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02-01-2006, 08:59 AM
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The Ghetto
2 perculas who think they are green chromis. 4 green chromis. 1 brown heniochus. 1 tiger tail cucumber and 8 turbo snails. 2 large hermit crabs and 8 feather dusters.
They are all located in a 50 gal (long) acrylic aquarium that has seen better days. The aquarium is illuminated with a luxurious NO fixture from Canadian Tire. Sitting in the fixture are some coralife bulbs...1 50/50 and 1 daylight. Filtering this bad boy is the filstar canister. 40lbs of figi (only the cheapest for my tank) live rock is nicely placed in the middle of the tank. The substrate is a mixture of crushed coral and sugar sand at a 1:3 ratio. The tank thrives and the current readings are PH 8.2 Nitrate: 15 ppm Amonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm temp 79 I am very happy with the results. Relatively cheap...relatively..... and effective. I plan on growing some sofies soon. Live stock habbits: The perculas follow the chromis school around. The heniochus sits there watching the perculas acting like fools. The snals love to stick themselves to the feather dusters and uproot them. The hermit crabs like to get stuck upside down in between rocks. The Tiger tail comes out at night and feeds. He found hiself a nice little cave in a larger chunk of rock. I seriously have never been stuck with such incompetant fish and inverts in my life. They always facinate me with their antics. I just have make sure that I check every morning and help an upside down snail or a wedged in crab. Note: Can chromis become full? They keep eating and eating and eating and eating.
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System: 30 gal, various soft and LPS coral. 3 powerheads, 96 watt light, backpack skimmer and a 1/13 HP cooler, running overtime. 1 anorexic Fuzzy Lionfish. 
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02-01-2006, 07:06 PM
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I had a chromis that thought he was a lyretail anthias, followed them everywhere they went!
My chromis never got full either, such pigs!  How long has this tank been setup?
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02-01-2006, 11:15 PM
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System: 30 gal, various soft and LPS coral. 3 powerheads, 96 watt light, backpack skimmer and a 1/13 HP cooler, running overtime. 1 anorexic Fuzzy Lionfish.
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02-10-2006, 04:19 PM
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chromis almost 1 year ago and still they are small when i bought them. mike
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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02-10-2006, 04:58 PM
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 I guess good fish are hard to come by now days.
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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