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11-25-2008, 03:00 AM
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I also added 2 Tunze powerehads
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/tz...mp+-+6065.html And just recently today a Coralife 9w uv sterilizer http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/uv...izer+-+9W.html   The 2 inhabitants in the tank atm are a black molly and a yellow tailed damsel.  (forgot to get a pic of the molly) Both are feeding well and look great. With the remaining live rock and a 50 gallon tank we decided to build a FOWLER tank to house perhaps a sole lionfish or something special. Some sort of predator tank anyway. Ill have to put some thought into over the next couple weeks into what kind of inhabitant I am looking for. Esentially a basic system with a Fluval 304, 300w heater, basic life glo flourescent lighting. Under the cabinet it will house perhaps several 2.5 gal feeder tanks for the tanks inhabitant (or inhabitants). Will update this one as it progresses. Here are a meager 3 pics of the Fowler tank.    I will take more pictures in the following weeks / months as these tanks progress. Thanks you all for taking your time to check out my builds. Any questions, comments, suggestions as well as any knowledge you can part with would be greatly appreciated. Oxy Last edited by Oxymoron; 11-25-2008 at 07:46 PM. 
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11-25-2008, 02:24 PM
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Oh good...it's not just my computer. I was disappointed I couldn't see the pics!
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12-07-2008, 04:33 PM
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Great start! Are you from a different forum? Your name looks familiar.
 Loving the LR, looks good. What are you planning to stock the reef with? What kind of lighting are you going to put on it down the road?
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120g build thread 48g-upgraded to 120g old pics old 48g build thread Pics.... more recent pics seahorse pics
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12-11-2008, 02:42 AM
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Thanks for the compliments  I actually started out on another forum (not sure if im allowed to name it or not) but found they weren't busy enough for me. So now I check out both from time to time. Im hoping to stock the reef with a mixture of sps to softies. Im leaning towards housing the rarest species that I can get my hands on. My next purchase will perhaps be a pair of flame wrasse's and down the line I am hoping to purchase a black longnose tang. This will be several months down the line once I am absolutely certain that my system is stable and I have given myself some additional research time. After hearing that certain members on this board have been able to keep a tang alive in captivity for 9 years or more I have convinced myself to justify the cost. Oh yeah, I have since added a yellow tang, a bicolor pseudochromis (lfs said it was a royal gramma, bah stupid me), a cleaner shrimp and a sixline wrasse. I also have added several frags (some from you) as well I bought a toadstool, green bta and a leather coral from my last trip to Calgary. The frogspawn that you were worried about opened up very nicely btw and has already started growing noticeably. Everything atm seems to be going well and all new additions are feeding well (added a drop of kent garlic extract). The pseudochromis has actually been chasing the damsel away from his "spot" about twice a day. So far It has been the only signs of aggression in the tank. The black molly that has been in since day 3 is still doing great, I hope she lives to a old age. I have taken pictures of the whole process and will post them sooner than later. As for lighting atm I am using a new 36" tek t5 4 bulb fixture (15k and fiji purple) This lighting system is temporary and will be moved to my 50 gal once I find what im looking for. My next set of lighting will not be metal halide due to my need to produce an automated system without a chiller. I am hoping to see an advance in the LED technology and pricing by the time I am ready to upgrade and would like to go that route. If this is not feasible i will most likely settle on a 8 bulb 48" t5 fixture and led's for moonlights (heard I can still get some shimmer with the led's). There will also be a custom ATO, a new skimmer, ca reactor and controller added to the system in the near future. Well that's about all I have for tonight. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for updates Oxy Last edited by Oxymoron; 12-11-2008 at 02:58 AM.
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