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Originally Posted by PFisher
Welcome to Edmonton and to Canreef. It is nice to see our Edmonton club growing.
Patrick
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Hi Patrick,
Nice to have the welcome to the board, but no need to welcome me to The Big E. I've lived here all my life :-)
I'd be interested in knowing a little more about the reefs that others on the Edmonton Canreef keep.
As I said earlier, ours is a 7 gal bowfront. It has about a 4" sandbed, maybe 10 lbs of rock, a few lps corals, a big chunk of large-leafed halimeda, a cleaner shrimp, a grey brittle star, a 1.5" orange starfish, a clownfish and a yellow fish with black dots along its dorsal fin (don't remember its name right off hand). We finally found out what happens to the yellow fish whenever the tank is disturbed for cleaning and at night - it burrows into the sandbed.
A couple of unusual hitchhikers, a 1" long orange lobster and a quarter inch white crab, came in on a porous rock that was bought for its purple macroalgae. The two HH are doing well, though the MA hasn't.
Lighting was upgraded to power compacts to support the lps corals. An AquaClear Mini supplies circulation and filtration. During the weekly 15% water change, I clean the living heck out of the foam media after gently turkey basting the sandbed, rock and corals. A lot of grunge is exported this way as we have no skimmer. Without a doubt, the key to the success using the AquaClear Mini is the weekly maintenance.
Anyway, take care.