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Posted: December 28 2004 at 10:03pm |
hey i just wanted to update you on my nano
put a azoo 180 powerhead in and order some coral vite
got 3 blue/green reef , 3 blue leg hermits , 2 narise snails
my 96 watt lighting should be here tomorrow
and my gf is going to give me some kenya tree ,exiena ,and mushies as she calles them
sorry have been on so little but i been busy with kayle and all
cya
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"I will search until i find my happily ever after"-renee
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Posted: December 28 2004 at 11:44pm |
Id like to see some pics  Sounds cool
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Posted: December 29 2004 at 4:44pm |
sure send me a camra and i will
lighting came in today it is ausome!
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"I will search until i find my happily ever after"-renee
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Posted: January 02 2005 at 7:31pm |
added exinea
a shroom
kenya tree
2 types of zoos
all frags very small
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"I will search until i find my happily ever after"-renee
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lex0219
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Posted: January 22 2005 at 9:02pm |
added yellow polyps
added pink center zoos
got a cleaner shrimp
got 5 more hermits and 2 more snails
got a glass top
got a med and small true perk clown (they should pair later on)
ps...did this over a pierid of time not same day o and my dad might get a digital camara!so i can show u all my tank
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10 gal nano reef
12 gal nano cub
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Posted: January 29 2005 at 10:07pm |
dad just got reg camara
got rid of 2 chromis
got cabbage frag
did this over time also
happy reefing
alexander.j.goodwin
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: January 30 2005 at 10:50am |
 lex0219 wrote:
got 5 more hermits and 2 more snails
got a glass top |
What? Please tell us more.
BTW that's enough for a while. I wouldn't add anything more, except snails for algae control, for a couple months.
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Posted: January 30 2005 at 12:19pm |
Hey Alex,
Sounds great! Can your dad borrow a digital cam from a friend for ya? Or maybe you've got a friend with a camera phone? I wanna see it!
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Posted: January 30 2005 at 12:34pm |
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And didn't one of your tanks have an algae problem? What happened to that? How's it doing?
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Posted: January 30 2005 at 6:56pm |
1.mark yes i agree with you i am going to let it balence out
2.renee i have a camara phone but cant load it to comp can only send to other phones
3. mark again yes this tank HAD a algea problem until i got that postate(? splled wrong i know)remover and it cleared up
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10 gal nano reef
12 gal nano cub
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Posted: January 31 2005 at 4:26pm |
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"I will search until i find my happily ever after"-renee
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: February 01 2005 at 12:08am |
Good to hear that you believe the algae is gone, but why did you get a glass top? That can cause serious problems. Let's talk about that.
May I also caution you on another point too. Phosphate remover only handles a symptom not the cause of the problem, just like tissue wipes a runny nose but does nothing to clear the sinuses or combat the virus which caused the runny nose.
Also Phosphate remover used too often or too long can actually lead to snail death. The dead snails then contribute nutrients which grows more algae. 
The inputs and outputs of the tank need to be "balanced", a word you used so nicely. Be certain that you have eliminated or at least reduced the source of nutrients, the cause of the algae. Also take steps to have the algae eaten as it grows.
Hermit crabs eat less algae than snails. Think about it, their body weight is much much less than a snail. Their metabolism is higher though, so that makes up for some of the difference.
I'm a little surprised that after we suggested that you get more snails and not so many hermit crabs, you have added more hermits and it appears that you barely increased the number of snails.
I'm very stubborn too. 
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Posted: February 01 2005 at 9:49pm |
you see the thing is on the 5th i have 8 more snails commeing in so that should be good and i only useh the remover stuff for a week and then took it out while reducing the amount of food that is left in the tank and instead of a 12 hour light pierid i lowered it to 10 and i got the glass top so when i get my fire fish down the road he can not jump out since they are well known jumpers and other Questions or concerns?
and thank you all for your input and soory it took so long to gett back to you
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30 gal fw
10 gal nano reef
12 gal nano cub
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 11:44am |
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Well, I'm becoming quite impressed with you. Sonds like you are doing things right. I hope that this MB has helped.
My concern with the glass top is that gas exchange can be severly affected. If the idea is to keep fish from jumping, I have found that the quality of the environment is what makes them jump or not jump. Good conditions, with plenty of life in the tank, seems to be just as much a deterrent as a tank cover. I can't remember ever having a fish jump out of my tanks and I've had plenty of open topped tanks...two of them right now, FWIW.
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 1:05pm |
I know that on the 39g one that i have there is a plastic grid piece (kinda like a grafting chart for math homework) i presume its there to prevent fish hoppin and yet keep the air to water ratio high. maybe something like that would work for you as well lex0219 :)
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Posted: February 02 2005 at 9:59pm |
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good idea i will look into that thanks all
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30 gal fw
10 gal nano reef
12 gal nano cub
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Posted: February 06 2005 at 7:55pm |
got 9 snails
might get a small emerld crab tomorrow along with a couple of hermits
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30 gal fw
10 gal nano reef
12 gal nano cub
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Posted: February 06 2005 at 9:14pm |
Careful of those emeralds... there's just so many out there that claim to be the "true algae controllers". IMO, stick with what you've got and spend the rest on your little sweet heart. 
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Posted: February 06 2005 at 9:56pm |
reptoreef wrote:
IMO, stick with what you've got and spend the rest on your little sweet heart. |
little sweet heart what are you on
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30 gal fw
10 gal nano reef
12 gal nano cub
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