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My reef is four months old today...

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by rxcomm, Jun 7, 2011.

  1. rxcomm

    rxcomm Inactive User

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    I've been having a ball getting started in this hobby.  Thanks to Hung at Sea of Marvels, a few reefers from GIRS, and some interesting reading on IowaReefs and ReefCentral, things are going pretty well.
    My tank is a 75 ga RR, with 25 ga sump, about 90 lbs of live rock.  Lights are Hamilton 175W 14K (2) and 48 inch T5 (4).  I've got seven fish as you can see from the video (1 yellow tang, 1 royal gramma, 2 oscellaris clowns, and 3 blue/green chromis).  Corals are a mix of LPS and SPS with one Zoa.  I've also got a rose BTA.  All seem to be doing well - corals are growing by leaps and bounds, and the fish are always hungry ;-).
    For nutrient control, I run Ecobak pellets in an MR1 Shorty reactor, with RowaPhos and GAC in a bag in the sump.  I've also got a ball of chaetomorpha over some live rock in a refugium section in the sump.  Marineland 100 skimmer - took me a while to tune, but it works well now.  There's a bit of hair algae on one rock, but that's gradually receding as the tank continues its cycle.  Other than that, the rock is nicely clean.
    Here's a link to some video I shot last weekend:
    http://dave.tycho.ws/Reef/06_04_11.m4v - or if that doesn't work
    http://dave.tycho.ws/Reef/06_04_11.mp4
    I used the Apple tools to make the video, so if you can't get it to display, try and view it with Itunes.
    Thanks for all the useful advice!
    Dave (Iowa City area)
     
  2. mthomp

    mthomp Inactive User

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    Grats, I remember my 4 month anniversary fondly, I even wrote a post not so different from this. keep up the good work
     

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