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04-28-2009, 05:27 PM
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When my son came over last night he quite liked our aquascape, but, some of the rock was touching the glass. We tore it all down and tried to duplicate what we had. The tank does not look as good as it did, so we will try again tonight.
Snaz did find some life, there are at least 2 sun dial snails, not good, feather dusters, good, a slug, yet to be identified, and a hermit crab (black legged??) good?. We did some more chemistry, here is what we discovered. Ammonia 0.1, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0, Ph 8.1. Temp constant 79°. Looking good so far. Snaz says we have to get some ammonia in there to get the tank going. Any ideas? The tank looks pretty with out any thing added, find my self looking at it through out the day, I know ,I know it will look so much better when things start growing!! 
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04-29-2009, 03:21 PM
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So what are planning on putting in your wee box.....of glass?
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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04-29-2009, 03:32 PM
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[So what are planning on putting in your wee box.....of glass?]
Well, the more I read, the more I want, would need a 500g to house all I would like. I love the pics that others have posted, but they create such envy! A mixed tank, me thinks, as much as I can get away with, safely!  Can you help with the ammonia question? Christine
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04-29-2009, 04:30 PM
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Raw table shrimp should def kick start the process....or you could ghost feed the tank with mysis. Either way just make sure your Ammonia and nitrites are zero and your nitrates are say less than 10 before you add anything....and add slowly.
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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05-06-2009, 03:42 PM
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hitch hiker
Our tank is doing very well, a couple of days after the raw shrimp was added, we had a spike in ammonia, now it is returned to zero. We will not be adding the cuc until we get back from holidays at the end of May.
However we have a strange hitch hiker, it finally came out of the hole it was hiding this morning, it appears to be a brown worm (slug) about an inch plus long, 1/4 wide, when it was hiding it would extend branched tentacles. Can someone give me an idea what it is, please? Tried to get a photo but by the time I got my camera it was gone! Last edited by Tine; 05-06-2009 at 03:43 PM. Reason: bad grammar
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05-06-2009, 06:02 PM
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Here is a nice resource for Identifing hitch hikers:
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchodds.html Scroll down to SYNAPTID SEA CUCUMBER (medussa worms) I think that is what you have.
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