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My 2 year old 75

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by brtfreud, Dec 4, 2008.

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  1. Dec 4, 2008 #1
    brtfreud

    brtfreud Inactive User

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    Well I have never posted pics. So here goes...
    I am awful at pics and my camera sucks, but I really like to see others tanks and thought people would like to see some pics of mine.
    This is my first saltwater tank setup and welcome any comments or suggestions. All corals were grown from small to medium sized frags. I don't dose anything but Mg and kalk.
    As always the colors are really off, but these were taken mainly to monitor the growth and progression.
    Day 1
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    After 2-3 months
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    These are all 7-9 months into it. I must have taken this just before my growth took off. I really didn't appreciate Mg back in the day.
    What a tiny leather
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    Those ugly millis really colored up over time (of course my camera can't tell)

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    What a small head of neon green duncan
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    These were taken a month ago...
    The green slimer and oregon tort grow fast.

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    Side view of slimer, tort, green and rose milli
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    The anenome island. My clowns don't care, instead they hosted/killed my zoas/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/crazy.gif
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    My leather grows fast and tolerates the ugly powerhead well.
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    My duncan is mad, but the encrusting montiporia growth is amazing (thanks glaspie).
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    I love my schooling chromis and how all seven hide in the SPS colonies...even if they are cheap
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    My clowns just started hosting this week. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/w00t.gif
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    The final full tank shot
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    The wifes 20gal for her black clownfish. I threw this tank together with left over supplies, so it is still a work in progress.
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    Thanks for looking!
     
  2. Dec 4, 2008 #2
    brtfreud

    brtfreud Inactive User

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    Sorry about the side ways pics. My photobucket was supposed to fix that.
     
  3. Dec 4, 2008 #3
    REEFer Madness

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    Wow, that tank is freakin' amazing.  I'm going to have to hit you up for some zoa frags.
     
  4. Dec 4, 2008 #4
    Shaun

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    Tank looks great! Good work. Nice pics.
     
  5. Dec 4, 2008 #5
    DavidM199

    DavidM199 Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    nice tank, where are you located
     
  6. Dec 4, 2008 #6
    nick

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    awesome tank man i hope my tank will end up looking that cool
     
  7. Dec 4, 2008 #7
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    looking really good
     
  8. Dec 4, 2008 #8
    brtfreud

    brtfreud Inactive User

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    Thanks everyone! I am located in Iowa City.
     
  9. Dec 4, 2008 #9
    Lee

    Lee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    awesome tank and growth!!! looking at your pics, it looks like your corals might be a little nutrient starved. I bet you could develope some bolder colors if you fed your fish a little more.
     
  10. Dec 5, 2008 #10
    brtfreud

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    Thanks for the suggestion lee. I feed my fish once a day with traditional flake food and twice a week with rods food. I am a little hesitant to feed more because I finally got rid of some algae. But maybe I will feed rods food 3-4 times a week for a month and see what happens.

    I think part of the problem is my camera sucks and I really need a wavebox to get more even flow throughout the tank as it starts to fill up. I must admit this is the first time I have heard of SPS being nutrient starved and wouldn't know what to look for.
     
  11. Dec 5, 2008 #11
    h2so4hurts

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    Bret. Share. Now. My empty *** tank needs your help /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/wink.gif
     
  12. Dec 5, 2008 #12
    CyberJester

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    You should come to the Christmas party, oh and don't forget to bring a couple of frags of everything.[​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  13. Dec 5, 2008 #13
    Lee

    Lee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Looking at your pics a 2nd time, I think you might be right, it might just be your photos are slightly overexposed. STILL, GREAT TANK!
     
  14. Dec 5, 2008 #14
    MULE

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    Kick butt tank man.I have a 75 setting empty and I am so tempted .....

    But..... ahaaaaaa,{mumbles} i have 5 kids
     
  15. Dec 15, 2008 #15
    h2so4hurts

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    Lee, those are just bad pictures. His tank looks amazing.
     
  16. Dec 15, 2008 #16
    AJ

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    That tank looks great. Very nice.

    --AJ
     
  17. Dec 16, 2008 #17
    IowaDiver West Des Moines

    IowaDiver Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Great looking tank.
     
  18. Jan 7, 2009 #18
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    WoW what a change from the begining of the pics to the last set, tank looks great.
     
  19. Mar 14, 2009 #19
    Eric West Des Moines, IA

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    Great looking tank!

    Let me know when you need to prune some of your corals [​IMG]
    What's changed since December?
     
  20. Mar 15, 2009 #20
    h2so4hurts

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    He told me a couple days ago that the tank crashed while he was in DC and he lost a good portion of his coral. A fish died and got stuck in his powerhead /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/sad.gif I haven't had a chance to stop by and see it since then.
     
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