually the 20gl has changed quite abit. i'm using it to stock pile small frags of hard corals, and to get some other small colonies a chance to spread. the 150whqi on 20gl is overkill! i clean the front of the tank about 3x day. putting a small durasa clam has helped alot.
peace...
cro
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05-01-2003, 04:30 PM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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my 3" durasa clam!
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05-01-2003, 05:25 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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very nice 
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05-19-2003, 10:49 PM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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thanks casey!
here's is the latest pic. the white acro isn't doing well, but no signs of any other disaters in the making. i added bio-plankton along with dt's, but it still failed to thrive, unlike the rest of the corals i have added. weekly water changes, diatom water polishing once a month, i.v. drip of dosing with iodine, kalk, and essential vitamins, still failed to bring it around  lesson not learned evidently... so i got a new book that deals with propagation of corals. not many pictures, but a ton of info!

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05-19-2003, 10:52 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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Them acros are pickey arnt they sometimes they just dont make it. 
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06-28-2003, 10:06 AM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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just thought i would post some recent images of my reef!
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06-28-2003, 10:08 AM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
Posts: 778
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here's the xenia frag with shrooms that tpeck donated to my reef!
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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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actinic light
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actinic lighting
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blue tipped acro
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deep sand bed
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fairy wrasse
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flame angle
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green mandarin
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hermit crab
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hqi metal halide
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mandarin fish
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mower blenny
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nano reef
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pulsing xenia
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rio pump
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rio pumps
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scopas tang
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sea cucumber
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tube anemone
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xenia frag
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xenia sp
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