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10-29-2007, 08:15 PM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Texas, USA
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Rebuilding....
I'm in the process of rebuilding (don't wanna talk about the crash but I had some 6" diameter 'shrooms and wall to wall polyps/ zoos) a 20 high reef. The 4" DSB and all the live rock is in place. Params are all good.
Would you start with amphipods/ brittle worms/ micro-stars etc.( Indo-Pacific) or a clean up crew consisting of scarlet hermits and various snails like nassarius , trochus, and cerinths (Live Aquaria build your own) ?
I probably won't be adding anything like 'shrooms or polyps for 6 months to a year as I'm taking my time with this setup.
Thanks
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10-29-2007, 08:25 PM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Welcome back 
I started my tanks with the usual snails and hermits all the cool sand stuff just seemed to come in on the live rock or with corals
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10-29-2007, 08:42 PM
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I loves me a water change
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Welcome back indeed! 
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10-29-2007, 08:58 PM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
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Originally Posted by dobejazz
Welcome back Thanks!
I started my tanks with the usual snails and hermits all the cool sand stuff just seemed to come in on the live rock or with corals |
That's just the thing. My LR/LS was decimated...no life whatsoever so I'm pretty much building from the ground floor.
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10-29-2007, 09:02 PM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
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Thanks. As I'm the marine mod at Tom's I don't have to tell you how embarassing it is to admit that I moved a reef tank this summer and slaughtered the entire population. *sigh* Ah well, "that which does not kill you makes you stronger".
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10-29-2007, 09:03 PM
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I loves me a water change
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Edit: I wonder if moving the live sand did you in...
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10-30-2007, 01:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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bummer man... I've done some stupid things in my time so dont feel bad... I would just start from the ground up... new LS, new LR, hell... new everything. Just have fun with it and don't be afraid to spend a little extra cash... you earned it.
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10-30-2007, 02:20 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Welcome back!Now you can set it up nicer!
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10-31-2007, 08:52 AM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
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Edit: I wonder if moving the live sand did you in...
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Actually it was pulling a large rock up from out of the sand.
I knew better. A moment's distraction ....
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10-31-2007, 08:58 AM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
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Originally Posted by chrisdamage
bummer man... I've done some stupid things in my time so dont feel bad... I would just start from the ground up... new LS, new LR, hell... new everything. Just have fun with it and don't be afraid to spend a little extra cash... you earned it.
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This happened in July. I scrubbed down and re-cured the LR , did a major rinse and sun dry on the sand. The tank is now cycled and ready for some life.
Ammonia...0
Nitrite.......0
Nitrate......5
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10-31-2007, 09:04 AM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
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Thanks. I'm trying to keep a positive view of life after feeling like one of my dogs died for the last 3 months.
I've been Windows (tm) shopping all the online sites and I've got a bad case of "New Tank Fever". 
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