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04-09-2011, 02:15 AM
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I'll post some new pictures tomorrow. I'm finally getting the wooden enclosure delivered tomorrow but will still need to stain it. And i'll take picture of all of the tank inhabitants. Lots of new coral frags since the last post and a few new fish.
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04-09-2011, 09:15 PM
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Tank Update (Lots of Pics)
Been awhile since i've posted an update.
Everything in the tank is doing great. Algae problem is all gone and all tank parameters are pretty much bang on where I want them Salinity 1.026 pH 8.2ish Calcium 430-450 dKH 8.5 Mg 1300-1400 PO4 .03 NO3 almost undetectable Just had the wooden facade/skin for my metal stand dropped off today. It consists of 3 panels that are held on to the stand with strong magnets. I'll have to do a bit of shimming to get the panels to all line up nice but overall i'm pretty happy with it. Now I need to get it stained which I will hopefully get done next weekend. Next I will be getting a matching wooden enclosure for my metal light hood that will then be suspended from the ceiling. I will also be getting matching enclosures created to cover up the reservoir tank on the left side of the stand and the MH balasts on the right side of the stand. Got a 4 pump profilux doser as well now. Now my weekly upkeep will just include feeding daily and keeping the glass and skimmer cup clean. It will be great now that the dosing will be automated, I really like having the ATO that I setup awhile back as well. I don't mind doing tank maintenance, but having top up and dosing automated is nice because these are things that I wouldn't want to forget to do on a daily basis in my tank. I have also added a number of new tank inhabitants since the last post. My tank stock to date is the following: Livestock Yellow Tang Deep water coral beauty White Goby 2 X Percula Clowns 3 X Truncate Anthias Fire Shrimp Peppermint Shrimp Corals 25 sps frags. I only know the name of a few of them so won't try to name them 1 Acan Some nice new Growth on this one. Most of it is on the under side and the base that is attaching nicely  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Acans seem happy  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr This one was completely brown when I got it a couple weeks ago and is coming back nicely  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Have had this one almost 6 weeks and not noticing much change. I think the tips are starting to green up but no real growth  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr New frag I got today that I hadn't mounted yet  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Small Green Mili colony  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Unfortunately this one has lost some of the intense blue color it had when I got it from "extreme". I guess it misses the zeovit dosing  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr Lots of growth on this one  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr
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04-09-2011, 09:16 PM
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A few more pics
New dosing pump
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04-11-2011, 02:00 AM
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I think I'll add another 20-30 frags and then just watch it grow. I might actually put in an order with fragalot soon just to get the rest of the frags to fill things in. I know they get bad reviews but for $10 frags I'd be willing to accept some mistakes.
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05-03-2011, 08:27 PM
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Stand complete
I finally got the wooden facade stained and cleared and installed on the metal stand. Overall i'm really happy with the finished product.
Now I just need to get something similar made to cover the reservoir tank and to mount the light hood in as well. Yes I am using milk jugs for my dosing.... Sure its pretty Ghetto but it does the trick. They will be going in the cabinet shortly once I get the dosing pump mounted in the cabinet. On the weekend I also ordered 25 more frags from fragalot.ca. I know they get bad reviews on here but for the price I had to try as they were offering some pretty nice pieces. They are supposed to be delivered on Thursday. I'll take pictures and update once I receive them.  Untitled by badAZZlars, on Flickr
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05-06-2011, 12:28 AM
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Fragalot
Got my order from fragalot today and overall I would say that everything went well. My order was shipped and delivered when agreed to, frags were packed well and i'm pretty sure I got what I ordered.
Out of the 27 frags that I ordered the only one that seems to be having any issues is the pink birds nest which has lost some tissue. Not that surprised as birdsnest apparently doesn't travel very well. Not sure if I just got lucky but i'd say my experience with fragalot was a good one especially for the price. I will post pictures once I get all frags mounted to the rock work and things have settled in.
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05-06-2011, 01:25 AM
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Tank looks very clean and well done i loved the tape on the doors in the earlier picture
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