MrFolgers' new 75 gallon

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  1. MrFolgers

    MrFolgers Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Well after my 10 gallon has been doing so well this year, i decided to go a little bigger. I bought a 75 gallon tank, light, heater, filter, protein skimmer, filter, and 60 lbs of crushed coral. I finished mixing the salt water and filled up my tank. I put the tank at the top of my stairs in my room (which is the attic). This is what it looked like before

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    This is what it looks like now

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  2. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    great start...id re-think the crushed coral IMO.....i'd go with aragonite instead
     
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  3. JMALACHI

    JMALACHI Feather Duster

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    Agreed


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  4. JMALACHI

    JMALACHI Feather Duster

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    Great start and looks awesome. What kind of lighs? Looks awesome!


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  5. MrFolgers

    MrFolgers Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Why shouldnt i use crushed coral?
     
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  6. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    nitrate factory
     
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  7. MrFolgers

    MrFolgers Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I bought a 48" coralife aqualight. It has 2 t5. This tank is just going to be a FOWLR
     
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  8. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    also if u ever want any fish that live in the sandbed, with crushed coral u cant...ie Gobies and such
     
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  9. MrFolgers

    MrFolgers Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Well my plan is making it a predator tank with a dwarf lionfish and some type of trigger
     
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  10. MrFolgers

    MrFolgers Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Well i added my crushed coral (ill siphon it every week to cut down the nitrates) today and my tank is very cloudy.

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    It looks very eerie
     
    MrFolgers, Jan 6, 2011
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