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12-20-2005, 06:18 PM
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Finally.. at peace with my Reef.
Well, I never thought I would say it.. but I finally feel as if I am at peace with my reef. No more upgrading, no more purchases. Only things I need to keep me going is spare bulbs, and spare buckets of salt.
I am finally happy with what I have in there, watching it grow into colony sizes. Sure, there might be a couple frags out there I'd still like to add.. but that's about it. My tank requires very little maitenance now a days... the biggest chore would be scraping the glass of that nasty green algae, that for me.. transoforms into very short hair algae. Second chore would be water changes, but those are no sweat. Anyone else out there finally content with everything in their reef? Anyone just doing the regular maitenance, water changes, emptying the skimmer cup, dosing ca and alk, and etc.. Feels good to stop buying, and fiddling.. and just watching things grow and actually ENJOYING my reef. Just thought I'd share..
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20g BB Mixed Reef // Coralife 150w HQI // AquaC Nano // Koralia 1 & Seio 820 // Jager 200w // AC50 
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12-20-2005, 06:30 PM
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I wish
 I just got my calcium reactor online, I would like to tidy up the electrical controls with a Neptune controller thus eliminating the multiple timers and controllers I'm using now. And I recently did some reading on ozonizers, and wondered if one of those would be benificial. I really want/need more corals too now that I have the ca reactor to keep up with the calcium. Someday... someday.... I envy you.
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I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke. Ed _______________________________________ 50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump. 130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium. 10 gallon quarantine. 60 gallon winter tank for pond fish. 300 gallon pond with waterfall.
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12-20-2005, 08:28 PM
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If you are getting GHA, perhaps you need to upgrade your skimmer
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12-20-2005, 08:34 PM
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haha nooooo!
Hair algae is not that bad at all, I have a sea hare to take care of it. Although I'd prefer to not have nutrients in my tank.. but for a 20g it's a little harder. I do however, skim with an AquaC Remora. Very pleased with it... no complaints.
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20g BB Mixed Reef // Coralife 150w HQI // AquaC Nano // Koralia 1 & Seio 820 // Jager 200w // AC50
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12-20-2005, 08:42 PM
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I'm kinda there... though I doubt it will ever end... I'm just waiting for an ozonizer, but for the most part I'm done too... this last upgrade (from 90 to 135), has taken a year, but I too am very happy with the results.
Sometimes just sitting and watching things grow can be a nice place to be in this hobby... but then along came someone on Monday offering up a 200g.... *sigh*.... I don't think so... at least not right now... 
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium!
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12-21-2005, 03:03 AM
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I've been there once or twice, it got kind of boring so I set up more tanks
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