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BillFish Coral Lover
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The holy of holies. Wow! I don't care overly much for the servicing aspect of the hobby, but I'd pay to dive in there and help out!
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I was just in the store today and guys.....pictures do not do this tank justice. It is overwhelming to view this thing. The guys at WWC that dreamed up this tank need to be presented some kind of award. Truly it is an awesome work of art.
Sick! I wanna take a swim in that thing.
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This has to be one of the most amazing shot I've seen! This lagoon is also going to be our Reef Of The Day for tomorrow!
Thank you Rev!!
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Great question! At this point, the mangrove is just settling in and developing new chutes. This one is close to 10 years old, and is growing upward. Eventually, we will have to “thin out” the growth by trimming some branches. We don’t anticipate having to do this for a while. We would also consider moving a “blocked” coral or 2 if that is the easier route.
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We approached Exotic Aquariums with the idea, and they did the calculations and engineering.
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Absolutely, this tank hasn’t been without its challenges. Not so much pests because the rock came from a previous system, but we have had our fair share of algae . The lagoon receives daily maintenance and large, weekly water changes. So everyone just sees the end result in photos/videos. Thank you for the compliment and question.
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The sump is under the saltwater station in the store. There isn’t a fuge (beside the mangrove in the display). There is an external skimmer, external pump, UV, calcium reactor, filter floss and filter socks.
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That moment when your desire to have a basic refugium for your tank turns into wanting a mangrove tank for your refugium... I mean refugium for your mangrove tank? I mean... wait what?
That moment is this thread.
That moment is this thread.
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What kind of CUC do you have or is it just elbow grease? Absolutely amazing tank btw. When I when the lotto I’ll be having your guys design a tank for my house
Thank you. For CUC we have 100 blue leg hermits, 40 trochus snails, 24 cleaner shrimp, 8 queen conchs, 4 sand sifting stars, and 3 harlequin shrimp.
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This has to be one of the most amazing shot I've seen! This lagoon is also going to be our Reef Of The Day for tomorrow!
Come on now, how is this not a tank of the month?? Or... are you just waiting til the corals grow out more? This is by far one of the coolest tanks I've ever seen (25+ years in the hobby)!
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Blue legs and trochus snails are the backbone of my CUC as well. Thanks to the @Bulk Reef Supply video on snails! Are you manually feeding the harlequins?
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Thanks!!
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