dolphinsfan
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Tanks been up and running 10 months. Let me know what you think.
55 gal FOWLR FTS
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regina13
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Looks good! What fish do you have in there?
dolphinsfan
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I have a bicolor angel, tomato clown, Mcosker's flasher wrasse, banggai cardinal and a green chromis. It is about 65lbs of live rock with a few different mushrooms attached. BTW the blue coral is fake. I added it for color a couple of months ago.
hammerhed7
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Nice tank, that is some of the whitest sand I have ever seen
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vinnyraptor
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beautiful! not overstocked and crystal clear! very nice...
meowzer
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Originally Posted by VinnyRaptor
http:///forum/post/2837300
beautiful! not overstocked and crystal clear! very nice...
Just how do you keep it that clear??? Even the glass...I have so many problems getting salt film off.
http:///forum/post/2837300
beautiful! not overstocked and crystal clear! very nice...
Just how do you keep it that clear??? Even the glass...I have so many problems getting salt film off.
dolphinsfan
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Thanks for the replies! My wife says I have OCD when it comes to maintaing my tank. I do 25% water changes every couple of weeks but I clean the glass almost every day. The sand bed is only about 1/2 - 1" so it is easier to keep clean. The sand is really white. believe it or not, it is the Estes brand reef sand that I got from a mom and pop LFS in 5lb bags for about $4.99ea.
I have 3 Koralia PH's for circulation and a Aqua C Remora skimmer. I traded the McCoskers wrasse in for a hawaiian blue puffer and my chromis went carpet surfing overnight. My first casualty in close to a year of this tank being set up. My puffer, bicolor angel and tomato clown are doing great. I would like to add 1 last fish but can't decide. Any suggestions other than another wrasse?
I have 3 Koralia PH's for circulation and a Aqua C Remora skimmer. I traded the McCoskers wrasse in for a hawaiian blue puffer and my chromis went carpet surfing overnight. My first casualty in close to a year of this tank being set up. My puffer, bicolor angel and tomato clown are doing great. I would like to add 1 last fish but can't decide. Any suggestions other than another wrasse?
1990jpyj
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wow i love the rock work. where did you get the large peices of LR. i cant find anything that big. as far as fish im not expert but i have always liked the Firefish. you could probly do 2 of them imo. looks good. i would love to know more about your filtration system. i have all hob stuff for my tank and i would love to go sump.
dolphinsfan
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Thanks. As far as my liverock, I guess I was right place, right time. I got it from a LFS outside of Cincinnati. 5 big pieces totaling 65lbs. The coraline has really started to cover the rock nicely. I don't like the looks of coraline covered glass, so I try to stay on top of scraping it so the glass stays clean. The only thing is, my glass has quite a few minor scratches. Only using the liverock and a HOB Aqua C Remora skimmer w/ (3) koralia's for circulation. I will take another daytime picture as they seem to be clearer than the last one I took. The more I think about it, I may just stick with the 3 fish I have. "Less is More." Although I am constantly changing my mind 
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dolphinsfan
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Better picture
dolphinsfan
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My lighting is a orbit satellite 2 x 65w PC
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vinnyraptor
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Originally Posted by dolphinsfan
http:///forum/post/2838633
Thanks for the replies! My wife says I have OCD when it comes to maintaing my tank. I do 25% water changes every couple of weeks but I clean the glass almost every day. The sand bed is only about 1/2 - 1" so it is easier to keep clean. The sand is really white. believe it or not, it is the Estes brand reef sand that I got from a mom and pop LFS in 5lb bags for about $4.99ea.
I have 3 Koralia PH's for circulation and a Aqua C Remora skimmer. I traded the McCoskers wrasse in for a hawaiian blue puffer and my chromis went carpet surfing overnight. My first casualty in close to a year of this tank being set up. My puffer, bicolor angel and tomato clown are doing great. I would like to add 1 last fish but can't decide. Any suggestions other than another wrasse?
i think you might be done as far as fish go. you could add something tiny like a royal gramma or psuedochromis. how bout a cool shrimp or two? starfish? an anemone for the tomato? thats what i was thinking...
http:///forum/post/2838633
Thanks for the replies! My wife says I have OCD when it comes to maintaing my tank. I do 25% water changes every couple of weeks but I clean the glass almost every day. The sand bed is only about 1/2 - 1" so it is easier to keep clean. The sand is really white. believe it or not, it is the Estes brand reef sand that I got from a mom and pop LFS in 5lb bags for about $4.99ea.
I have 3 Koralia PH's for circulation and a Aqua C Remora skimmer. I traded the McCoskers wrasse in for a hawaiian blue puffer and my chromis went carpet surfing overnight. My first casualty in close to a year of this tank being set up. My puffer, bicolor angel and tomato clown are doing great. I would like to add 1 last fish but can't decide. Any suggestions other than another wrasse?
i think you might be done as far as fish go. you could add something tiny like a royal gramma or psuedochromis. how bout a cool shrimp or two? starfish? an anemone for the tomato? thats what i was thinking...
dolphinsfan
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Thanks for the comments. I added a royal gramma as my last fish a few days ago. So my final fish list is: bicolor angel, tomato clown, hawaiian blue puffer and a royal gramma.