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02-16-2011, 04:42 PM
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Oh well just one more thing to buy.... I'm already $1500 over my budget for getting this tank running so whats another couple hundred.  
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02-16-2011, 04:52 PM
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Ya its only money right  I mean really what else could you do this some extra cash now a days.
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02-16-2011, 08:07 PM
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Thanks, it definitely looks better now with water in it. I'll try to put some photos up tonight. I just have to move some of the rock into the sump as I have added the 50lbs of live rock and now there is waaaayyyy too much in the main tank.
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02-20-2011, 05:48 PM
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Pic with water and the rock setup
Here is a picture with the water in and my first few fish. I started with 3 truncate anthias. They seem to like the tank and their colors have improved quite a bit compared to what they were at the fish store.
I'm getting the itch to start adding corals already but will be patient and wait a few more weeks. Water parameters are all looking great though other than a small bloom of cyano but it was small and already seems to be going away.  
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02-21-2011, 09:06 PM
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Change of return pump
Well i'm already changing out equipment. I found that the mag 18 I was using as my return pump was way too loud and I thought I maybe didn't need that much turn over in my sump.
I ended up buying a quiet one 4000. The flow is quite a bit less but I think should be sufficient and the bonus is that I can't even hear it running. Now the only part of my tank that I can hear is the lighting (fans, and ballast hum). Makes the wife a lot happier
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02-25-2011, 08:51 PM
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Missing fish
when I bought my group of Anthias to get the tank rolling I bought 4. Right away one of them looked sick and it clearly had nothing to do with water quality as the other 3 are thriving. This one has since disappeared and i'm sure is rotting in the tank somewhere polluting the water.
I'm getting Algae growing on my rocks and i'm sure this missing dead fish is to blame for the bloom. Looks like i'll being doing a few larger sized water changes over the coming weeks to clear things up again.
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03-03-2011, 03:33 AM
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New reservoir
I got a custom reservoir made for my tank. It's 16X12X24 high with a hole for a float switch. It's nice that my ro/di line will reach to the reservoir so I don't have to move water back and forth. I also got a Tunze Osmolator kit for doing ATO. It's works great.
With the size of the reservoir I should be able to get at least a week of top up before I need to refill it. Eventually everything will be covered with a wooden facade. I have someone building the facade for around the main tank right now and then I will have to figure out how I want to cover the reservoir and the MH ballast's that are on the other side of the tank. url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_larsen/5493037947/]  [/url]
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03-10-2011, 07:58 PM
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FRAG PICS
Recently added 14 new sps frags to the tank. Water parameters all measured within range so I thought i'd take the plunge. I started with 4 a week ago that I got from snappy, they were doing well so I bought some more off fellow reefer xtreme.
Everything seems to be doing great so far. I look forward to looking back on these pictures in a year or so to see how much they have grown.              
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