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Mark's IM25 shallow reef

Mark_C

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She's up and running.
Filling it with higher quality pretty things.

Scape:
Bare bottom
25# base and live rock

Equipment:
Upgraded media baskets (with marine pure plates cut to fit lower chambers)
Hydra 26HD on AI bar arm mount (12" above waterline)
Stock pump (replacing with Rio 1100 382gph this week)
Aqueon 100 Pro heater (need to build a controller via Paul's links (thanks Paul))
Finnex hang on fuge with Fugeray LED
DIY nano algae scrubber (Nano upflow scrubber ($10 - $40))
IM Ghost skimmer (running occasionally atm, want to keep a mildly dirty tank)

Livestock:
3 sexy shrimp
1 fire shrimp
1 Picasso clown
1 snowflake clown

Corals (all softies baby!):
Rastas (3p)
Sunny D's (2p)
God of Wars (3p)
Utter Chaos (3p)
Blondies (3p)
Fruit Loops (5p)
Scarface (4p)
Jawbreaker shroom (1)
Some unknown 2 polyp I won at last meeting (tiny, cant ID yet)

Some crappy pics (any ID help on zoas appreciated)...

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Jawbreaker
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Chaos
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Sunny D
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Fruit Loops
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Unidentified frag I won at last meeting
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Unidentified frag that I got who knows where but the rock is going to go
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Snowflake on top, Picasso under
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Mark_C

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Art! Dropped a PM. Toad, lol, thanks. Hopefully it wont be a disaster. Seems once you add water, fish, and corals, it all goes downhill.
 

Trio91

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Art! Dropped a PM. Toad, lol, thanks. Hopefully it wont be a disaster. Seems once you add water, fish, and corals, it all goes downhill.
I hate when that happens....

Nice pieces u got there bud
 

Mark_C

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Why did you add sand? Didn’t like the B.B. look?

Like the BB look but hate that during the odd diatom outbreak they practically glue themselves to the bottom glass, creating a gunky brown slimy look.
With the sand I can gently circulate with a turkey baster and the sand turns over.
If the tank is pristine, I do like the BB, but more oft than not there's detritus and some form of algae that takes hold.
 
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