New to the hood... - Page 2

nasek718 · 10-07-2007, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by prow

sweet tank, welcome to the party. so did you get a DIY kalk reactor? i am using this one, it hooks straight up to my RO/DI unit. add about 1/2 jug Mrs. Wages and its good to go, no adding and mixing every few days. works great. 4" DIY Kalk Reactor (Probuilder) mine is the same as this one but only 30" high.

Thanks for the link and welcome. I have all of the supplies laying around in my house so I'll build it this week. Whatever I'm missing I'll just pick up.

Kazzy · 10-07-2007, 08:52 PM

Great tank, but the anemone and the mandarin are a bad mix. Mandarins are slow enough to be caught easily if they happen to go across an anemone. Hopefully the clowns will scare him away if he starts to come over to the nem. Other than that, I am insanely jealous.

nasek718 · 10-07-2007, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazzy

Great tank, but the anemone and the mandarin are a bad mix. Mandarins are slow enough to be caught easily if they happen to go across an anemone. Hopefully the clowns will scare him away if he starts to come over to the nem. Other than that, I am insanely jealous.

Yeah I know.....but they were there first.....jk They seem to stay away from it. It's as if they know it's there or something. The clowns run off everything that comes over there except the Naso but at 8 inches he goes where he wants too

blue_eyes53813 · 10-07-2007, 09:45 PM

Hello, welcome to RS.. Tank looks great

framerguy · 10-07-2007, 10:10 PM

Very Nice! Welcome and thanks for the pics. Beautiful tank!

Kazzy · 10-08-2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nasek718

Yeah I know.....but they were there first.....jk They seem to stay away from it. It's as if they know it's there or something. The clowns run off everything that comes over there except the Naso but at 8 inches he goes where he wants too

Glad to hear it. If I was a clownfish, I wouldn't mess with a naso either. BTW, are you going to upgrade when the naso gets too big, or just get rid of the big guy?

nasek718 · 10-15-2007, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazzy

Glad to hear it. If I was a clownfish, I wouldn't mess with a naso either. BTW, are you going to upgrade when the naso gets too big, or just get rid of the big guy?

Upgrade........he's like family. You keep them around even when you don't want them so the tang stays for life. I've watched him go from around 2 inches to his present size. Besides no one would give me what he's worth so. I kind of want to add a female but that will have to wait until the upgrade.

Craig Manoukian · 10-15-2007, 06:27 PM

Upgrading to a 200+?

nasek718 · 10-15-2007, 06:46 PM

I'm shooting for a 600 but will settle for 300.

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-15-2007, 06:54 PM

That's big!

nasek718 · 10-15-2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GeeWizzItsMe

That's big!

I'm big........lol. I just want a full wall to do nothing but move. My wife thinks I'm nuts. we'll see how she feels after I do it

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-15-2007, 07:02 PM

It will cost like 10,000 dollars a year for a 500 or something!

nasek718 · 10-15-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GeeWizzItsMe

It will cost like 10,000 dollars a year for a 500 or something!

If u do weekly 20% water changes. I've been thinking about more like 20% bi monthly. I'd turn my 125 into a sump and the 55g sump into a refugium only. It'll be a lot less then 10,000 a yr.

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-15-2007, 07:21 PM

electric bill, livestock, equipment lol!

nasek718 · 10-15-2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GeeWizzItsMe

electric bill, livestock, equipment lol!

I buy my rock dry and cure........saving thousands. Frags save thousands, tax id numbers and business license save me a grip too

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