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Old 01-07-2012, 06:49 PM

Default Sean's 29G Reef Tank

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Hello, everyone. I am a member of several forums, but joined because I know some people on here that are close. I have a 29g reef tank with 10g sump. Today I just got my lights!

A bit of info...

29G display
10G sump (holding 6 gallons)
Danner Mag Drive 7 return pump
Hydor Slim Skim Nano protein skimmer
Hydor Koralia Nano 425 (x3)
Taam Rio+ 200 (114gph)

Boost LED gen. 1 par30s
- 3 royal blue/2 cool white (2)
- 4 royal blue/1cool white (1)

I currently have just 4 corals...some gsp, a frag of king midas zoas, a small piece of orange monti cap, and a small colony of green birdsnest.
   

Last edited by Seano Hermano; 01-12-2012 at 03:40 PM.
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Old 01-07-2012, 06:56 PM

Second post reserved for FTS.
   
 
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Old 01-07-2012, 08:32 PM

Are you just now setting this tank up? The reason I ask is you might want to check out the nano contest that is starting up soon.
   
 
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Old 01-07-2012, 09:09 PM

The tank actually turned 1 year old on the 4 of Jan. But I just got my LEDs today.

Thanks. When is the deadline for the contest?
   

Last edited by Seano Hermano; 01-08-2012 at 08:48 AM.
 
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Old 01-07-2012, 09:12 PM

I will be going to Frag-A-Thon on Jan. 20, and might go to the Lansing swap on the 29th.
   
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Old 01-07-2012, 09:19 PM

Hi Sean! Nice to see you here
   
 
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Old 01-07-2012, 10:03 PM

Thanks!

It's picture time.

This is what the tank looked like several days ago, with my crappy lights.
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Last summer, I added the sump. Here it is during leak testing.
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Plumbing complete.
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I used to run a Coralife 125 (long-story short, I replaced it).
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I love my slim skim much better.
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Oh look. Oceanic was nice enough to send me a new skimmer body to replace the one that leaked. Too bad it was over a week after I already got a new skimmer from MD.
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Hello, mr. crabs.
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For a while, I had 2 pacific cleaner shrimp. They didn't last more than about 3 weeks. They had bopryds (parasitic isopods), which I hadn't noticed until I brought them home from the store. I was going to remove the bopryds, but could never catch the shrimp.
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I met up with a guy from the Cleveland forum and got the corals I have now.
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Then I got some zoanthid-eating nudis. Happy little guys at this time.
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Then they died by freezing. I dumped the small cup of water on my back porch. lol.
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I made a cool little diy coral viewer. 3" pvc and 1/8" acrlyic. Works great.
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My orange monti cap started browning out (expected), and then got stn (not so expected).
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So I dipped it using tincture of iodine. Lesson learned.
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Now I have the correct medication to dip next time.
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I would like to get some of these guys from John at Reef Cleaners.
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I am hoping to build a new stand within the next few months. It should look something like this, minus the door pulls which detract from the beautiful grain of zebra wood. I am going to use magnet catches on the doors, instead.
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Old 01-07-2012, 10:15 PM

Today I got the LEDs.
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Thanks for the package.
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Old 01-07-2012, 10:23 PM

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Old 01-08-2012, 12:19 AM

Looking forward to the FTS!!
   
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