110g Mixed Reef V2

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Originally Posted by motokorth

We need some pictures Doug, I was also looking at all those pretty new fish and I will be back today to pick some out.

Originally Posted by Carmen

Yes, thank you Doug! I am so very pleased with this new Powder Brown. He is STRIKING!! I will be sure to post a couple pics once he feels a little more comfortable but am I ever GLAD I got him before you claimed him Doug!
Really want to see those pics of the new lights though Doug!

Originally Posted by michika

Yup, Doug we need photos. I need a pretty tank fix.

Ok. I was gonna wait til I had the tank re-arranged and do a befor/one tek on/after sequence of pics, here is a sneek peek of the the one side with the canopy I made(150w 10000k mh/ 2x24W HOT5s), one side with the Tek.

[Hairytank]

The tank is looking pretty good Doug and the T5HOs sure do put out the light.
I have a TEK 4X39 on my 46 gal and they are bright, but the 6 is just just wow.

BTW, what is the hairy stuff on your T5 lights?

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Originally Posted by Hairytank

The tank is looking pretty good Doug and the T5HOs sure do put out the light.
I have a TEK 4X39 on my 46 gal and they are bright, but the 6 is just just wow.

BTW, what is the hairy stuff on your T5 lights?

Thanks "A". I am pleasantly surprised by how much light they put out. Mind you , its only a 20" deep tank.

The hairy stuff was just for you mista "Hairy" I threw a towel over the tek to cut back the amount of glare so I could take the pics.

[OCDP]

Sweet tank Really like the rockwork there.

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Originally Posted by OCDP

Sweet tank Really like the rockwork there.

Thank you very much. I dont know how many hours Ive spent either going through piles of lr looking for that perfectly shaped piece, or trying to make that now not so perfectly shaped piece once you get it home fit.

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Reef tanks never cease to amaze me. A couple weeks back I was pumped when I managed to get a big black hairy mf crab that I had been "hunting" for a while. Well last night after the daylights went out and actinic was left on I notice another one of these hitchhiker crabs. I am wondering if an emerald crab that I bought months back was possibly carrying fertilized eggs when I brought it home??? It didnt look like an emerald to me, but the lfs dude assured me it was(???) saying emeralds come in a few different color variations. So the hunt is on again. I cant leave this crab in the tank. Everything thing Ive read suggests black and hairy is baaaaaaaaad. It does have the algae eater pads on his claws tho. So anyway, as Im now combing over every square inch of the tank last night with a flashlight, looking for more of these crabs, I see movement. I look with the flashlight and of course dont see anything. I wait a minute or two and go back to the same spot in the rock and find my hectors goby! Second time in three months I have seem him(that was a good buy ). I had wrote him off for dead, long ago. My tank is not that big, you would think I would at least spot him at feeding times? I like to think that I am an observant person but...?