Everyone post a picture of your tank here please
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thank you that helps alot
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great pics, Beamer what type of light do u have and how strong is it?
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Haha The nemo trick worked for me...My parents were against me having a tank (i was gonna get a full 125g setup and I mean full lol for 500 but the ppl backed out of the deal) and so i juss went and bought a 29g tank with 55lbs of liverock,snails, a pep. shrimp, and a few powerheads for 170$. My parents were ok with that since it wasnt 500$. We all went to the fish store and the first thing my lil sis did was find the tank full of clown fish, which happened to be next to the clams. My mom sat there for like 15 mins juss staring at the clams (like in nemo when they go to the bottom and see the "light") and she kept trying to bribe me so we could have one. And grr she was soo annoying... I told her they need metal halides and so she went and looked at the price for them and came back saying she didnt want one... until i get my 125g tank yay! lol well ya juss sorta lean over the price tags so she cant see them lol....
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Hi Hiddenicon!
Thanks, I'm still learning how to use the camera. The picture doesn't looks as great on this site as it does when I print it out. They seem to be much more vivid . I have another camera to use that is much more complicated but it takes beautiful pics. Its a Nikon D 100. My husband gave it to me when he bought a Fuji digital SLR. I don't remember which one it is. He uses the cameras for imaging in his dental practice.
I use Pc lighting. 2x 96 watt white lights and 2x 96 watt actinic 03. On those pics I had turned off the actinics because my regal tang would take on a pinkish color. The tank is much prettier though when both the white and the purple lights are on.
This one has both lights on.
Thanks, I'm still learning how to use the camera. The picture doesn't looks as great on this site as it does when I print it out. They seem to be much more vivid . I have another camera to use that is much more complicated but it takes beautiful pics. Its a Nikon D 100. My husband gave it to me when he bought a Fuji digital SLR. I don't remember which one it is. He uses the cameras for imaging in his dental practice.
I use Pc lighting. 2x 96 watt white lights and 2x 96 watt actinic 03. On those pics I had turned off the actinics because my regal tang would take on a pinkish color. The tank is much prettier though when both the white and the purple lights are on.
This one has both lights on.
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yea your tank does look great with both lights on......now my next question is what do u have on the bottem?, is it sand or crushed coral? if its crushed coral how do u keep it so clean?
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I have about 2.5-3 in. of sand on the bottom. It is not crushed coral ,however, it is coral that has been broken down to sand size. I think it is argonite and I don't know the size of the grain. It is not as fine as the Southdown sand that you hear about, but just a little bit larger grain so that its not flying around in the tank when the power head hits it.
I do use a sump with a skimmer (Aqua C EV 180) and I have a 5 gl refugium with macroalge.
I've only had this tank since April. Its and existing tank that I bought from someone outside of Dallas. After moving it I did have some problems and still do. I made the mistake of keeping the original sand in the tank instead of starting over with new sand. The sand bed was 2 yrs old and had lots of crap that got stirred up into it during the move. My phosphates still are off the chart and the nitrates are very high, however, everything seems to be thriving extrememly well despite the paramaters. I had been getting a little green algae on the sand and glass as well as some red slime. Not real bad but enough to be irritating. It was suggested that I add a couple of power heads. I was using none at the time as the previous owner also did not use them. The return seemed to provide more than enough current. But I guess with my having my rocks set up differently the flow of water was not good. I added the two powerheads and the green algae has not been a problem since the water flow has been increased. When doing some water changes I would gently take off the top layer of sand were the algae was. It was only in a few spots. I've been doing weekly water changes to get my numbers down, sometimes twice a week. The last few weeks I've been doing even larger water changes, about 40 gls. Still hasn't made a difference.
My tank is in front of an air return vent and the vent and some other things are starting to rust and I'm having a few problems with my airconditioner so I will be breaking down the tank and move it on down the wall. It won't look as good in the room, it was in a perfect spot, but maybe it will save my airconditioner. Since I'll be breaking it down I will go ahead and change out the sand with new sand and keep some of the old to seed the new. I'll be looking forward to changing out the water monthly instead of weekly. I've never had a tank before so all of this has been pretty discouraging to me. But since everything is thriving I'm not going to worry about it anymore.
From everything that I hear don't use crushed coral or you'll be sorry. Many are now going to bare bottom but I really like the look of the sand but will keep it to only about 2-3 inches.
Sorry, I may have more than answered your question.
Cindy
I do use a sump with a skimmer (Aqua C EV 180) and I have a 5 gl refugium with macroalge.
I've only had this tank since April. Its and existing tank that I bought from someone outside of Dallas. After moving it I did have some problems and still do. I made the mistake of keeping the original sand in the tank instead of starting over with new sand. The sand bed was 2 yrs old and had lots of crap that got stirred up into it during the move. My phosphates still are off the chart and the nitrates are very high, however, everything seems to be thriving extrememly well despite the paramaters. I had been getting a little green algae on the sand and glass as well as some red slime. Not real bad but enough to be irritating. It was suggested that I add a couple of power heads. I was using none at the time as the previous owner also did not use them. The return seemed to provide more than enough current. But I guess with my having my rocks set up differently the flow of water was not good. I added the two powerheads and the green algae has not been a problem since the water flow has been increased. When doing some water changes I would gently take off the top layer of sand were the algae was. It was only in a few spots. I've been doing weekly water changes to get my numbers down, sometimes twice a week. The last few weeks I've been doing even larger water changes, about 40 gls. Still hasn't made a difference.
My tank is in front of an air return vent and the vent and some other things are starting to rust and I'm having a few problems with my airconditioner so I will be breaking down the tank and move it on down the wall. It won't look as good in the room, it was in a perfect spot, but maybe it will save my airconditioner. Since I'll be breaking it down I will go ahead and change out the sand with new sand and keep some of the old to seed the new. I'll be looking forward to changing out the water monthly instead of weekly. I've never had a tank before so all of this has been pretty discouraging to me. But since everything is thriving I'm not going to worry about it anymore.
From everything that I hear don't use crushed coral or you'll be sorry. Many are now going to bare bottom but I really like the look of the sand but will keep it to only about 2-3 inches.
Sorry, I may have more than answered your question.
Cindy
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how do u do that? and everyone post more pics of tanks
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My 125.
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thats cool
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anyone else got pics?
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almost 2 week old tank 
I am new to SW
I am new to SW
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GOOD START:cheer: