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04-23-2007, 12:04 PM
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| Tunicate | My 90g Reef Introduction... Hi there! This is my first post; I live in Missoula, MT and am a 30-year-old widow & the mother of two girls, ages 8 years & 18 months, a 9-year-old English Mastiff (180# female) an a 1-year-old 90g reef tank. My reef's specs are below... Setup 05/20/06, Moved 02/05/07 Equipment Stats... 90 Gallon All-Glass Tank 2X-175w 10,000K Metal Halides, PFO Dual Ballast. 2X- 48" 40w True Actinic 03 Blues, Coralife 2-lamp Electronic Ballast. RENA Flistar Xp3 Canister Filter with carbon and poly-floss only. SeaClone 150 Skimmer…Despite all the bad things I have heard, this WORKS for me. 1x 400gph PowerHead Sand/Rock... 3" 1/2 Sand - 1/2 SeaFlor Aragonite Substrate Bed (20# live sand added at setup) 90# Live Rock at setup, some added/removed later (current weight ?) Fish... Yellow Tang Regal Tang 2x Ocellaris Clowns 2x Purple Firefish Lawnmower Blenny Yellow Chromis Cleaner Wrasse Inverts... Rose Bubble Anemone (Both Ocellaris Clowns host here). White Sebae Anemone Long-Tentacle Anemone Orange Cerianthus Tube Anemone Tridacna Crocea Clam Giant Green Metallic Rhodactis Mushroom Green Mushroom Rock Super-Red Mushroom Rock 1 Red & 2 Green Fungia Plate Corals Tubastrea Coral Green Open Brain Coral Yellow Tree Coral Flower Pot Coral Small-Pipe CandyCane Coral Green Anchor/ Hammer Coral Orange Lettuce Sponge Sea Pen (So-Called…what is this really?) 5x Feather Dusters Blue Linckia Starfish Purple Linckia Starfish Orange Linckia Starfish Green Brittle Starfish 2x Blood Shrimp 2x Cleaner Shrimp 2x Peppermint Shrimp Coral Banded Shrimp Long-Spined Black Sea Urchin Purple Sea Urchin: Aquascaping-destroyer! I plan to return soon! 6x Emerald Crabs Blue-leg hermit crabs & Astrea Snails out the Whazoo Feeding & Maintainence... LifeLine Frozen Foods: Herbivore Minced & Mysis Shrimp fed once daily. DT’s Live Marine Phytoplankton fed M-W-F. DT’s Frozen Oyster Eggs fed bi-weekly. Live Caluerpa kept in a corner at all times. R/O-D/I Water Instant Ocean Salt, Salinity maintained between 1.020-1.022 (We’re High-Altitude) Only very occasional water changes; maybe 20% every 6 weeks. Ph Maintained at 8.3 with SeaChem Reef Buffer as needed. Calcium Maintained with alternating doses of SeaChem Reef Calcium & CaribSea Purple-Up every few days. SeaChem Reef Iodide, Reef Trace, Advantage Strontium, Advantage Magnesium dosed twice-weekly. SeaChem Reef Builder added only very occasionally when alkalinity is edging on low. I perform ridiculously religious weekly water tests for Ph, Calcium, Alkalinity, Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates, Phosphates, Copper. With no sump, a very poor-quality skimmer, and this kind of bio-load, I am just waiting for something to go wrong…but it NEVER does! I am planning to turn this tank into a sump for the 155 BowFront I plan to set up soon, & I’m also prepared to upgrade the skimmer if it becomes necessary but see no reason to fix what’s working. I will try to post photos...hope it works! Nice to meet everyone! ~Heather  |
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04-23-2007, 12:12 PM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;)   | Re: My 90g Reef Introduction...  Welcome to ReefSanctuary! Nice reef! 
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________  |
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04-23-2007, 12:12 PM
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| The CodFather ~ | Re: My 90g Reef Introduction...  beautiful
__________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine |
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04-23-2007, 12:15 PM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) | Re: My 90g Reef Introduction... Nice!!! Heather, would you like me to move this thread into the ReefChronicle section?
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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04-23-2007, 12:25 PM
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| Reef Addict (hopeless)   | Re: My 90g Reef Introduction... Awesome tank! That last shot with your BTA and clowns is AWSOME in itself! Excellent work and by all means WELCOME to the REEF!!!!! Allen 
__________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...(-NO3=WC%) 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!!  Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Now in STORAGE and Dry-Docked BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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04-23-2007, 03:45 PM
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| Excellent Guesser :D   | Re: My 90g Reef Introduction... Nice tank! Yeah, bta with the clown looks like a bubble bath. Hilarious and an awesome shot. Welcome!
__________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on. |
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04-23-2007, 10:05 PM
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| Brunt of all Jokes~ | Re: My 90g Reef Introduction... Hi Heather, are you giving lessons lol, Welcome to RS!! beautiful tank. Steve
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