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![]() One big tuna. I was going to try and make a list tonight. I really like the idea of keeping species that co-exist with others, like the clown with an anemone. Or some gobys with shrimp. Love triggers, tanks is to small though and I hear there not overly reef friendly (New tank
![]() Percula Clown Banggai Cardinal Im so so on the dwarf angels, prefer the true angels but im pretty su re my tank size is too small Raccoon or Copperband Butterflyfish (may be to small for a copperband) Leopard Wrasse Would love a surgeonfish (Its there any that will be suitable for a 90g Reef tank) Regal Tang - Again Ive been told that my tank may be a bit small Mandarin Dragonet There are some nice Grammas as well And some sort of Goby. Like I said makeshift, I need to crack open a book I have on marine fish here tonight and do a little more homework. |
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![]() Ive been keeping the lighting off for the time being. Blasting the LR with water every second day or so to remove the dying matter. The ammonia levels have been holding in the .25 to .50 PPM range. Im expecting more of a spike due to the die off from lack of light here in the next week or so. Ive read that the coralline algae takes off in the dark as everything else around it dies, that being said I have seen some new spots of it speraticly around the tank. Ive also seen some of the existing coralline turn from that dark reddish purple to white. I was going to siphon off the debris in the sand here today, no water change, just through a filter sock back into the sump. Definitely would like to pick up a couple more power heads to cover a few of the dead spots behind the rock work. What sort of time line should I start running for the lighting and when? I know I should start off with a few hours a day and slowly increase it over time until I reach the max. But what should I be looking for to start that out, after the Nitrate cycle? Also what levels of ammonium should I expect to see? I know this is dependent on how much die off there is, but Ive been reading that anything over 2 PPM and I should be doing a water change. Im a ways off of 2 PPM but knowing in advance cant hurt.
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#104
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![]() Stocking list v2.0
Pair Percula Clowns Banggai Cardinal Yellow swallowtail Angel Leopard Wrasse Purple Tang Strawberry Dotty |
#105
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![]() Where did you get your rock anyway? Great pieces. |
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![]() Water Parameters:
Temp - 76F SG - 1.025 pH - 8 (closer to 7.9) NH3/4 - 0 PPM NO2 - 0 PPM NO3 - 5 PPM |
#108
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![]() Updated Water Parameters:
Temp 78F (Brought it up a wee bit) SG - 1.025 NH3/4 - 0PPM NO2 - 0PPM NO3 - 4PPM pH - 8.0 Im just waiting on my freshwater Tub, and the Aquacontroller Jr. I ordered. Maybe then a clean up crew ![]() Getting exciting! |
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Rock work looks great though... Look forward to see it fill up.
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180G Office Reef. Started Sept 2012 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=88894 62G Starfire Reef. Started Jan 2013 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=89988 |
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![]() This is kind of what im going for as an end result. 90g Display with 45G Breeder as a sump (Those are in place and cycling). A 20G Poly tank for RO storage and an eventual 20G above. I will plumb the 20G to my sump and use it as a QT for starters. Then when all is said and done it will be turned into a seahorsey tank. The 20g Poly tank will only be used as a RO reservoir, it will have a drainage plug a little higher than half way up to allow for it to be drained into a 5g bucket. Ill still have to mix my SW in buckets, just not enough room.
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