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pjr-ette's breeder 50


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    Default pjr-ette's breeder 50

    Hi there... long overdue thread!

    These are pics from my daughter's breeder 50. The tank is powered by a pair of 36" ATI T5 bulbs in an AquaTraders fixture, a cheap power filter, and a hang-on skimmer. We've changed skimmers for various reasons (I think we're on her 4th, a Hydor Slim).

    The tank was started about 2 1/2 years ago. The live rock that we purchased has horrible algae issues, once to the point where the water turned green. We eventually added an internal U/V filter which eliminated the problem.

    The bioload is pretty low; I think we've done a 10% water change every 6 months!

    We have three fish; first , a pair of locally-bred clowns (one Percula, on Picasso) that would have been culled out due to deformities. They have been happy and healthy tank members! There's also a small brue tank in the tank. We've had a few fish that we caught in the keys, and also a nice wrasse, but they have jumped We need to get some cover action going forward one of these days.

    Clownuntouched - pjr-ette's breeder 50


    I gave pjr-ette a few mushrooms from my tank. 2 years later:

    Mushrooms - pjr-ette's breeder 50

    I also have her these blastomussa wellsi that did not enjoy my LEDs. The yhave thrived in her system! In fact, I am very curious on how they have opened up... they have become so inflated that they have developedthese huge "bubble polyps" -- I don't know what else to call them:

    From the TOP:

    Blasofromtop - pjr-ette's breeder 50

    From the SIDE:

    Blasofromside - pjr-ette's breeder 50

    From the FRONT:

    Blasofromfront - pjr-ette's breeder 50


    I also gave her some blastomussa merletti that I acquired from dlberlin's tank breakdown. And again, they puff up and thrive for pjr-ette!

    merletti - pjr-ette's breeder 50


    This was a near-dead duncan that we rescued:

    Duncans - pjr-ette's breeder 50

    Also, another rescue (ricordia):

    ricordia - pjr-ette's breeder 50

    All and all, it's a cute little tank. She's really enjoyed it!
    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/

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    binford4000 - Reefkeeper
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    Looks good ! Those bubble blastos are wild ! One question tho ? Where's the FTS pat ! Looks like the wet thumb runs in the family lol,

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    I had a blasto that did that also- just a different color variety.

    looking forward to the next update.

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    Beautiful! Love the Blasto Merletti. Need to get me some that color
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    Quote Originally Posted by binford4000 View Post
    Looks good ! Those bubble blastos are wild ! One question tho ? Where's the FTS pat ! Looks like the wet thumb runs in the family lol,
    I'll get a FTS up there soon!!
    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/

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    Here's a FTS!

    FTS50 - pjr-ette's breeder 50
    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
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    binford4000 - Reefkeeper
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    Looks great !

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