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03-03-2011, 03:33 AM
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New reservoir
I got a custom reservoir made for my tank. It's 16X12X24 high with a hole for a float switch. It's nice that my ro/di line will reach to the reservoir so I don't have to move water back and forth. I also got a Tunze Osmolator kit for doing ATO. It's works great.
With the size of the reservoir I should be able to get at least a week of top up before I need to refill it. Eventually everything will be covered with a wooden facade. I have someone building the facade for around the main tank right now and then I will have to figure out how I want to cover the reservoir and the MH ballast's that are on the other side of the tank. url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_larsen/5493037947/]  [/url]
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03-10-2011, 07:58 PM
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FRAG PICS
Recently added 14 new sps frags to the tank. Water parameters all measured within range so I thought i'd take the plunge. I started with 4 a week ago that I got from snappy, they were doing well so I bought some more off fellow reefer xtreme.
Everything seems to be doing great so far. I look forward to looking back on these pictures in a year or so to see how much they have grown.              
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03-10-2011, 11:38 PM
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04-09-2011, 02:15 AM
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I'll post some new pictures tomorrow. I'm finally getting the wooden enclosure delivered tomorrow but will still need to stain it. And i'll take picture of all of the tank inhabitants. Lots of new coral frags since the last post and a few new fish.
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04-09-2011, 09:15 PM
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Tank Update (Lots of Pics)
Been awhile since i've posted an update.
Everything in the tank is doing great. Algae problem is all gone and all tank parameters are pretty much bang on where I want them Salinity 1.026 pH 8.2ish Calcium 430-450 dKH 8.5 Mg 1300-1400 PO4 .03 NO3 almost undetectable Just had the wooden facade/skin for my metal stand dropped off today. It consists of 3 panels that are held on to the stand with strong magnets. I'll have to do a bit of shimming to get the panels to all line up nice but overall i'm pretty happy with it. Now I need to get it stained which I will hopefully get done next weekend. Next I will be getting a matching wooden enclosure for my metal light hood that will then be suspended from the ceiling. I will also be getting matching enclosures created to cover up the reservoir tank on the left side of the stand and the MH balasts on the right side of the stand. Got a 4 pump profilux doser as well now. Now my weekly upkeep will just include feeding daily and keeping the glass and skimmer cup clean. It will be great now that the dosing will be automated, I really like having the ATO that I setup awhile back as well. I don't mind doing tank maintenance, but having top up and dosing automated is nice because these are things that I wouldn't want to forget to do on a daily basis in my tank. I have also added a number of new tank inhabitants since the last post. My tank stock to date is the following: Livestock Yellow Tang Deep water coral beauty White Goby 2 X Percula Clowns 3 X Truncate Anthias Fire Shrimp Peppermint Shrimp Corals 25 sps frags. I only know the name of a few of them so won't try to name them 1 Acan Some nice new Growth on this one. Most of it is on the under side and the base that is attaching nicely  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Acans seem happy  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr This one was completely brown when I got it a couple weeks ago and is coming back nicely  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Have had this one almost 6 weeks and not noticing much change. I think the tips are starting to green up but no real growth  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr New frag I got today that I hadn't mounted yet  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Small Green Mili colony  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Unfortunately this one has lost some of the intense blue color it had when I got it from "extreme". I guess it misses the zeovit dosing  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Lots of growth on this one  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr
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Hybrid Mode
