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Old 11-14-2007, 01:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi I am new here. I have been in this hobby off and on for 15 yrs. my main systems specs are as fallows. 120 gallon reef ready tank. 75 gallon sump. 25 gallon fuge . ASM G3 skimmer with all the mods. soon to be moving to an MRC2-R. I run 3 reactors. a ph monitor iwaki 70 rlt for a retun pump. 2 korlina # 3's and 2 korlina #1's for my power heads. my lighting is a 48 in tek-light 6X54 I also run blue moon lights. I run nothing but geismen bulbs. 20 ato tank res. with a jbj ATO . I run my lights at night. I am into zoa's , acans, micros, and ric's. My system is a mixed coral system. thanks for having me here.
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Old 11-14-2007, 01:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Welcome Ryan. Sounds like a great tank. Post some pics when you can. We love pics around here.
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Old 11-14-2007, 01:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Welcome to RS! can't wait to see some pictures of your setup!
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Old 11-14-2007, 01:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Welcome to RS. I'll agree on the pics too.
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Old 11-14-2007, 01:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 11-14-2007, 01:59 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Welcome to RS...
You run three CA reactors?
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Old 11-14-2007, 02:06 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 11-14-2007, 02:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old 11-14-2007, 02:26 PM   #9 (permalink)
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, Your tank sounds awesome!!
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Old 11-15-2007, 04:36 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Welcome to RS
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Old 11-15-2007, 11:33 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Old 11-15-2007, 01:26 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I run a carbon reactor, phos reactor, and amonia reactor, working on getting a calcium reator.
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Old 11-15-2007, 01:29 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I have no whole tank shots. I moved. so my tank is in alot of frags becouse I fragged the crap out of it. and gave alot away so it didn't die.
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Old 11-15-2007, 01:29 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Old 11-15-2007, 01:32 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I have added alot more to my tanks since. I will try to take some more pics of my tank tonite.
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