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broomer5

broomer5

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Took a few shots of my 75 gallon set up last night. This tank's a few months old now, tore down my old 55 late December and set this one up with DSB and refugium.
It's a work in progress, and I have a very long way to go yet. What few corals I have in it now are from my 30 gallon tank and old 55. Have not transferred all over yet - just as I see fit.
Plan to end up with just 1 reef tank, and focus on it. 30 long to eventually just house a pair of Perc Clowns, cleanup crew and couple sand/rock dwelling inverts.
More live rock as budget allows.
DIY MH/PC canopy lighting upgrade is next project - then finally I can start slowly stocking it this summer.
75 Gallon AllGlass
18 Gallon Refugium
15 Gallon Sump
Dual Return Pumps - low flow / high flow
260 Watt CSL PC Lighting
(2) 65Watt 8800K
(2)Ultra Actinic
Clarkii Clownfish - 2 years
Firefish - 6 months
Royal Gramma - 1-1/2 years
Banggai Cardinalfish - 1-1/2 years
Yellowtail Damselfish - 2 years
Couple few corals and Sebae Anemone host for clown.
See ya,
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broomer5

broomer5

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Thank you jwtrojan44
Kodak DC215 Zoom - using 8 inch macro close up mode.
Not the greatest camera out there - but it does pretty good I guess.
 
kdlbem

kdlbem

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Nice tank Broomer! I like all the rubbermaid stuff-DIY rocks!!! I wonder if rubbermaid knows that they make stuff for the aquarium hobby. SHHHHH - if they find out, they'll put a fancy sticker on them, and double the price <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />
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tru conch

tru conch

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nice tank boomer. i have been looking at some of your older posts about the rubbermaid refurguim/sump. good idea that i hope to implement in my set up in the near future. good luck with the hood!
 
broomer5

broomer5

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Again - thanks a lot you guys !
The clown is my favorite - getting bigger too - was just a little guy when I bought'm.
And KDLBEM
I agree - we gotta keep this DIY sort of quiet.
If Rubbermaid gets wind of the use of their products in this hobby - they'll paint a fish on the side of the plastic container and start marketing them as
Rubberfugiums, Sump-ermaids or RoughReefNecks <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />
 
galina

galina

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I always wondered what your tank looked like, Broomer! :) The clarkii looks great! :) I am especially impressed by the sebea anemone. Everything looks really good.
Galina :)
 
fishymissy

fishymissy

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Very nice tank Broomer5!! :D I really enjoyed your pictures!
I wanted to ask you a question, since you introduced the bangaai after the clown and damsel, did you have any aggression problems with those 3 fish?
 
broomer5

broomer5

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fishymissy
Aside from the initial sizing each other up, and testing each other for first couple days, no ongoing real aggressive behavior from any of these fish in my tank.
The cardinal hangs out in it's spot behind the rock most of the day. Comes out at night a lot to hunt I think.
Clarkii Clownfish is a big old baby - mostly all show and no go. Even the firefish can sometimes spook it back to it's anemone safe haven.
Yellowtail - is nicknamed the "Bit_h fish. That was from a day when it lived with another blue damsel and a few chromis - first few fish.
Now - it's a perfect lady or gentleman. It thinks it's tough guy I'm sure - gets a little "jiggy" with the tail wag deal - but other than that - no problems.
Royal Gramma can take care of itself - occasionally has the open mouth - "get out of my face" look - that keeps everyone at bay.
Firefish - well it has little man's syndrome. If it had arms - I'm sure they would be half-cocked and ready for a fight at any moment. But it's so small - all others just sort of ingore it. Except for the whimpy clown. The clown is a beautiful fish but lacks "courage", unless anyone starts getting too near it's host anemone - then it turns up the heat and now has some teeth. They all know better to wake the whimpy sleeping giant, he's IS the biggest.
Thanks for kind words and comments.
 
fshhub

fshhub

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one word broomer,
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TANKS, FOR SHARING
 
wolffvet

wolffvet

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I was wondering if you could e-mail me the directions to the spray bar you built I really just need to know where you found the flexible spray nozzles.
Thanks
wolffvet@htcomp.net
 
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