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PhotoGlen 
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 11:14am |
It's fun watching,looking good  , if you need help just call. Glen.
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 2:50am |
Here are some new pictures. I still need to clean the glass some more from the sand dust so the pictures aren't the best! It is really cool when I feed all the Firefish swim around in a large school eating while the Blue Spot jawfish watch everything and tring to sneek out of hiding to eat!!
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 1:56pm |
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It says above that you still have 100-150 lbs of sand to put in.....if that is the case and considering how long the tank has been running...I would wait to put the fish in. The tank is not going to be stable and those are not the most forgiving fish...
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 1:51pm |
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Are you putting the new fish in the 210? |
Yes, half the water in the tank is from the original tank plus 100lbs of the sand and 100lbs of LR so far from the original tank. I still have 150-200lbs of LR to put in but the tank has been running since last Thursday I just put in the last 60 gallons last night to start it running through the sump. I had thought I might put them in my holding tanks for a few days but I think that would spark territorial battles.
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 12:48pm |
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Are you putting the new fish in the 210?
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 12:08pm |
Territorial.
A male/female pair could be housed together. But normally, firefish are mostly solitary in nature.
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 11:56am |
Adam Blundell wrote:
Then this afternoon I have a school of Firefish coming
I don't have a good feeling about that. You may want to rethink that move. Most likely (as in everyone I know) you'll be down to two firefish in a couple weeks.
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Why territorial issues or jumping?
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 11:12am |
Adam Blundell wrote:
Then this afternoon I have a school of Firefish coming
I don't have a good feeling about that. You may want to rethink that move. Most likely (as in everyone I know) you'll be down to two firefish in a couple weeks.
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And then probably down to 1 after a few months.
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 11:08am |
Then this afternoon I have a school of Firefish coming
I don't have a good feeling about that. You may want to rethink that move. Most likely (as in everyone I know) you'll be down to two firefish in a couple weeks.
Adam
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 10:42am |
Well I spent most of the weekend sifting Utah sand for the tank which isn't much fun especially when it is still wet.  So between the Utah sand and the sand I got with the first tank I now have about an inch across the bottom now. I'm looking at buying 100-150lbs more of sand in the next day or two. I also put the rock from one of my 30 gallon rubbermaid contains into the tank, still have two more. I then finished filling the tank last night and connecting all the plumbing.  It has been kind of a slow process of filling the tank over the last week. So it is now up and running!!!!!
Then this afternoon I have a school of Firefish coming and a couple Blue Spot Jawfish. I will try and post some pictures this evening!
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 6:22am |
It's all coming together  , I just need to build my sump and cut some holes in my stand and I'll be starting the cycle (I'll fill my tank with water even without the sump to get started faster). Let me know if you need any help!
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Posted: March 18 2010 at 1:51am |
So the mirrored film is installed on the back. I can tell that was a lot of fun!!!  The Jawfish condos are built and in the tank.  . Then tonight I started to fill it!!!!! . So far it has 50 gallons, a little sand and a few pieces of live rock in it for tonight. Only have 200 more gallons till the whole system in filled! 
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Posted: March 09 2010 at 3:49pm |
Looks like you've got a 210 reptile tank for sale eh? Anyone looking to house a tegu? 
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Posted: March 09 2010 at 3:20pm |
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I agree with Dione and Madreefer. If you're going to have burrowing fish then just set the base rocks on the bottom before the sand. If you're really worried about the glass, I've heard of people laying down a sheet of starboard on the glass. It protects the glass without trapping sand and creating stagnant zones.
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 7:34pm |
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The bottom is tempered glass (in most cases) There is really no need for the egg crate except wanting it. However having a stale area that the under sand water movement cant reach will cause some nasty areas to deal with in the future. If you ever need to move the rock you will release the stinky poisons into your water. I saw a awesome demonstration at MACNA that showed the way water moved under the sand, very neat.
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 5:22pm |
Very cool. I can't wait to see it setup.
I put rock right on the glass bottom before I added sand. Then I saw people using eggcrate like this and thought I had made a mistake with the rock on the glass. But I just left it as it was working and it is still working. I guess the pressure points are not too bad.
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 5:02pm |
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Man I can't wait to see this thing set up =) I love 210s!
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 4:56pm |
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Had new 3/4" bulkhead picked up for me. Should be ready to install when I get home. Just have to find some help to lift the tank off the block and sit it into the stand so I can finish plumbing it!
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 2:36pm |
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As for the eggcrate I wasn't planning on putting it throughout the whole tank. I was just thinking I would put it under the large rock pile I'm planning to put on the one end of the tank.
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 2:34pm |
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I was thinking I would stack a pile of rock on one end of the tank and then maybe have a few piece come down the back but not alot and then a few smaller piece here and there as needed but I want to have a nice open sand bed in the middle and front of the tank. I also want to try and hide the powerheads in the rocks as best as possible as well.
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