charleskeller
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joeychitwood - thanks!
The Reef Central Corner Club Thread
- Thread starter Michael
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flipsideleo
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Dood! You live in Marysville, OH!!! Small world! I used to live in Watkins Glen Apts., when they first opened up!
Oh, I like your lighting, but I think the 2 MHs may be overkill... Just my opinion though.
PM me, man. We may know some of the same people as Da' 'Ville is a pretty small town.
Later
flipsideleo
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14293629#post14293629 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by charleskeller
Its been a while but i finally got to a point where I can post a few pictures. I swapped the 44g tank out with another one that I drilled and built an overflow for and painted the back black (although the 14k bulb makes it look blue). I also built the custom canopy to hide the 150w metal halide.
I still have to finish the aquascaping and place the corals. Hopefully today!!
That's flippin' gorgeous!
sorry if i seemed nasty pal, not my intention, sticking 10 damsels in was a bad move buddy to be honest, your lfs is very bad for telling you to do that,id suggest you take them back, let the tank cycle naturally, some reefers do use damsels, im personally against it, but 1 or 2 if they do not 10,be very wary of them in future, ask here on rc before your next intended livestock purchase, we will be happy to help, dont be impressed with them they are trying to make the banks happy by getting turnover through their account. we all make mistakes no worries there but see if you can take them back, or at least 8 of them
Esquare
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Don't feel bad, the neat thing about this hobby is there are many different ways to approach things. I agree with Michael though, Damsels can get aggressive and be hard to remove from the tank.
I really like your tank, 100 gallons is a nice size. I'm limited with what I can do as I only have a 54.
TridentSSBN
In Memoriam
I had 2 Damsels and they were quite possibly the meanest fish I had seen to date. They were a PIA to get out of the tank as well. I had to remove 90% of the rock structure.
I still have the first damsel I ever placed in my current tank, now years later. It is a Yellow-tailed Blue damsel. I've had the experience of trying to remove a couple of demon-spawn Domino damsels from a previous tank, so I know how nasty they can be. I don't have any problem with starting the cycle with a well-cared-for damsel, but 10 is certainly overkill.
charleskeller
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Thanks!! It feels good to finally get rid of the noisy overflow box. those things suck.
well ive just stripped my top layers of figi rock out and moved the leathers down a couple of inches, moved the brain and the trumpet, and put the figi back in, its slightly different than before the rock layout that is, obviously the tank looks completely different, im off on vacation 2 weeks today for 8 days and when i get back im going to add 3-4 acorporas on top of the reef wall, this is why im moving stuff about, im hoping the next 3 weeks or so things will settle before the new arrivals, at the moment the tanks too cloudy to take a photo, but maybe tommorrow, ive just whacked a load of carbon in the sump to counter act against chemicals the softies will have released whilst i was moving them, hope it looks ok this time tommorrow, hope ive done the right thing, time will tell, might be knocking at sk8rs door later otherwise for help,lol
I am new to RC and in the mist of setting up my new 200g Pentagon corner tank 48" x 48" x 30" I will try to get pics up it will be seen from all three sides in three seprate rooms. I am working with Lifereef now trying to get a sump built to fit my custom stand I built, and working on my base rock set up..
well heres a couple of shots after the bomb went off yesterday when i completely disrupted the tank for the arrival of 4 acorporas, i ordered them today, they will be glued to the top areas of the wall, as you can see ive lowered the toadie, he dosent seem to mind, h--mm and the devils finger just doesnt look right it might have to go
