Few random chalice pics..
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Sick looking tank and the colors are popping!! Did i read that right...is that an office tank?? Do you mean at your house? Because i have been flirting with that idea but evaporation seems to be my biggest battle stopping me.
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gqjeff
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Thanks.. Yep you heard that right, Its at my office. I live about 5 min tops from it though so make 1 visit on the weekends to check it out and feed the fish. Its all automated with GHL profilux. I have auto top off, sensor to turn off skimmer if it goes crazy and skims to much while I am away so the ATO does not go crazy and dump a bunch of fresh water into the tank dropping the salinity. Its 68 total gallons with sump after displacement of sand and rock. I am re doing a 7 yr old 240 at home but it will be a few more months for that beast to be finished.
That is a great setup and only being 5 minutes away is a huge plus...my office at least 30 plus minutes away. What kind of lights you got on there?
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Thanks.. He nipped on a few zoos from time to time and the lords. Still think he may nip at them some as they have not expanded like the used to since adding him a couple months back. I have since gotten black worms about 3 weeks ago and seems all the nipping has stopped during daylight hrs at least. He's actually fat and happy these days. I bought him for the sole purpose of eradicating aptasia and within a week he munched at least 200 of them down. I have not seen one for 5-6 weeks.
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gqjeff
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Thanks, I run 2 AI sol white units bought them over a yr ago and sol blue were not avail. I built a 26 led royal blue array and that's on it also.. Absolutely glows when I turn off all the whites and hit it with the blue and royal blues. Par is insane and actually smokes stuff unless I acclimate it to the lite. A great feature of the leds and GHL is its nothing to change the intensity for acclimation.
Electrobes
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Holy cow gq, that's really cool to see a copper banded butterfly doing well. I hate to say it but it's a rare sight to see. I am also pleased to see a beautiful anemone not high fiving all the other corals, as happens to many of my reef friends who first try them out!
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Funny my fish r shy.. I actually have 8 fish in the tank LOL.. Running the swc 160 with modded impeller it pulls like 34 scfh so it can handle a large load. I use prodiobio on the tank and and have a spot for cheato in the sump. Have never used it though "cheato" but plan to here soon to start increasing the pod population. I feed a ton of different foods like 4 times a day and no3 and po4 stay in check.
I love the AI units...when i decide to upgrade one of those systems will definitely be in the running when i try to pick one. Good to hear the par is great!
greg0385
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nice looking tank. that be awesome to bring my hobby with me too work. your taste and skills are fanstastic. i envy you with the butterfly, those are nice fish but mine loved the taste of my corals and even well fed, they were just little snacks. keep on keeping on.
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