Tiffany's 400G build thread

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smallreef

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OMG if you do... i would like about 50 pictures with a really nice camera.. oh wait maybe ill just come visit so I could see them??? I'll be driving through AZ in February???LOL
P.S. I have a really nice camera I could take the pictures with, LOL
 
travelerjp98

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Originally Posted by Tiffanyk http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3440690
nice i've never seen a pilotfish before...sweetlips or a panther grouper was what I was thinking~
They are actually schooling fish, and have a really nice color to them!
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Originally Posted by Tiffanyk http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3440691
a guy on CL has a large panther grouper for sale..i might go check it out!
nice! I bet your saving him from a way undersized tank!
 
tiffanyk

tiffanyk

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Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3440711
They are actually schooling fish, and have a really nice color to them!
nice! I bet your saving him from a way undersized tank!
This is the sad truth! I saw this one guys tank that was a 30 gallon (he tried to say it was a 55 as if i didnt know) and had 4 triggers in it... I wish i could rescue them all!
 
travelerjp98

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Originally Posted by Tiffanyk http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3440920
This is the sad truth! I saw this one guys tank that was a 30 gallon (he tried to say it was a 55 as if i didnt know) and had 4 triggers in it... I wish i could rescue them all!
Yep... I once saw a video on youtube (I posted a thread about it... somewhere) in which a guy had a Panther Grouper and a Volitans lionfish in it... it was 55 gallons. And, when someone tried to say something under the "comments" section about it, it was hidden due to too many negative votes..... that just made me mad.
 
tiffanyk

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okay quick question...I saw this video on youtube, was a really nice setup of roughly the same size tank as mine. Anyways, he said he mixed play sand (from the depot) with live sand. Is this something anyone has done? Or is this the huge no no rule that I havent read about?
 
travelerjp98

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Originally Posted by Tiffanyk http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3441083
okay finally the day has almost come...lol...it's being moved in tomorrow!!! yay
YAYYYY! Can't wait!
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Originally Posted by Tiffanyk http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3441084
okay quick question...I saw this video on youtube, was a really nice setup of roughly the same size tank as mine. Anyways, he said he mixed play sand (from the depot) with live sand. Is this something anyone has done? Or is this the huge no no rule that I havent read about?
I don't see any problem with it, as long as you rinse it first.
 
spanko

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Home Depot once upon a time had sand that was aragonite based called Southdown or Yardright Oldcastle. The sand they now carry is nothing more that silicate sand. It is very abrasive, can harm burrowing critters as it is like little pcs. of glass. And the silica is what diatoms feed from and you may be fighting that for a long long time. I would not use this.
Even if you find one of the sands named above you have to make sure it is aragonite base Caribbean sand and not silicate sand.
 
travelerjp98

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Originally Posted by spanko http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3441101
Home Depot once upon a time had sand that was aragonite based called Southdown or Yardright Oldcastle. The sand they now carry is nothing more that silicate sand. It is very abrasive, can harm burrowing critters as it is like little pcs. of glass. And the silica is what diatoms feed from and you may be fighting that for a long long time. I would not use this.
Even if you find one of the sands named above you have to make sure it is aragonite base Caribbean sand and not silicate sand.
I never knew that!
 
tiffanyk

tiffanyk

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Originally Posted by spanko http:///t/388213/tiffanys-400g-build-thread/120#post_3441101
Home Depot once upon a time had sand that was aragonite based called Southdown or Yardright Oldcastle. The sand they now carry is nothing more that silicate sand. It is very abrasive, can harm burrowing critters as it is like little pcs. of glass. And the silica is what diatoms feed from and you may be fighting that for a long long time. I would not use this.
Even if you find one of the sands named above you have to make sure it is aragonite base Caribbean sand and not silicate sand.
Thanks for the info =) I'm gonna check it out and see!
 
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