Been down to my LFS today and came away with a stunning pair of juv maroon clowns! aclimateised over 45mins put them in, and what a sight the pair of them swam straight down to the small heteras magnifica and settled in there new home........how do they know? and another lovely sight the other evening, my pair of boxer's spawned again, hundreds and hundreds of the little shrimps in the tank! this is what makes the hobby so pleasing!!!!!!
GT'S TANK................
- Thread starter Garry thomas
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Hello Craw, I thought that this was common knowledge. You obviously haven't checked out the Morish Idol thread. Dimensions are as follows, tank has been running since 2nd April 2002:-
11ft x 2.5ft x 2.5ft with a 7ft x 2ft x 1.5ft of which 4 foot of the sump is a refugium. Filled with 3 types of Calerpa. The average turnover in the tank is approx 65000 litres per hour, of which is all controlled by the Octopus. Lighting equates to 634 watts per metre square, of which I wish to upgrade sometime in the near future. Filtration is 300+ kilograms of grade A Fuji live rock combined with a turboflotor 5000 twin. There are 30 different species of fish and a large range of various clean up crew. My SG is 1.024 (reef crystals) Water changes are carried out at 90 gallons per fortnight - religiously. My calcium is running at 460 ppm, which is helped along by daily additions of kalkwasser and a korallin reactor running at 70 bubs co2 per minute which gives me a return flow of 30+kh which gives me in the tank a kh of 11 and an alk of 4.2. My temperature is 25.5 in the winter and 27 in the summer. The reason for running a lower temperature in the summer is to cut down on condensation.Hope that has helped.
11ft x 2.5ft x 2.5ft with a 7ft x 2ft x 1.5ft of which 4 foot of the sump is a refugium. Filled with 3 types of Calerpa. The average turnover in the tank is approx 65000 litres per hour, of which is all controlled by the Octopus. Lighting equates to 634 watts per metre square, of which I wish to upgrade sometime in the near future. Filtration is 300+ kilograms of grade A Fuji live rock combined with a turboflotor 5000 twin. There are 30 different species of fish and a large range of various clean up crew. My SG is 1.024 (reef crystals) Water changes are carried out at 90 gallons per fortnight - religiously. My calcium is running at 460 ppm, which is helped along by daily additions of kalkwasser and a korallin reactor running at 70 bubs co2 per minute which gives me a return flow of 30+kh which gives me in the tank a kh of 11 and an alk of 4.2. My temperature is 25.5 in the winter and 27 in the summer. The reason for running a lower temperature in the summer is to cut down on condensation.Hope that has helped.
Why is there so much bitching towards you in general? i for one think you deserve a bit of respect. i think its jealously dont let it bother you gt, i'v seen the mags you have every write to feel proud! i only hope my new tank is as successfull as yours? Look forward to reading the second half in feb. Having a big todger sounds cool? Carol......
Gt ive been lurking round these boards for 2 years now and i never really post much, I certainly have never replied a comment to any 1s pics of there tanks and dont get me wrong they are all beautiful (extremely beautiful compared to my 55 gallon wishitwas reef lit by a few NO flouros....hey im only 16 
) but no word of a lie think your tank is the most beautiful tank i have ever seen in the whole time ive had fish tanks (8 yrs) I hope (and im very sure u do) get all the gratitude you deserve for this work of art.
great job dude!
8) from brendan
p.s- ill go back to lurking now, and never posting........ 8O don't forget ill be watching :roll:
) but no word of a lie think your tank is the most beautiful tank i have ever seen in the whole time ive had fish tanks (8 yrs) I hope (and im very sure u do) get all the gratitude you deserve for this work of art.great job dude!
8) from brendan
p.s- ill go back to lurking now, and never posting........ 8O don't forget ill be watching :roll:
GT, the leading theory on clownfish selection of host anemones is that a chemical is given off by the anemone, which the fish can sense. The idea is that the eggs receive this cue while still attached to the rock and in contact with the anemone. I guess this might be why some captive reared clowns seem indifferent towards anemones, since they were never in contact with one during the egg stage. It's strange that they would immediately go to your H. magnifica, since this is not their natural host (Entacmaea quadricolor). Who knows what's going on in their heads! I would be very watchful of the pair, though. From what it sounds like, they are 2 undifferentiated juveniles. Maroon juveniles anywhere near the same size, I mean one NOT twice the size of the other, will usually fight to the death. I have seen fully matured maroon pairs that are pretty similar in size, although I hear this is not very common. My maroon female is about three times the size of the male, and he shows no signs of getting any bigger. Can you estimate their size in inches..er sorry centimeters? Or pics?
Just ordered my new lighting after much thought and penny counting, hope they are right 5 x 400 watt 6500k, i prey they will be the business?
anyway i picked up my first tunze pump yesterday one of these new turbelle streams 8000 odd ltrhr. i'v always avoided tunze because of the price, but thought i'd try one of these, they are arwsome. any body tryed them over there?
anyway i picked up my first tunze pump yesterday one of these new turbelle streams 8000 odd ltrhr. i'v always avoided tunze because of the price, but thought i'd try one of these, they are arwsome. any body tryed them over there?
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