Ice Dragon's 75 gallon tank

[BigReepher]

I agree with Craig on the coral banded shrimp. Sounds like you have a nice tank planned out. I'm also in Louisville, setting up a 75, with a pair of black clowns in mind. Could be coincedence or the world is getting smaller. I want your skimmer BTW.

[IceDragon]

well sandy's pet shop is waiting on UPS to deliver my skimmer

bruce up there can order them and it will run you 248 a pop

[Barnacle Dave]

Doug and Nate can now start a club... do you guys know each other? Cool thing being in the same city and all.

[IceDragon]

never meet nate but there is a meeting of LMAS (Louisville Marine Aquarium Society http://www.lmas.org) this sunday up at sandy's with a lecture on water testing and possibly scheduled matinence this sunday ... i am going ... might be a chance to meet some other reefer in the area

[IceDragon]

btw next month there are doing a workshop with free coral frags

One day seminar & workshop with Anthony Calfo and another speaker to be
announced.
Saturday, July 24 2004 All Day
One day seminar & workshop with Anthony Calfo and another speaker to be
announced.

To be held at Holiday Inn Lakeview.

Lunch included.

Coral workshop in the afternoon. (everyone will get to take home a frag)

Anthony will be bringing books to purchase & he will autograph them at
the conference.

Raffles also.

More details to follow.

[BigReepher]

If you've been in Sandy's then chances are very good that you have seen me in there gauking at the corals. Bruce is the man even though I disagree with him on a few things. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the meeting this Sunday (unless something changes.) but I do hope to make the one in July. I'm not a member of LMAS yet but that also is planned for July. Now that I think about it, I met a Doug in Sandy's one time, do you have a friend that used to work at Greentree Pet Shop in IN?

[IceDragon]

i try to stay on our side of the river (it smells on the other side :P ) so it must have been another doug

i have probably seen you there at one time or another

as far a prices go sandy's is a litle high end, but on dry goods rob at pets palace can normally cut yoyu some sweett deals if it something that he doent cary but comes from one of his vendors (also his plumping sollutions and pump knowledge are as good a bruce's IMO and rob can normally find a cheaper solution to your issues)

[Craig Manoukian]

CurtSwearing aka inwall75 is in St. Louis!

[IceDragon]

acrost the river from louisville is Indiana :-P

[wooddood]

yeah jeffersonville, clarksville, or new albany i lived in new albany form august of 91 up to 95. i worked in louisville daily we ran a satellite store thier called consumer cable. in the chrysler building on bardstown rd.



dave.

[IceDragon]

wow i never knew there where so many reefers around me

oh btw i saw wondering will running atenics only promote algea growth(i am kinde enjoying watching the little things from my live rock scamper around the tank)

[Witfull]

welcome aboard IceDragon.

with jawfish you will want a decent sandbed (6") for them to build a burrow also they will need some rubble to support the tunnel. make sure your LR is on the bottom of the tank and then the sandbed added so that they do not undercut the rock creating a landslide that could crush them or worse yet crack the tank. also banded worm gobies...aka engineer gobies or consumate tunnelers and will definately create havoc if rockwork is not stable.

[Playa]

Welcome to RS and good luck with your new reef Dragon.

Luis

[Craig Manoukian]

Actinics shoudn't cause additional algea growth.

[Barnacle Dave]

Get some cheap good base rock and put the real good stuf on top of it.
The base rock should be touching the bottom of the tank to keep the other rock from tipping over. Or you could build a PVC rack and put the LR on top of it.

Dave