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Brian da lion

Man, I am pumped for this contest! I already have all of my equipment, just need to know the entry photo criteria.

 

Setup:

 

2.5 aga tank

Satellite 18w pc hood w/ moonlight

Ac mini

8w heater

 

My tank will be filled with mostly polyp corals, such as shrooms, zoos, star polyps, and of course anthelia, my favorite coral. I may get a small frogspawn, too. As for fish, I have had my eye on an orange spotted goby for a while, and for inverts, a couple shrimp and an anemone crab will do.

 

Cmon Gilman, Whats the entry pic?

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Brian da lion

I got everything set up on saturday. The rocks and sand came from my brother's 4+ month old tank, and I filled up the tank with that nutri seawater stuff from my lfs. When I set it up, I put in some test zoo polyps, and they were doing awesome on sunday, so I added some more. My new favorite coral is my giant hairy mushroom, when totally open, it puffs up to 3+ inches and looks like I have an anemone in my tank. For my next coral, I think I'll add some pulsing xenia. TEEN REEFS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yeah, I don't mess around ;) . I put in a tiny anemone crab yesterday, and he immediately found a spot under my frogspawn. I'll try to get a pic if he makes himself visible. I think I might get some pom pom xenia tonight, I know the perfect spot.

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W00T! My tank's 1 week anniversary! My lfs sells clownfish for 10 bucks each, and they had a really small one today, and i picked him up. I'll probably trade him to my brother for his feather duster in a few months, but until then, he belongs to me.

 

 

 

Everyone, meet Phil

 

Here's a new fts. The anthelia has been growing like a weed, and the gsp is starting to spread. I also have some pom pom xenia coming in on tuesday.

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LOL....i almost bought a tiny tiny tiny True Percula...like the size of a dime but i wouldnt have anywhere to put him later when he got bigger so i couldnt b.c. my toher tank already has an Occelaris... oh well...leaves for something more rare to help me win..and oh yeah :

 

TEEN REEFERZ RULE!!!!! :happydance::haha::lockdown::lol:

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Update time! I'm beginning to think that my giant shroom is getting too much light, cuz it has gotten a lot smaller and paler being in the direct light. Compare this pic to the last one and tell me what you think. The good news is that I am getting a ton of growth from my gsp and anthelia. I just hope that it doesn't become a problem

 

Also, i got a great deal at my lfs. The pic doesn't do them justice, but these mushrooms look like mini elephant ears with purple background and rims, and with bright red frills. I think the price was really 39.99, but with a combination of bad handwriting and parts of the letters rubbed out, it looked like 24.99. You must use writing on prop tanks to your advantage, grasshopper.

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Thanks Ann! I just realized that I ran out of room for corals, so I did some re-aquascaping. It kinda looks like a double-caved island now, with plenty of room for more corals. I still need to find my "main attraction" of the tank, I think maybe an open brain would be cool. I'm waiting for my replacement xenia from liveaquaria, the first one died in shipping; the rock it was on flipped over and killed it :( . I'll try to get a pic up tomorrow when everything clears up. I'm swearing to myself that I will not do any more re aquascaping for the rest of the contest.

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please don't gang up on me :( . I've been wondering if it was a good idea to put in the clown...probably not. Sorry guys, i'll try to improve things.

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In a small tank like this you really have to think about the animals you put in. The waist a single fish makes can mess up a tank like this fast. Pluse its not humane to have a fish in such a small space, IMO. So please get the fish out, and go for a shrimp, small goby, or something. Tank looks great too, I wansnt tryin to bash you as long as your willing to change it.

greg

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Thanks guys. I dont wanna make any enemies ;) . The clown went into my brother's 10 gallon, and I'm thinking about some pederson shrimp. I took out some of the corals; I wanna be able to see some growth in this tank. Still trying to resist the urge to re-aquascape...

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I've run into a bit of a problem. I was adjusting the rocks, and the biggest one fell, hitting the glass, and leaving a nice little crack in the center of the tank. I transferred everything quickly into my aquavase wave tank, and it actually looks pretty good. I was wondering if it would be legal to use the aquavase for the contest. The measurments are 11.25x6.5x8, which comes to 2.5 gallons. I was thinking about getting a 13w staples desk lamp and putting that over it. Can I do this?

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Does the tank need to have the same dimensions as an aga 2.5 to be in stock?

 

yep...and it needs to have trim like the AGA.

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