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08-08-2008, 03:06 PM
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| Golden Moray  | Score!! After many frustrating failed attempts at buying tanks through craigslist I had all but giving up. I knew what I wanted and but kept almost setteling for tanks just to get into one. Well today my patience paid off. Oceanic 90 G bowfront predrilled Oceanic cherry stand and canopy 20g acrylic sump coralife skimmer (not sure if its the 120g or the 220g) phosban reactor 4 rio pumps , 2 rio powerheads and one Koralia 3 or 4 power head 260w PC lighting system with moonlights this isn't my ideal lighting system but it will suffice for the next 6 months of maturing the tank. Couple hundred dollars in chemicals, tests and cleaning supplies 5 gallon buck of salt Haven't gone through everything so there is more but I got everything for less then the price of just the tank. Everything is less then 1 year old(I even got the receipts!!)!! I'm stoked! should have the tank in place tonight and will start a new chronicle. But with my RO system just the fill is gonna take me a few weeks. |
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08-08-2008, 03:08 PM
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| Sunshine Reefer   | Re: Score!! Very cool. We definitely need pics. Be careful with the tests and chemicals. Check for expiration dates. I'm glad you got what you really wanted.
__________________ Peace LYNN  Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.  |
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08-08-2008, 03:25 PM
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| Hey!Its not my fault  | Re: Score!! Very cool
__________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts  . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby    VickiLife is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html |
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08-08-2008, 03:41 PM
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| Scopas Tang  | Re: Score!! craigslist is a wonderful place
__________________ Cole  12g rebuild: -70w 14k sunpod -Rio 600 return pump @ 200 GPH Fish 2 Tank-Raised True Perc's SPS Red/Orange Monti Cap, Green Monti Cap, Green Bottlebrush Acro, Purple Stag Acro, Green Smiler, GARF Bonsai Acro Valida, Purple Encrusing Monti, ORA Hawkins, ORA Red Planet, ORA Purple Plasma, True Leng Sy Cap, Blueish Poccilopora, Purple and Pink Birdsnest, Idaho Grape Cap LPS Green & White Aussie Acan Lord, Green Pagoda Cup, Frogspawn, Neon Green chalice, Neon Green Candy Cane Softies Blue Mushroom, Pink w/ green Spotted Mushroom, Wam'n Watermelon Zoas, Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoas, Pink Palys, Purple Zoas with Yellow skirts, Bam Bam Orange Zoas, Purple People Eater Palys, Orange People Eaters, Creamsicle Zoas, unknown Green Zoas, Camo Palys, Neon Red Mushroom, Greenish polyp toadstool. Inverts 2 Tiger Striped Serpent Starfish, Various Snails, Dwarf Hemits http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...llon-nano.html |
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08-08-2008, 03:47 PM
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| Do I look as lost as I am  | Re: Score!! Awesome! Paitence pays off again What is your RO capacity? How many Gallons Per Day is it?
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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08-08-2008, 03:52 PM
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| Golden Moray | Re: Score!! My wife and I look at literally dozens of tanks and this is the first one we both said yup thats the one. If she wasn't happy it would have definetly been a mistake. Of course on the way home one of the first things she asked if we could have a moorish idol. :smck: . Luckily I have a couple months to talk her out of that one. I've got everything in place just waiting for the fam to get back home to help me lift the tank up. Then I can start the pics. |
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08-08-2008, 03:55 PM
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| Golden Moray | Re: Score!! Quote:
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08-08-2008, 06:30 PM
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| Rabid Wolverine Reefer  | Re: Score!! excellent score! next purchase- dedicated Reef RO unit and a brute trashcan.
__________________ ~Welcome to my nightmare~ I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. *Disclaimer* i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ Quote:
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08-08-2008, 07:01 PM
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| Golden Moray | Re: Score!! The cool thing is we don't use the sink RO and its only about 3 ' from the tank. I change the filters on it all the time but we always drink bottled water, mostly cause we are on the go so much, you know 3 year olds don't let you sit at home and be lazy. Got the tank in place and leak tested the thru tank fittings. Snapped a couple quick pics. Oh we picked up a couple damsels today figured they could help mature the tank while we fill it. hehe just kidding  heres the tank. I have the front glass door off the stand cause I didn't want to break it while my big butt was crawling around in there. White specs are dried fan worms gonna get that cleaned up while I am waiting on the water.Displaced my computer though.. gonna have to find a new spot for it. Fun fun.  heres the skimmer. I 've not heard great things about coralife skimmers but it should work for now. Its been a long time for me but it seems massive. No part number on it so i have no idea which model it is but the instructions are for 120g and 220g.  Now to start the chronicle. |
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08-08-2008, 07:42 PM
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