FCATCH76 RSM 250- running since May 2009

FCatCH76

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Picture of beginning. most everything seen came from my Biocube 29 and 14.:
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I put 120 blue led's in the hood to simulate the day/night effect. Added a JBJ reaction to help with my bioload and for added filtration. The canister filter is hooked to the chiller accessory kit.

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And the tank as of a month ago:
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And here are my Perc's with our new friends:
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They have laid eggs twice and I've missed my chance both times. I will attempt on the third and be more vigilant...any want some True Percs??
 
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And the specifics:

Tank Started: 4/29/09

LR= 80-90 lbs
LS= 40 lbs.

Chemi pure- (1) 4/30/09 (2) 5/16/09
Purigen- 5/16/09

Livestock:

2 True Percs (EA) 3/08
2 Tangaroa Gobies (pair) (LA- 6/18/09)
2 Firefish (HPC) 5/09
1 LMB (EA) 4/08 Died-8/17/09 Replaced w/ Horned Blenny
1 Manadarin (HPC) 7/08
1 Kole Tang (Indian) 4/09
1 Royal Gramma (EA) 4/08
1 Starckii Damsel (HPC) 2/28/09
1 Horned Blenny (EA) 8/20/09

Inverts:
1 Fire Shrimp (EA)
1 Pistol Shrimp (paired to gobies) (LA 6/18/09)
1 Cleaner Shrimp (EA 5/1/09)
5 Maxima (2 HPC 6/24/2008)(1 RR 3/09)(1 RR trade 6/09)(1 HPC 7/09)
1 Derasa (EA 6/14/2008)
1 Emerald Crabs (HPC 5/16/09)
20 Nasser (10 EA 5/1/09) (10 SWF 5/12/09)
12 Cerith (6 SWF 5/12/09)
5 Bumblebee (EA 5/1/09)
4 Astrea (6 SWF 5/12/09)
8 Chestnut Turbos (LA 6/18/09)

Coral:
Ricordia (G,B,O) (SWF)
GSP (HPC 2/09)
Xenia (RS pom pom 5/12/09) (pulsing EA 10-2-09)
Scleronephthya (EA 2/09)- traded for Maxima and Coral Beauty
Duncans (LA 1/10/09 and 5/8/09)
Blastos (HPC 1/09)
Acans (RR 2/09)
Lobos (RR 2/09)(RR 4/30/09)
Hammer (RR)
Frogspawn (HPC)
Torch (HPC)
Mushrooms (EA)
Galaxea (HPC 2/09)
Trumpet (HPC 2/09)
Candy Cane (SWF 11/08)
Birdsnest Green(EA 5/09)
Assorted Zoas (SWF, RR 4/30/09)
Lemon Tree (LA 5/8/09)
Acropora bushy (LA 5/8/09)
Favites (EA)(RRr 2/09)
Hyacinth Birdsnest (EA 6/12/09)
Green Birsnest (RR 5/09)
Favites (RR 5/09)
Blue zoas (RR 5/09)
Purple and Green stylo (RR 5/09)
Scroll (HPC 6/09)
Brains (LA 8/27/09)


Feed:
Home mix
Phyto and Zoo plankton
Marine snow
Selcon
Cyclo-peeze
Seaweed

Light schedule is 12 Noon to 10 pm, with LED's 12-1 and 9-10.

Specific gravity= 1.025/26
pH= 8.2
Temp= 78- 82 (Skimmer)
Ammon= 0
trites=0
trates= >20
phos= 0
cal= 450
dkH= 7-9

JBJ Canister filter added in June. Eco MP10 added in August- reef mode 60% power
 
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Excellent fcatch76, great tank, thread.. nice videos, a lot to take in... Very impressive :thumbup:

Just noticed.... You have the VorTech MP10? So it fits no problem on the 10mm glass?
 
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Welcome again! Nice to see you start a tank thread. Taking the contents from the 2 tanks did a nice job filling up the 250! Very nice, and the video was great too!
 
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RaysReef said:
Excellent fcatch76, great tank, thread.. nice videos, a lot to take in... Very impressive :thumbup:

Just noticed.... You have the VorTech MP10? So it fits no problem on the 10mm glass?
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No problems that I know of. It may knock off the side easier than a larger magnet would. However, I keep it in an area that does not see much traffic so no worries there.

Thx to all for the comments, this seems like a nice forum to belong to :bouncer:

I will have the wife take pics of the "newest" rock setup, not much of a change but I am alot happier now...until the next one..lol..isn't that how our aquascaping goes?!?!?!
 
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Reefmack said:
Welcome again! Nice to see you start a tank thread. Taking the contents from the 2 tanks did a nice job filling up the 250! Very nice, and the video was great too!
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Not all of it came from the two. Against my wife's approval I added more and more with ALL the extra space.
 
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RaysReef

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Good to know about the mp10 .. i've been waiting for months to find a M250 owner with one.

The above pic, The hammer or the flame scallop?

I saw your videos ... was so funny, great sense of humour (and a puppeteer too). lol.
 
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It is indeed a VERY nice forum to belong to! All of Reef Sanctuary is the same - a great place to be.

I had the same question - hammer or the scallop? Can scallops climb, or did you catch it "swimming", if you can call it what they do swimming - maybe flapping is a better word.
 
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RaysReef said:
Good to know about the mp10 .. i've been waiting for months to find a M250 owner with one.

The above pic, The hammer or the flame scallop?

I saw your videos ... was so funny, great sense of humour (and a puppeteer too). lol.
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LOL, I'm a nut for my son! You can build your own "what not" muppett at FAO Schwartz, was pretty cool.

I was talking of the scallop, it attached itself to the glass for a night. Once the lights came on... see ya!
 
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That's cool on the scallop - I didn't know they could do things like that. Post the Ichabod Crane pic in here if you have one. Off topic, but this is your thread!
 
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