Rainmkr07's 75 Gallon Reef Tank in Kansas Diary!

nigerbang

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Originally Posted by rainmkr07
Manhattan, Kansas. Home of the Kansas State University Wildcats!

KSU...I have a ton of fam in Olathe
 
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reefernana

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Originally Posted by rainmkr07
and some tree - i don't know name)
Looks like a Kenya Tree to me.
 

rainmkr07

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It's been a little while, so I thought I would put a 2 month mark update and take some new photos. I love the tank, and I love the hobby so much already. I wish the frags would grow a little faster, that's probably my only complaint. All of my water tests have been good lately, and I raised my salinity from 1.021 to 1.024 recently. I love our emerald crabs, hermits, and snails, all are fun to watch. The corals are wonderful too, but I wish the Chromis were a little less shy. Anyway, here are some new photos. In 2-3 weeks I will be going to my LFS and bringing home 5 more Nassarius Snails, A pair of percula clownfish, and a toadstool leather frag for them to hopefully host with. Other future additions include a red sea prizm skimmer later this month, a pair of cleaner shrimp, a few more hermits and mexican turbo snails, a lawnmower blenny, and maybe a small tang or two (tang police: my 75 gallon tank will be upgraded to a 125+ in 18 months or so).





 

rainmkr07

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Some More Pics from 9/5/07. 2 Hermits and our fighting conch "Snuffy" (who is a GREAT cleaner and fun to watch too!) :)


 
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reelbigjawn

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If/when you get more live rock those flat rocks on the bottom will make great ledges!
 

addicted2

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Originally Posted by ReelBigJawn
If/when you get more live rock those flat rocks on the bottom will make great ledges!
thinking....yep! that's what I need too...a couple ledges...
 

rainmkr07

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Originally Posted by ReelBigJawn
If/when you get more live rock those flat rocks on the bottom will make great ledges!
How do you mean exactly?
I think we are thinking the same thing, but I only have 25lbs LR so I can't do it yet. When I upgrade tanks from a 75 to a 220 and order 140lbs more LR, then I think I should be able to do it finally.
 
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reelbigjawn

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You put some larger rocks on the bottom and then rest those flat peices on them and then just keep building up, it takes a little practice to get it figured out exactly
 
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