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04-28-2007, 04:51 PM
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Power Costs
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I've just received my first electrical bill since I fired up the system. It would seem that the tank is "currently" using about $50/month in electricity...actually better than my expectations, although I plan to run the lights for a few hours more per day than I am presently.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436 Last edited by untamed; 04-30-2007 at 09:42 PM. Reason: ..bad math 
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04-29-2007, 02:37 PM
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Mantis observations
I have now seen the mantis within reach of a small fish on many occasions. The mantis has never shown any interest in attack. (Mantis and fish are about equal in size - 1.5") One time, the fish landed right on the back of the mantis. The fish has also evicted the mantis from one of his holes, so it would seem that the fish is the boss.
Last night, I also watched one run right into a group of a dozen camel shrimp. I expected to see some real natural hunting behaviour but....They were nose-to-nose for a few minutes before the mantis decided to move on. The shrimp didn't seem the least bit concerned about him. I hear them hunting, but I have yet to see what they are eating. I suspect that they are taking hermit crabs and snails.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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04-30-2007, 01:11 AM
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OK, here's a tank shot to keep people's interest up...
I'm still not finished. I think I'll move a large piece from the right to the left and from the left to the right. If there is anything nice about aquascaping this tank it is that each piece weighs 30lb - 50lbs...no cement required!  Soon...I get to add the sponges. Here they are, in the sump waiting. 
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436 Last edited by untamed; 04-30-2007 at 01:13 AM.
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04-30-2007, 04:35 AM
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tank is coming along quite nicely! so you're one of the few who still use bioballs huh? make sure you rinse those once in a while... though im sure you know that already.
weird about the mantids. do you feed them other stuff intentionally? maybe you just have hippy mantids!
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04-30-2007, 04:56 AM
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Wow that's a lot of sponge! Where are they from? What's their care requirements, I thought they were phytoplankton feeders? Or is it zooplankton?
Nice to see most if not all of the gorgs are still with us! 
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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04-30-2007, 02:56 PM
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You're really going all out with this tank! If you are putting this much into your softies already I can't wait to see what SPS peices you come across.
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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Hybrid Mode
