Tank of the Month - July 2005
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Flatlander
Premium Member
An absolutely amazing aquarium. I know word is over used, but it fits here.
Congrats on your selection. Skip did his job well this month. :beer:
jnarowe
New member
Refugiums have 2 main purposes that I can think of:
1. Nutrient export, translated into english is removing excess nutrients, and what I call fertilizer. As the tabk accumulates waste product, macro algae can consume it, therefore exporting it. They also provide oxygen. Things that I have had trouble with are nitrates and phosphates, both of which are in some measure used by plants. These can be harmful to fish , inverts, etc.
2. Refugiums also are used to grow macro algae which feeds tank inhabitants. Some fish eat it etc. Coral and anemones also benefit from the good nutrients produced in the refugium.
Some reefers will also use the refugium to house fish that are stressed out, or "bad" hitch-hikers that come in on live rock. There's alot of info. out about refugiums so you shouldn't have any problem figuring out if they can help your system.--J
1. Nutrient export, translated into english is removing excess nutrients, and what I call fertilizer. As the tabk accumulates waste product, macro algae can consume it, therefore exporting it. They also provide oxygen. Things that I have had trouble with are nitrates and phosphates, both of which are in some measure used by plants. These can be harmful to fish , inverts, etc.
2. Refugiums also are used to grow macro algae which feeds tank inhabitants. Some fish eat it etc. Coral and anemones also benefit from the good nutrients produced in the refugium.
Some reefers will also use the refugium to house fish that are stressed out, or "bad" hitch-hikers that come in on live rock. There's alot of info. out about refugiums so you shouldn't have any problem figuring out if they can help your system.--J
reefarchitect
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Truly amazing. incredible planning and execution.
Well deserved TOTM
Well deserved TOTM
josepha said:
I don't use a UV. Personally I dont think they're very effective anyway unless you have a very powerful commercial ones and replace the lamps very frequently. Otherwise I think the hobby ones are just about powerful enough to give whatever bugs you're trying to rid off a sun tan.
Touch wood, not had any diseases with the fish stock. Generally if they survive past the first month of being bought then they'll be OK.
Re: dehumidifier
The whole system is in the garage, sealed off from the house, which is well ventilated. An extractor fan with a humidistat is used to remove moist air and suck in fresh air into the fish room (garage).
NexDog said:
I use a powerful algae magnet (floating one). For coraline that needs shifting another algae magnet with built-in razor blades can scrape most of the main viewing panel. The tank is physically wider than the viewing window (around 6" each sides) to make scraping easy as you don't hit the silicone in the corners.
I had the Emperor since juvenile. It was a model citizen until recently when it started to have a taste of the brain coral. I took the coral out and selling it on. It hasn't touched anything else yet... I think they're OK with SPS (if there are enough SPS corals to spread the damage).
The only cleaning of the sand is done by one very large black cukes and numerous tiger tail cukes (bought one, subsequently split into quite a few). Also have a few conches in there too.
Ca'm o+n
The only cleaning of the sand is done by one very large black cukes and numerous tiger tail cukes (bought one, subsequently split into quite a few). Also have a few conches in there too.
Ca'm o+n
Damn Yankee
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Come on,you say you have very little knowledge and experience.
Do you work at Sea World ! There's no way you learned what you know off the treads on RC unless you been reading them for the last thirty years. Even though, a beautiful tank,and I'm jealous.:smokin:
Do you work at Sea World ! There's no way you learned what you know off the treads on RC unless you been reading them for the last thirty years. Even though, a beautiful tank,and I'm jealous.:smokin:
Congratulations on the TOTM, it is well deserved. What an amazing accomplishment you have achieved. I bet you and your family get many hours of enjoyment out of that tank. If I had one like that I would probably be in the dog house all the time because my wife wouldn't be able to get me from out in front of it.
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