my first salt tank

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75bownut

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well here are some pics of my first salt tank, the pics could be a little better but im tryin. Any comments? This tank is at about 6 months and im going slow.
 
hagfish

hagfish

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Looks pretty good. Especially for a first try at a tank.
It looks like you have a 72 bowfront, correct? What kind of lighting do you have on it?
I'm setting up a 72 bowfront soon and I'll be using MH and PC's, but I haven't figured out a great hood design yet.
 
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75bownut

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ya its a 72 bow and I have pc lights , they seem to work fine for me , i really dont plan on putting in any hard corals but if i ever do ill up grade. As far as the top all ive got is the glass on i got with the tank . If you go with a sump like ive got there is on thing you need to watch for. Ive got a tidepool with a sphion box on the back of the tank, the sphion tube likes to build up tiny bubbles in the top wich will eventually lead to loosing your sphion and a big mess on yor floor(hint). I found a way around that by drilling a small hole in the sphion tube at the top and cementing in a airline tee fitting the attatching an aqua lift pump for lizards and putting the other end of the tube into the sump. seems to work great! The only other problem i ran into is high nitrate, thats on its way down via water changes and adding a ref system with a 3" live sand bed. Thanks for your input, ( Im trying)
 
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75bownut

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Anyone got any suggestions how to get ride of this spotty dark green alge ive got ? IM now using ro/di water and a phos pad, got a huge clean up crew, or do you think it will just go away with time???
 
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