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Old 04-12-2012, 11:34 PM
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i might hold on to the tank. but anyway hows my tank look? i have an anemone in there thats not opening very wide.
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:06 AM
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I think it looks great
As for the anemone the tank is still young I was told that its tough to keep nems in younger tanks
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:15 AM
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ya. im thinking im might be stressing it out alittle me bothering it to much aswell.
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Old 04-24-2012, 10:24 PM
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UPDATE - well i didnt sell and good thing some stuff died.
anemone is dead clown fish past away. i have 4 pieces of birdnest
brown with neonreen polyps bleached all for a tip which is doing well
pink which is slowly dying
i think another neon green one but polyps dont pop as much but its doing GREAT!
i raised it for the second time and upped the diming to over 50 percent and the polyps are doing the best ive seen yet the are loving it.

i also adjusted rock work to give me more space for rock placement and less of a big shaded cave. ill add some pictures later.

GRIZZ what is your high point light levels at?
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Old 04-24-2012, 10:55 PM
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Glad to see you're still in
Sorry 'bout your losses
Give your tank some time to mature and you'll love it
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Old 04-25-2012, 01:19 AM
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Ya I'm happy too.
With my new lights I'm seeing explosion of good growth.
I'm going to give it a month or 2 before new stock hits it.
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GRIZZ what is your high point light levels at?
Blues hit 100%, white hit 60% at 2pm
Reds & greens 10%

High noon kit 100% at noon
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Old 04-25-2012, 03:12 AM
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i dont have a controller what percentage would be good all day long? i was thinking 70
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Old 04-25-2012, 04:05 AM
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Im not sure exactly what kind of punch your setup has, but I do know that a lot of people have been burning their coral with LEDs lately by going to hard too soon....I would start low and slowly amp it up over a period of time....
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Man that looks fantastic! Love the rimless look and the live rock you have. I did notice that you are using the same overflow as I am! One thing I have found that will massively increase the capacity of that overflow is to put a T at the bottom and instead of having one open pipe, have two. One is lower and is your main overflow, and the other you put at your max level and is your emergency overflow. Using 1.5" PVC I put through about 1,300Gal/hr without any issues at all. I could easily handle more.

The other thing I do is put an aqualifter at the top where it goes over the rim of the tank and then back into the overflow pipe. It sucks out any bubbles that might get in there and really helps with sleeping at night. With the double overflow, you really need to make sure your pump can handle it as to little flow will cause it to suck air.

Love the tank! Thanks for the pics! =D
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