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SEPTEMBER 2005 TOTM - Invincible569 (1 Viewer)

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Congratulations to Edward - (Invincible569) for the great September TOTM

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Congragulations, fantastic tank, and a very impresive looking fish room. You can certainly see all the planning and preperation that went into it.
 
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Thank you guys! The compliments are very well appreciated! I really put a lot of time into caring for these animals. Please post any questions in case there is something I did that you didnt understand or wanted more info about.

Here is my latest project and just got it running today. I couldnt just let it sit there for months to come. :) Pictures are deceiving on size and quality! Some more pics of that setup and what I am trying to do at the bottom of this page:
http://www.zeovit.com/DTOTQ/
 
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beutiful tank

it is truly one of the most beutiful tanks i have ever seen.my compliments to you. as i couldnt begin to understand the time ou must dedicate to it.looking forward to seeing your new tank.good luck and continued sucess with your tank
 
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Thank you very much my friends! Did any of you see the tank in person? I remember those I met in person who i asked for your username, but I didnt get to ask others. I regret not asking all of you who I met for your usernames. All of you who i did meet were very wonderful! I only met one person previously, and that was incysor who is also a good man.

Nick, the giant skimmer is running great. Its honestly too big for my current tank, but love to see it run. Just like one of the guys said on the tours.. which I think it was Kras... "the skimmer looks so much smaller in the pics"... its not your average looking skimmer.

jr, thank you for the wonderful comments. Im glad I got to share my creation with you. Everyone has their own ideas and inventions and hope you took some of those with you to implement on your tank.

MCR, there's nothing to be jealous about. Thanks for the compliment!
 
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Ed,

I saw your tank in person on the tour. Nice to finally meet you! Thanks for the aiptasia, my nudibranchs enjoyed the meal.

Your tank is amazing...I hope my tank looks that clean someday :)

Brian
 
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Thanks Brian. Nice to meet you too! You should leave one of those nudi's here to fatten up in my prop tank. :)
 
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Edward,

Congradulations, look like your acros had grown out very well. Beautiful tank and very clean setup. You have one of the best tank. Can't wait to see it in person.
 
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sps ?

My hubby, my sister and I had the pleasure of seeing your tank and meeting you and your wife on the tour. Your tank is gorgeous as everyone can see! :) Thanks for being on the tour. I'm asking this on the list instead of a pm because some other "beginners" like myself maybe wondering the same thing. I've have a 24gal. nanno for seven months now and am looking into getting a larger tank (48Lx30Wx20H), a big change from a little nano with mostly softies. The question is this, I've heard several people mention that sps corals are a good bit harder to keep than the soft and lps corals. Other than having the correct lighting, what makes keeping sps so difficult? I too like corals to thrive, not just survive and don't want to get too deep over my head. I talked to the lfs just last week about getting a quote from Oceanic about a custom tank. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
 
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Thanks everyone!!!

The reason why SPS are more difficult to keep is because they need extreme stable water parameters at natural sea levels. Aside from that you will need to provide greater circulation, stronger lighting, and extra equipment such as a Calcium reactor to keep the water levels at NSW levels. Therefore extra time has to be disciplined in order to care for SPS. There are other factors involved such as compatibility issues with fish, corals and other marine inverts that may not fit in with SPS. SPS usually favor pristine water conditions for optimum health & growth. Since you saw my setup.. if I was to take an LPS/softy coral out of my main display tank and placed it in my prop tank that is not monitored regularly, that coral would be ok for weeks and months to come. But if I took out one of my SPS and placed it in this tank for a couple of days, the health would rapidly decline and most likely kill it. Hope that helps.

As for the size of your tank, that is excellent. Make sure you shop around with other brand manufacturers too. I have been hearing a lot of horror stories with Oceanic tanks lately and I would feel more safe getting one from someone else. I wouldnt want you to come home with an empty tank loosing all your prized corals. There are tons of tank manufacturers on the Internet as well and our LFS's also sell other aquariums besides Oceanic.

Let me know if you have anymore questions! :)
 
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I know I'm a little late here, but better late than never. GREAT looking tank there Edward!! I see your TLC and hard work has paid off and gotten your tank where you want it. Shows me that I really need to clean my tank. I wanted to make it to the tour but all my time is sucked up now since I'm working regular hours. Hopefully I'll get to head up there once I'm done with all my fun tests and licensing.
 
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