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Old 05-14-2009, 04:29 PM
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Found a couple more hitchikers last night....One fairly large crab with big purple claws, he barely came out and just hides under the rock...Keep an eye on him for a while make sure he isn't a trouble maker.....Annnnd, something that looks like a small brittle/sand stirring star? He is in a hole in my rock, and he hangs his arms out of multiple spots....Probably 2cm across, and white/black banding on his arms....Wish I knew what he was...

EDIT: Peeked around, definitely a black brittle star....Hope he comes out sometime....

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Old 05-19-2009, 01:14 PM
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More stuff going on.....Remembered my old Aqua Clear 300 (guess now 70?) HOB filter from my FW tank was laying around, so will be doing a Fuge mod on it this week! Stock a little sand, rubble, and macro in it and see what happens! This will mean I'm taking the Fluval 204 offline, I'm only running carbon in it now anyhow......My flow characteristics will change a bit, I guess the 300 is rated for 300gph, but its indirect so I don't think it will make things go crazy compared to the 180gph directed flow from the Fluval....

Hitchhiker update... Believe I saw a green nudibranch (not lettuce, just lime green) creeping along some of my rock in the middle of the night....Couldn't get a good pic, so no way to identify.....

Where can I get Cheato locally?
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Old 05-19-2009, 03:48 PM
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Welcome to CanReef and I can give you a little cheato to get you started.
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Old 05-20-2009, 06:08 AM
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i have a thread in diy on how i moded my ac 70 into a fuge. works pretty good and i have a fair bit of sand in it as well.
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Old 06-17-2009, 12:43 AM
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So finally some updates....here is the tank as it stands now.....Removed the Fluval due to piping and space requirements....and lets face it it was a PIA...

Hardware:
15G mixed reef
18lbs live rock
25lbs live sand/aragonite
CL 130W dual PC aqualight
Remora Nano skimmer
AC70/300 Fuge mod (cheato, rubble and sand) with a single halogen overhead
No filtration minus coarse foam in the fuge to keep sand out of the impeller
Hydor K1 powerhead (looking for 1 more used!)
100W heater (with mini 100W backup)

Livestock:
Maroon clown
Peppermint shrimp
Skunk cleaner shrimp
2x mexican turbo snails
4x hermits (3 zebras)
Mini black brittle star
Medium GSP colony
Purple metallic shrooms (2 large, 2 small)
Variety of Zoas (5 or so... 1 smallish medium colony, 1 small colony, and 3 frag sized bits)
Finger leather
6" bristle worm (may be larger, only seen him once....)

Pics, don't mind the white balance issue, or the remains of an algae issue.....lol....







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Old 06-17-2009, 06:31 AM
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Looking good
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Old 06-19-2009, 07:07 PM
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Welcome to CanReef and I can give you a little cheato to get you started.
Be very careful of Snappy, if you get some cheato like I did, you will end up spending some money on SPS (AGAIN LIKE I DID)

He has some very nice stuff, so you better take some cashola to spend.
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