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04-01-2010, 04:32 AM
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Looks good!
We went to Hawaii during Olympic break too! Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay! So we got to see fishies too! What are you doing for ATO? Are you still going to do it by hand? (PS.. next meeting is at your house..  )
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04-05-2010, 10:18 PM
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I have been running the tank for about a month now and I am happy with how things are going. I had to adjust the outlets of the 2 back 90s of the closed loop as they were blowing the sand away from the front of the tank. I cut the 90 flush so that their stream is wider and it seems to fix things except now I get a bit too much at the top. The eruobrace keeps everything in but I might have to dial it back a bit, we'll see.
I put a Blue Chromis in about a week and a half ago and he is doing well. Ammonia and Nitrites are 0. Added my two clowns on Friday and I can say they have settled in nicely. I thought with such a larger tank they would be all happy and free like birds but they still just hang out near the overflow like they did in my 75 and rub up and down against each other. Ahh the life of a fish. I think I will try to move over the rest of my livestock next weekend and then try the corals slowly or should I just do it all at once and shutdown the 75?
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population. Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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04-06-2010, 07:24 PM
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I've been working on my reflectors that I have been planning on making since January 09. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48082 This is a picture of the second one. Just one more to go.
  I went with the scattered finish but will use the smooth finish aluminum for the t5s. Joe
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population. Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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04-07-2010, 02:10 AM
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population. Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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04-09-2010, 12:25 AM
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I've been working on my light rack the last couple of days. I am trying to come up with something that will hold 3 250s plus 4 t5s. Right now my t5s are from my 4ft tank so they will be too short unless I stagger them. I want the option of upgrading down the road to 8 36" t5s.
I am also thinking of different ways of supporting the rack. Right now I think I will use aircraft cable and suspend the rack fr the ceiling. I am trying to come up with an easy yet secure way to raise and lower the rack when needed. Does anyone use pulleys and if so how do you set the height?
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population. Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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04-09-2010, 03:13 AM
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Light Rack
So this is what I have so far.
 I still need to make one more reflector but I am getting good at it. What look like feet on the rack will hold the t5 strips depending on what I end up using. For now it will be the 48" staggered but time will tell. Here is a FTS with the prototype reflector mounted on some PVC and held up with 2X4s.  Everybody in the tanks seems happy so we will keep going. My wife really likes the way the rock looks now "all clean and everything". I am slowly adding the old live rock from my 75gallon as I transfer fish. It won't look as tidy but oh well.
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population. Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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04-07-2010, 12:52 AM
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Haven't hooked it up yet but maybe tomorrow.
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population. Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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