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Germanman
01-15-2007, 9:48 PM
My 55 gallon Reef Tank
Equipt.-
Filtration: Fluval 405 with surface skimmer and turbo twist 9w UV sterilizer, CPR PRO 40 Refugum w/skimmer,powerheads.
Lighting: Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm 6,700k/10,000k Satalite power compact 24 hour lighting system with built in LED moon light,and 175w metal halide
Other: Titanium heater with external heat control and digital thermometer ~80
75 lbs live rock from a ten year old system as well as 45lbs of live sand from same system
Added elements:Kent; coral accel, coral vite,Tech-I, Essential elements, calcium, buffer system,marine-c,maginesium,strotium,iron,reef vital
DNA,blackpowder, and spectra-vital.
Food: fish; mysis, brine,algae(green&brown),speralina brine,ocean plankton. Corals; phytoplex,phytoplan, microvert, chromoplex,zooplex, and marine snow.

Fish: Tomato clown, red firefish, yellow watchman goby, royal gramma, bangai cardinal, , Mandarin fish, scooter dragonet, flame angel, sixline wrasse, tail spot blenny, 2 Black reidi seahorses, baby blue tang, baby purple tang(tangs get along and are being monitored in size).

Inverts: cleaner shrimp,~8hermits,red forma star, 2 turbo snails, 8 margareta snails, nasasarius snails, electric flame scallop,6 Hawiian dusters, colored dusters, and blue finger sponge,thorny oyster, Christmas tree worms, yellow cucumber, 5" super grade corcea clam, orange lanka star, orange ear sponge, and 3 emerald crabs.

Corals:Green bulb anenome, galaxia coral, pulsing xenia, pompom xenia, var. mushrooms, Alviapora, orange sea fan, green star polyps, snake polyps, tree leather,red brain,moon coral, frogspawn, trumpet coral,toadstool(scarcophyton), encrusting gorgorian, carnation coral, button zoos, blue sea fan, and colored zoos.

25 gallon Predator tank
Emperor 400 bio wheel,100 wt heater, 20 lbs live sand, 28 lbs live rock.

Fish: snowflake moray, and black (colored) frog/Anglerfish.
Inverts:electric blue leg hermit, 2 red leg hermits, margareta snails.

1 gallon betta bowl
sunken garden look with half submerged house and one male betta.

I moved my 29gallon tank into the 55 and did it successfully without causing any fatalities, the animals are doing great and the corals look better than ever under the metal halide lamp. I am slowly adding new organisms as i hand pick them from the whole sale warehouses.
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FreddytheFish
01-15-2007, 9:52 PM
to say it, but dragonets don't do well in captivity. And your eel's going to get too big. Also, seahorses shouldn't be mixed with other fish. Keep an eye on the tangs.

Any pictures? :)

Germanman
01-15-2007, 9:59 PM
they were all fine in a 29 gallon for over 2years and they get spot feed twice a day. the seahorses were deamed appropriate for reef conditions by 2 marine biologists, a zoologist, 5 aquarium store owners and a seahorse specialist. i love my animals like children and id never put them in a situation they would get hurt in. plus the seahorse beats my tang to the mysis. and they tangs get along fine. as for the eel snowflakes only get 29 inches and its one of 2 fish in the aquarium. they water is watched daily and changed weekly on both systems. the negitivity is not appriciated but i admire your concern. i work as a manager in a local fish store and i am a zoology major and marine bio minor in collage, so i do my homework. if the extra care is done and the personalities of the fish picked out almost anything is possible to the mind willing for the task.

Ghost_knife
01-16-2007, 12:06 PM
sounds interesting. post some pics eh?

Mgamer20o0
01-16-2007, 6:36 PM
i agree. i love pics of salt tanks knowing ill never have one.

Germanman
01-16-2007, 7:14 PM
i did post pics and videos as well the links are under my signature

fish_freak
01-17-2007, 9:00 AM
Sounds like a cool tank. Like the pics in your other thread.

SuperScro
01-20-2007, 11:28 PM
What is it like having a major in zoology and minor in marine? I was thinking of them for my future career.

Germanman
01-21-2007, 2:27 PM
hard...lol im taking 18 units this semester and 3 biology classes along with math and english. but if you love animals like i do its worth it. im taking most my credits at my community collage(right on the beach) and am then transferring to UCSB which has an excellent program there.

Germanman
01-29-2007, 3:59 AM
i actually changed my major to a double major it will be a zoo/aquatic biology major and im actually working at a phd

chunkoblue
01-30-2007, 1:53 AM
I got stuck in the midwest, so there were no marine courses to take.... but I'm applying for an internship at the Shedd Aquarium, so hopefully I can learn a lot there.

Reefscape
05-12-2007, 3:21 PM
Any chance of an update?

Niko

H3D
05-14-2007, 9:39 PM
This tank ever get finished?