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Old 6 July 2005, 08:52 PM   #1
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My Living Reef Tank.

Tank 8ftX3ftX3ft half inch plate glass with one inch base.

1.Left side.

2.Middle.

3.Right.

4.Giant Clam Indian Ocean.

5.Skunk clown pink tipped Anemone
West ridge reef Indian Ocean
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Old 6 July 2005, 11:31 PM   #2
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Very cool Padi, but do you take your watches diving in the tank with you??
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Old 7 July 2005, 12:36 AM   #3
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I made the tank in the room,its big enough to swim in, approx 450 Imperial Gallons.
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Old 7 July 2005, 04:31 AM   #4
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Wow, Padi, that is very beautiful and very creative. Well done!!
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Old 7 July 2005, 05:27 PM   #5
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It is now well established,its been running now,for almost 10 years with only a few
small problems.Mainly down to getting the correct lighting spectrum,and the water
movement.The main food of most of the corals is light,they have a symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) for their nutrition,by photosynthesis the, light intensity and spectrum are important.Getting things like calcium and the trace elements balance is important
and I change approx 25 gallons weekly,well my son does that for me.
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Old 14 July 2005, 12:33 AM   #6
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Sweet tank Padi!

I've got a 105 gallon reef tank that's been up for a little over 2 years. It was looking awesome until I moved it from one house to another (only 1 mile away). Now I'm having a fierce battle with algae.

It's mostly LPS & softies now. I lost a few pieces from the algae....mostly my SPS. The only SPS that survived was my big ole Hydnophora.
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Old 14 July 2005, 02:22 AM   #7
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Yes I had a problem about 6 months ago changed a few of my actinic to ones called blue moon.Within 2 months had a red algae problem tried everything did not think about the tubes.Changed back to the old and within a week tank was back to normal.
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Old 14 July 2005, 10:38 PM   #8
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Amazing pics Padi. How about one general shot to show the size of it in the room?

I have a tank in my backyard, it's about 73,000 litres and I go through a few chlorine pucks a week, sometimes some pH- to keep the levels in check. Of course the only fish in it is a battery powered one that my daughter plays with.
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