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05-01-2010, 09:03 PM
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4lti7ude's Zoa Nano Tank Journal (From the Start)
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 Thread Update! Question Website LinkThis journal starts just like most fish fanatics I started with Fresh water aquariums March 2009 as a random hobby. I never really pictured me in the future becoming ADDICTED to fish, but look where we are now... Here's some of my fresh water tanks I had in the past. First tank 10 Gallon my roommate gave to me. The Ex picked all the decorations inside...    Bought a 20 Gallon the next week.  20 Gallon Before getting switched to a more Natural Look.... So I thought at the time   Started leaning towards more natural looking tanks... Re did 20 Gallon  Cichlid 10G tank  This is how my planted tank is presently. 2x Nutrafin CO2 Fed Marine land Magnum 220 Filter Fluval E100 Heater ZooMed Power Head 15W T8 Running 10 Hours 28W T8 Running 12 Hours Tetra Silent 20G Air Pump Running 9Hours @Night SeaChem Flourish Tabs SeaChem Flourite Substrate Mixed SeaChem Flourish Daily SeaChem Flourish Iron Daily   Only planning to get new lights, and Power head then the tank is finished aside from random plants here and there. Nothing to major for now. The Cherry shrimp are breeding like crazy and the tank is full sustaining now. I don't need to do anything but top off the water and clip plants sometimes. Last edited by 4lti7ude; 06-21-2010 at 05:30 AM. Reason: Added Legend 
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05-01-2010, 11:46 PM
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Great Pic's, now it's time to try salt
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 Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite) Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO) Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk
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05-02-2010, 12:10 AM
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72 Gallon Bowfront Reef.. Hardware:2x250w Luminex Elite HQI Reflectors (Phoenix Hexarc Bulbs), Galaxy 2x250w Electronic ballast, Euroreef 130 Skimmer, Sedra KSP 7000 Retern... Live Stock: Pair of Hawaiian Flame Wrasse, Leopard Wrasse, Pink Streaked Wrasse, Pair True Percula Clowns, Potters Angel, African Flameback Angel, Orange Fin Tomini Tang, Yellow Assessor, Tailspot Blenny, Purple Firefish.. 45 G FW Asain Barb Community tank.
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05-02-2010, 12:58 AM
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hmm so where are the salt water tanks?
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Current System 75 Gal with 30 Gal Sump Reef Past Tanks 60 Gallon True Cube 30 Gallon Breeder 165 Eurobraced Starfire Custom 10 Gallon Softy Tank(My First Tank)
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05-02-2010, 02:44 PM
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cool. yah i have a couple of 10 gallon FW tanks kicking around too. I keep them around because they are amazingly cheap! Cant wait to see what you do with your first SW tank.
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Current System 75 Gal with 30 Gal Sump Reef Past Tanks 60 Gallon True Cube 30 Gallon Breeder 165 Eurobraced Starfire Custom 10 Gallon Softy Tank(My First Tank)
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05-03-2010, 07:32 AM
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Sadly its not fully updated yet... But here's my salt water tank in its past building up stages.
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05-03-2010, 07:49 AM
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The old 10Gallon was then switched to a salt water tank.
I came into this with only a bit of knowledge so forgive my mistakes. Random information but as you can see I never really ever waited for a tank to cycle before. I'm just to excited to get fish and always seem to find ways around making my tank have to start fresh... Maybe I'm just lucky. 10 Gallon Tank 50 Gallon Aqua Clear Filter Life Glow T8 Marine Glow T8 Hydor 100W Heater 10 Gallon Air Pump w/ Read Sea Wood Air Stone (I wanted it cause it was Red Sea  )Full Ice Cream Bucket of Live Crushed Coral Substrate from a friends tank. 12.77 Pounds of Live Rock from Pisces Pet Emporium  !!PROBLEM!! Rock is LITTERD with Aiptasia Anemone (aiptasia pallida) I was so excited when I thought I had a bunch of free anemones... I never read the thread on where to get rock before I did... Seems like many people warned of this.  New Rock from a friend! Live Sand from his set up tank Hydor Koralia 1 from Golds Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crab (clibanarius tricolor), Gorilla Crab (gorilla gorilla cancer), Spotted Mushroom (actinodiscus sp.), Super Man Mushroom (actinodiscus sp.), TONS of colorful Brittle Sea Star, and some other random Hitch Hikers... So far all good ones tho.       Could this be Sponge...? Black and Yellow stuff  !!DONT BOY THIS!! At this point I was using a $22.00 Oceanic BioCube Mini Hydrometer which I also picked up from Pisces Pet Emporium  I borrowed a Refractometer and when the Oceanic Hydrometer read OFF the charts was the salt really at 1.025. Bought a Refractometer off a friend now and threw that piece of garbage out. Found a Bristle Worm in my Rock!! Thanks to the CanReef members for helping me figure out what it was. Follow up on thread http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=63622This is my Drawing of it because my camera sucks...  Last edited by 4lti7ude; 06-21-2010 at 05:23 AM.
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