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[blackjacktang]

This is where you can fill out the folowing quastions about you tank.
Date Established:
Display Tank Volume:
Tank Demensions:
Display Tank Wall Type:
Sump Volume:
Temperature:
Your Bio Filter:
Live Rock In diplay Tank:
Live rock in sump:
How often Do you replace your lights:
Specific Gravity:
pH:
Alk:
Calcium:
Salt used:
How Many fish:
How many LPS:
How Many SPS:
How Many Invert.:
Problems Overcome with you tank:
Things You would like to change:
Spawning Events:
Overall Negitives:

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Here is mine
Date Established: September 2007
Display Tank Volume: 60 gallons
Tank Demensions: Unkown
Display Tank Wall Type: Glass
Sump Volume: 5 gallons
Temperature: 78 F
Your Bio Filter: Live Rock
Live Rock In diplay Tank: Unkonw
Live rock in sump: 2 lbs.
How often Do you replace your lights: Unkown
Specific Gravity: 1.024
pH: 8.3
Alk: Unknown
Calcium: Unknown
Salt used: Instant Ocean
How Many fish: 3
How many LPS: None
How Many SPS: 1
How Many Invert.: Unkonwn
Problems Overcome with you tank: Metal Halid lamp broke and we now have to pay $2,000 bicks! Aiptasia invasion When I boght the tank on ----
Things You would like to change: Unknown
Spawning Events: None yet
Overall Negitives: Aiptasia

 

[aquaknight]

Date Established: June 2007Display Tank Volume: 125 galsTank Dimensions: 72"(l)x18"(d)x22"(h)Display Tank Wall Type: 3/4" glass
Sump Volume: 15gal + 29gal refugium
Temperature: 80° F
Your Filters: 29gal refugium, AquaC EV240 Skimmer, Aquanetics UV sterelizer, TLF phosban reactor
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 150lbs
Live rock in sump: 20 or 30 lbs
How often Do you replace your lights: yearly
Specific Gravity: 1.025
pH: 8.3
Alk: 2.5 meq/L
Calcium: 400ppm
Salt used: IO Reef Crystals
How Many fish: 6, Blueface Angel, Naso Tang, Potters Angel, Blue Dot Puffer, pair of neon gobies. Plans for more fish
How many LPS: 1, brain coral
How Many SPS: 3, all different monti caps
How Many Invert.: couple, mostly puffer food. 3 huge zebra turbos seem to hanging in there. Purple Sea Whip and Purple Brush gorgonians, Red Tree Sponge (angel food), 2 Pink BTAs
Problems Overcome with your tank: Ich outbreak which claimed all of my previous fish. Always QT. Red/brown algae due to location (lots of sunlight from adjacent window.
Things You would like to change: Location, away from the sun. Larger stand to fit the skimmer under it.
Spawning Events: None
Overall Negitives: It's only a 125.
Took the liberty to change Your Bio filter to just Your Filters. Not sure what you meant by Bio Filters. Aren't most people's just their LR?

 

[dragonzim]

Date Established: August 2005
Display Tank Volume: 75
Tank Dimensions: 48*18*20
Display Tank Wall Type: glass
Sump Volume: none
Temperature: 80
Your Bio Filter: live rock
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 90 lbs
Live rock in sump: no sump
How often Do you replace your lights: 12 months or so
Specific Gravity: 1.026
pH: 8.2
Alk: unknown right now
Calcium: unknown right now
Salt used: Reef Crystals
How Many fish: 6 - 3 green chromis, 1 LMB, 2 True percs
How many LPS: 2 - candy cane and hammer
How Many SPS: 0
How Many Invert.: 30 or so snails and hermits
Problems Overcome with you tank: none
Things You would like to change: move to SPS
Spawning Events: just some snail eggs
Overall Negitives: would like a bigger tank

 

[aquaknight]

Date Established: October 2006Display Tank Volume: 29galTank Demensions: 30 1/4"(l)x12 1/2"(d)x18 3/4"(h)Display Tank Wall Type: 3/8" Glass
Sump Volume: 40gal breeder, about 30gals used, 15 used for a refugium
Temperature: 80° F
Your Filters: 15gal refugium, Bak-Pak powered by a GenX 1400
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 67lbs
Live rock in sump: 25lbs
How often Do you replace your lights: 9 months
Specific Gravity: 1.026
pH: 8.3
Alk: 2.5 meg/l
Calcium: 450ppm
Salt used: IO Reef Crystals
How Many fish: 3, True percula (female), False percula (male), Yellow Tail Damsel
How many LPS: 5, Frogspawn, Octopus coral, Favia, Sun coral, Trumpet Coral
How Many SPS: None
How Many Invert.: Bunch, Skunk shrimp, Peppermint shrimp, feather duster, mixed snails and hermits, Pink BTA
Problems Overcome with you tank: Hydroids
Things You would like to change: Stronger lighting
Spawning Events: None yet
Overall Negitives: Only a 29gal

 

[mr_x]

Date Established: 8-07Display Tank Volume: 195 gallonsTank Demensions: 60"x30"x25"tallDisplay Tank Wall Type: starfire front, glass
Sump Volume: 125 gallons
Temperature: 80 daytime, 78-79 at night
Your Bio Filter: live rock and refugium
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 200 or so pounds
Live rock in sump: 20 pounds
How often Do you replace your lights: 8 months
Specific Gravity: .025
pH: 8.2
Alk: 12
Calcium: 430-450
Salt used: oceanic
How Many fish: at the moment, 4
How many LPS: +/- 17
How Many SPS: +/- 34
How Many Invert.: at the moment 3
Problems Overcome with your tank: recent power outtage, and a 2 month old double ballast quit on me, leaving me with 1 halide for about a week
Things You would like to change:
i wish i would have went 36" from front to back, and i wish my closed loop pump was larger. i would also have liked external overflows instead of these two giant things taking up so much valuable real estate

Spawning Events: green tipped pocillapora is all over my tank.
Overall Negatives:
it was too expensive

 

[blackjacktang]

Bump

 

[wangotango]

Date Established: April 2005Display Tank Volume:55galTank Demensions: 48x13x20Display Tank Wall Type: glass
Sump Volume: holds 20gal, runs about 10gal
Temperature: 80
Your Bio Filter: LR/fuge
Live Rock In diplay Tank: about 50ibs
Live rock in sump: 5-10ibs
How often Do you replace your lights: once every 1 1/2 or so (T5)
Specific Gravity: 1.026
pH: 8.1-8.2
Alk: 10dKH
Calcium: 450ish
Salt used: Reef Crystals
How Many fish: currently two, planning on about 6 or so
How many LPS: too many to list
How Many SPS: too many to list
How Many Invert: too many to list
Problems Overcome with you tank: Hair Algae
Things You would like to change: get a bigger tank
Spawning Events: none that I know of
Overall Negitives: Lobophora Variagata, pale SPS colors due to low fish population
-Justin

 

[gatorwpb]

Date Established: July 2006Display Tank Volume: 65 gTank Demensions: 36"w x 24"h x 18" DDisplay Tank Wall Type: standard glass
Sump Volume: 20g standard glass
Temperature: 78-79
Your Bio Filter: Phosban reactor, fuge w/3.5" dsb, cheato and lots of LR in DT
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 105lbs of fiji and caribbean
Live rock in sump: 5lbs of tonga rubble
How often Do you replace your lights: once a yr
Specific Gravity: 1.026
pH: 8.3ish
Alk: 9-10 dkh
Calcium: 400-420ppm
Salt used: natural seawater
How Many fish: 5
How many LPS: 4
How Many SPS: 18
How Many Invert.: 2 max clams couple of emerald crabs
Problems Overcome with you tank: lost 1 sps due to low alk, some cyano in fuge and working on ridding a killer chromis
Things You would like to change: better colors on a couple of sps and of course bigger tank!
Spawning Events: none
Overall Negitives: killer chromis!!!

 

[kjord97]

I have 4 Tanks I hope I dont confuse anyone. I also added refugium volume. Date Established: June 2002 / Jan 2004/ Oct 2006 / Feb 2007Display Tank Volume: 150Gal / 58 Gal / 75 Gal / 28 Gal Tank Demensions: 72 long / 30 Long / 48 Long / Nano TankDisplay Tank Wall Type: Glass for all
Refugium Volume: 5 Gal / 5 Gal / 5 Gal / n/a
Sump Volume: n/a / n/a / 48 Gal / n/a
Temperature: 79 / 79 / 78 / 78
Your Bio Filter: DSB on all tanks, Live Rock, Cheato
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 130lbs / 50 lbs / 100lbs / 20 lbs
Live rock in sump: n/a / n/a / 50 lbs / n/a
How often Do you replace your lights: every 9 months on all tanks
Specific Gravity: 1.023 on all tanks
pH: 8.1 on all tanks
Alk: unknown
Calcium: 430-460 ppm on all tanks
Salt used: 6 years IO Reef Crystals but just switched to GetTankedSalt
How Many fish: 12 / 7 / 8 / 2
How many LPS: 13 / 3 / 11 / 1
How Many SPS: 5 / 0 / 19 / 0
Problems Overcome with you tank: Hair algae bloom in the 75 gal. Being fixed, hooking up a Octopus NW 150 today.
Things You would like to change: Take all 4 tanks and combine them into one 400 gal tank.
Spawning Events: 1 time in the 75 gal with the SPS.
Overall Negitives: nothing really, just having fun.

 

[morval]

Date Established: april 2007
Display Tank Volume: 65g
Tank Demensions: 36x18x24
Display Tank Wall Type: glass
Sump Volume: NA
Temperature: 78
Your Bio Filter: LR,LS,bio-wheel
Live Rock In display Tank: 80#
Live rock in sump: NA
How often Do you replace your lights: 8 months
Specific Gravity: 1.025
pH: 8.3
Alk: 107.4 ppm
Calcium: 450
Salt used: IO reef crystals
How Many fish: 8 - yellow tang,LMB,pair oceleris clown, pygmy hawk,fire fish,orange diamond goby, blue chromis
How many LPS: 12 - acans,black sun coral,duncan,scoly,hammer,frogspawn,plate, candycane,open brain,chalice,lobo,bubble
How Many SPS: 1 - porcillipora
How Many Invert: lots - CUC+ 2 limpets,pistol shrimp,emerald crab,peppermint shrimp,sea hare
Problems Overcome with you tank: ich, hair algae
Things You would like to change: LS w/ CC to just sand
Spawning Events: none to date but clowns are acting wierd and have cleaned off the pump to protein skimmer
Overall Negitives: girlfriend wont let me buy another, or upgrade current tank

 

[tizzo]

This is like one of those goofy emails, lol.
My current tank
Date Established:Jan 08
Display Tank Volume:150 gal
Tank Demensions:6' x 18" x 29"
Display Tank Wall Type:glass
Sump Volume:30g
Temperature:83F
Your Bio Filter:250 lbs LR
Live Rock In diplay Tank:225 lbs
Live rock in sump:25 lbs
How often Do you replace your lights: annually
Specific Gravity:1.025
pH:8.3
Alk:3 meq/l
Calcium:420
Salt used:Tropic Marin
How Many fish:None in tank (8 in QT)
How many LPS:7
How Many SPS:10
How Many Invert.:lots
Problems Overcome with you tank:spousal resistance

Things You would like to change: location of chiller
Spawning Events:just shrimp
Overall Negitives:cost, time.

 

[howardj]

Added a couple of thingsDate Established: July 07Display Tank Volume: 12 GalTank Dimensions: Nano Cube measurements..Display Tank Wall Type: GlassSump Volume: NoneTemperature: 78-82Your Bio Filter: Live RockLive Rock In diplay Tank: ~15 lbs.
Live rock in sump: -
Type of Lights: Stock
How often Do you replace your lights: Haven't yet
Specific Gravity: .025
pH: -
Alk: -
Calcium: ~450
Salt used: Coral Pro
How Many fish: 2
How many LPS: 2
How Many SPS: None
How Many Softies: Lots
How Many Inverts: ~10
Problems Overcome with you tank: green and brown algae spots on the glass..
Things You would like to change: Live Rock Placement
Spawning Events: Nassarius Snails
Overall Negatives: Majano Anemone's
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Date Established: Febuary 9, 2008
Display Tank Volume: 10 Gallons
Tank Demensions: 20x10x12(?)
Display Tank Wall Type: Glass
Sump Volume: None
Temperature: 78-82
Your Bio Filter: Live Rock
Live Rock In diplay Tank: ~22 lbs.
Live rock in sump: -
Type of Lights: 36w 50/50 T5
How often Do you replace your lights: Haven't Yet
Specific Gravity: .025
pH: -
Alk: -
Calcium: ~450
Salt used: Coral Pro
How Many fish: 1
How many LPS: 8+
How Many SPS: 2
How Many Softies: Lots
How Many Invert.: 20+
Problems Overcome with you tank: None
Things You would like to change: None
Spawning Events: Peppermint Shrimp
Overall Negatives: None

 

[coral keeper]

Date Established: 3/14/07
Display Tank Volume: 8 gallons
Tank Demensions: Size 8 Oceanic Bio-Cube
Display Tank Wall Type: Glass
Sump Volume: Unknown
Temperature: 81-82
Your Bio Filter: Live Rock, Live Sand, and Micro Algae
Live Rock In diplay Tank: 10 lbs.
Live rock in sump: 7 lbs.
Type of Lights: two 18 watt PCs: one 18W 10K Daylight, and one 18W Actinic 03 Blue
How often Do you replace your lights: everyone 10-11 months
Specific Gravity: 1.024
pH: Unknown
Alk: Unknown
Calcium: Unknown
Salt used: Don't use salt, I get natural ocean water from the CA coast.
How Many fish: 2: Maroon Clownfish, Royal Gramma
How many LPS: 4: Metalic Green Torch coral, Green candy canes, Galaxy coral, Sun corals.
How Many SPS: None
How Many Softies: xenia, Toadstool, lots of diff zoas, lots of diff palys, hairy mushrooms, blue mushrooms, red mushrooms, golden mushrooms, kenya trees, green clove polyps, brown mushrooms with greenish,teal, and white color thick stripes(looks very nice), metallic green striped mushrooms, Cabbage Leather, and more.
How Many Invert.: Hawaiian feather duster, nass snails, Margarita snails, and lots of hitchhikers.
Problems Overcome with you tank: None
Things You would like to change: None
Spawning Events: None
Overall Negatives: None

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Date Established: 6/16/08
Display Tank Volume: 28 gallon
Tank Dimensions: 28 gallon Nano-Cube
Display Tank Wall Type: Glass
Sump Volume: Unknown
Temperature: 81-82
Your Bio Filter: 3-4 small peaces of Live Rock for now
Live Rock In diplay Tank: None
Live rock in sump: 3-4 small peaces of Live Rock
Type of Lights: one 14k 150 watt HQI MH
How often Do you replace your lights: Didn't change them yet
Specific Gravity: 1.026
pH: Unknown
Alk: Unknown
Calcium: Unknown
Salt used: Reef Crystals, and natural ocean water from the CA coast.
How Many fish: None
How many LPS: None
How Many SPS: None
How Many Softies: None
How Many Invert.: None
Problems Overcome with you tank: Don't have anything in it except saltwater lol
Things You would like to change: Add LR, LS, and live stock
Spawning Events: None
Overall Negatives: Don't have anything in it except saltwater lol