Newbie, 112 Gallon

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  1. alexander

    alexander Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Hey everyone! I'm new and am just starting my first salt water aquarium. I am refurbishing a 112 gallon acrylic tank and am working on building the stand. In addition I am currently making my own live rock and will be designing/borrowing some of your ideas on fabricating a sump. As you can see I'm just starting out so I haven't even started thinking about fish yet. I still have a lot of work to do.

    I look forward to sharing ideas and just want to say hi!;D
     
    alexander, Jul 8, 2009
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  2. hydrojeff

    hydrojeff Montipora Capricornis

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    welcome, you will love it here so much info and great people!
     
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  3. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    welcome to 3reef alexander. you know your gonna have to post pics of this build. its mandatory. lol. best of luck with it all. how do you make your own live rock?
     
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  4. alexander

    alexander Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    4 parts oyster shell to 1 part portland cement.
     
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  5. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    its more of a base rock then. will you seed it to promote coralline growth?
     
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  6. alexander

    alexander Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Exactly, I'll buy a few pieces from my lfs and let the coralline algae do it's thing. The rock is actually really fun to make. I'll start a thread with some pics of the ones I have made so far. I'll take some pics tonight of the progress.
     
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  7. gutierrezre

    gutierrezre Flamingo Tongue

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    Welcome and Goodluck.
     
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  8. invert phil

    invert phil Millepora

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    Hello, welcome to 3reef :)

    perhaps you could do a 'how to' on making base rock and enter it in the 3reef vid competition
     
    invert phil, Jul 8, 2009
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  9. homegrowncorals

    homegrowncorals Ribbon Eel

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    [SCROLL]Hello and welcome to 3reef[/SCROLL]
     
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  10. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Exactly, thank you for pointing that out to the newbie;D Welcome to the dark-side of the pond.


    [SCROLL]Luna[/SCROLL]
     
    lunatik_69, Jul 8, 2009
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