My new 46gal bowfront Reef tank

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Post  dondud 2012-05-22, 19:06

So finally took some pics of my new intended reef tank...about 2weeks old now
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Equipments...
-- 46gal bowfront glass tank
-- 24" Ecoxotic panorama (1st gen) LED lighting
-- 1 maxijet and another is a generic version circulation pump
-- CPR 2R+ HOB protein skimmer
-- 250watt jager heater

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Livestocks...
-- about 60lbs live rock (got it from an established tank)
-- 20lbs Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Reef Sand
-- 2 damsels, 1black brittle starfish, 4 Turbo snails, 5 hermit crabs
-- toadstool- thanks to Lorrie
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-- Candycane coral
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-- Xenias - thanks to lorrie
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-- kenya tree and a colt coral (thanks to lorrie)
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-- star polyps
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-- feather duster
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-- mushroom (i could some help with ID here--there is 2 different ones)
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-- button polyps??
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-- waving anthelia
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enjoy looking at the pics Smile

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Post  aquaman95 2012-05-22, 19:17

b-e-a-utiful
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Post  DMD123 2012-05-22, 22:33

Very nice! Spot On
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Post  Fish Addict 2012-05-23, 00:12

:'( I wish I could afford saltwater... That is a beautiful tank
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Post  Br 2012-05-23, 13:24

Nice stuff man...love the corals and your aquascaping...did you buy the live rocks from the guy in Federalway? they certainly look beter now..probably b/c of your led lighting Smile

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Post  dondud 2012-05-23, 13:28

thanks guys!!
@BR---yea yea..were u the one who got the fish?

i got some algae starting...erggghh...the ones on the glass is not bad cuz i can scrub it off...but there is some growing on the rocks..that i dont know what to do..you can see some on the pics..
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Post  Br 2012-05-23, 15:41

Yeah, I was the one who got the fish...thank God they still survive Smile .... don't worry about the algae...since your tank is relatively new and only two weeks old...it's just part of the cycle.... they will died off and eventually growing back again, and died off a couple times until it's totally balanced out....keep updating us on your progress...nice set up one again.

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Post  dondud 2012-05-23, 15:45

glad they survived...i really wanted that tang affraid

post some pics of your set-up!
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Post  Br 2012-05-23, 16:11

You should have got the tang on that day so I didn't have to drive all the way down there just to get him Smile ... I just moved the fish into my main tank yesterday so will have pics later maybe at the end of the week... It's also a new set up so I'll be expecting tons of algae like you're having right now... let see how it goes... I don't have any lights going on right now until this coming weekend...it'll be at least two 250 watts metal halide fixtures so I expect lots of algae growing like crazy hahaha....

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Post  Br 2012-05-23, 18:03

After looking at the pics closely, there is one thing that I should say, you might want to consider upgrading the heater... these works fine but I don't know how accurate they are and how long it'll stay that way, especially during the Summer heat..., some might breaks too.... since you're spending too much on the live stocks, it should be a great investment to spend on the titanium heater with separate thermal control in the near future...

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Post  aquaman95 2012-05-23, 20:18

i use ebo-jager old school too and find them way more effective than the new jager by far
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Post  lilfishie 2012-05-24, 01:05

Glad everything is doing good. Tank looks good. Real nice job on the rock work.
the mushrooms you have are both bullseye rhodactis mushrooms. They come in many different colors.
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