This is my 37 reef.

fish outa wata

fish outa wata

Large Fish
#8
Dec 21, 2005
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well there it is hope everyone likes it. all corals were bought as frags except the green star polyps $30 & the candy cane lps $40. I love frags!*BOUNCINGS it's fun to watch them grow and move around and they are so cheap, most expensive coral was $20 other than previously stated.
 

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Large Fish
#10
Dec 21, 2005
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#10
Jeleak I used it to raise the lr. It's not very common but I saw it once. It is safer than settting the lr on top of 5" of sand. I have always wanted to buy a goby/shrimp combo and they dig. I just wanted everything to be safe.

Camera= seio 1100 powerhead. I love that thing!
 

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Large Fish
#13
Dec 21, 2005
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#13
He's okay, I call him skinny. I've read all the posts and I watch him but he goes around picking at the rock so I think that he will be good. His overall apperance has not changed since I bought him. He's very small so I think that my tank and refuge can provide him w/ all the food he needs. I'm not sure but I think that he may eat the cyclopeeze that lands on the lr as well.


OCC - 250w 10k. I have a 14k bulb but I like the brightness of the 10k over the color of the 14k. The corals just seemed to prefer the 10k.
 

Lorna

Lorna

Elite Fish
#14
Mar 3, 2005
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#14
Looks great....I read somewhere that the green mandarins are easier to get eating than the blues.......

I like the idea of the pvc pipe.....I should have done that.....c'est la vie. Though my rocks are so big they don't move.

I like the way it is coming.....keep posting pics...though I did pick up 2 for $10 each.....most were more than that......

Wish I could get frags that cheap........
 

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Large Fish
#17
Dec 21, 2005
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st. louis area
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thanks for the compliments, I was worried people wouldn't like it. I love this tank, the entire back wall has a purple film of coraline growing and I suspect that it will be about 3-4weeks where it will be easily noticable. *SUPERSMIL

Hey seastar- funny you mention it but the camera is about 9 years old. It's an Olympus 3.2 digital, not exactly cutting edge. I wish that I could afford a nice digital slr, but you know there's too many other things that I want.

Hey lorna thanks again, question for you...I want to purchase a crocea clam, I know that they prefer to dig into lr so I'll have to move my bullseye mushroom. Currently my calcium readings are 650 on a red sea test kit, could this be correct/possible? I'm thinking about giving up on red sea and moving towards sailfert, what do you think?
 

kevin4052002

kevin4052002

Large Fish
#20
Jul 14, 2005
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Ha! This is from my tank that has 60lbs of rock, 30lbs sand, and one small turbo snail. It gave me a 100ppm. My dad got a 300ppm, and is bringing it up. I hear that 450ppm is a sweet spot, clams do best with no less than 420ppm, and anything over 480ppm usually doesn't work out because of the rediculous amounts of precipitation.
 

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