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Can't wait to see this tank up and running

 

 

it is running.

 

 

 

 

altho im gonna wait till i have more rock in it before i complain about flow. It's got a mj600 in it now. so my calculations say it's a 29x turn over rate. I dont think it's enough, but that just might be me.

 

Gonna place an order with reefcleaners.org now for 6 lbs of reefbones (cant beat it $20 for 6 pounds?)

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the closed top isn't helping.

you turned it into a easy bake oven :lol:

nix the top and see what happens. if it's still hot add a fan.

2 degrees isn't really that bad

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the closed top isn't helping.

you turned it into a easy bake oven :lol:

nix the top and see what happens. if it's still hot add a fan.

2 degrees isn't really that bad

 

my tank swung 6 degrees last night cause i messed up a water change

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Yea, I might ditch the top.

 

This is why I like letting my tanks be for 8-12 weeks. I can figure out my temp swings & the little quirks to each tank.

 

Especially with this tank. I am in no rush to start stocking it. Thus why I'm not checking parameters till I hit the 9 or 10 week mark. Just gonna keep topping off. If everything tests 0 then I'll do my 50% w/c & add a cuc.

 

It also gives me time to find the perfect frags & inhabitants.

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got my order of blue macro algae in last night. Aclimated it to the tank & it's all happy (not blue yet, loses it's color during shipping) and doing it's thing.

 

Yay

 

 

oh & evap is almost non exsistant. with a 4 hr light period last night temp never went over 80.1 , checked it this am around 4:30am temp was sitting at 78.2. Yes i know 2* isnt horrible, but im working on a fan solution to keep temps down during the photo period.

 

anybody know of some really small night light led that i can retro into the coralife fixture?

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got my order of blue macro algae in last night. Aclimated it to the tank & it's all happy (not blue yet, loses it's color during shipping) and doing it's thing.

 

Yay

 

 

oh & evap is almost non exsistant. with a 4 hr light period last night temp never went over 80.1 , checked it this am around 4:30am temp was sitting at 78.2. Yes i know 2* isnt horrible, but im working on a fan solution to keep temps down during the photo period.

 

anybody know of some really small night light led that i can retro into the coralife fixture?

 

sounds ghetto, and it is, but it's the perfect time of year to do it anyway. Christmas lights!

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forgot to mention my daughter decided to dose my 40b with a full 16oz of milk.

 

needless to say it pissed of my coral, so i quickly moved them to the 5.5g.

 

the coral was pissed for a few hours from zero acclimation but now everybody is open & happy. SO inhabbitants are 2x frogspawn & 3 mushrooms ( yay )

 

nothing else for 2 months. pictures tommorow

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So i do realize that the pictures area bit yellow, but thats ok. It's ok because the fixture has 2 9w 6,500k bulbs. My lfs has ordered new bulbs

 

 

 

red mushrooms

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notice the touch of blue on the macro (kinda need to look hard)

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purple green frogspawn

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a pissed off "regular" frogspawn

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FTS as of 12/7/09

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just another funky angle of the red mushrooms

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You're off to a good start buddy. That 'regular' frogspawn doesn't look like it's gunna make it though, his skeleton doesn't look like it has that protective slime on it.

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Orca pico has been shipped. YAY!

 

Also gonna purchase a timer for the lights.

 

 

So here is a great question for you pico people: Should I do regular w/c's because I have coral in the tank? Or should I let it do it's thing for a few more weeks.

 

I'm not running any media other than poly fill (which gets changed every 2-3 days). The poly fill is pretty clean when I remove it, but does have some detrius.

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Orca pico has been shipped. YAY!

 

Also gonna purchase a timer for the lights.

 

 

So here is a great question for you pico people: Should I do regular w/c's because I have coral in the tank? Or should I let it do it's thing for a few more weeks.

 

I'm not running any media other than poly fill (which gets changed every 2-3 days). The poly fill is pretty clean when I remove it, but does have some detrius.

 

 

why are you still here ?

 

 

 

jk i didnt get to get my stuff shipped today :(

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I'll do a parameter test later on tonight.

 

Parameters that I know off hand:

Sg- 1.026

Temp- ~78*

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Will update after 6 when I get home with the rest.

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I am hoping that my reef rock comes in today. I have a itch to aqua scape. I will be sure to take some macro pics of it before it goes in the tank. Then plenty of pictures after it's wet.

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