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Old 10-13-2003, 10:25 PM   #1
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Talking Hello new here, pic of my nano

Howdy folks, I'm new here, thought I'd introduce myself with a pic of my tank.



Tank info...

My current reef tank is a 20g long mixed nano reef.

Equipment
-AllGlass Aquarium 20 long aquarium
-DIY HOB refugium run by a Rio 1100 pump
-CPR Bak Pak 2R Protien Skimmer
-Surgemaster wavemaker
-MaxiJet 1000 powerhead
-Rio 800 powerhead
-Custom Sea Life Prism Pendant ( 1 X 175W MH [Ushio 10K lamp] and 2 X 28W PC "true" actinics)
-DIY open topped canopy to reduce light spillage
-6" clip on fan to cool the water
-100W Visitherm heater
-Instant Ocean Salt

Live Stock
-32 lbs of Live Rock (5 pieces; 1 piece of Tonga and 4 pieces of Aquacultured)
-1.5" CaribSea Seaflor special reef grade sand
-1 Redlipped Blenny (Ophioblennius atlanticus)
-1 Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
-1 TR True Percula Clown (Amphiprion percula)
-1 Blue Linckia (Linckia laevigata)
-Lots of Stomatella Varia snails
-5 Keyhole limpets that I've seen
-3 Nassarius snails
-4 Cerrith Snails
-8 Trochus snails
-8 Dwarf Zebra hermit crabs
-Chaetomorph in fuge
-Red Mangrove in the fuge
-Halimeda in the fuge and in the tank
-Green Star Polyps (Pachyclavularia vioacea) all over the tank (including the back glass)
-1 Orange Ricordea
-1 Horn coral frag (Hydnophora rigida)
-1 Pink Acropora frag (Acropora spp)
-1 Carpet mushroom rock (Rhodactis spp)
-4 Colonies of green zoos (Zoanthus spp)
-1 Colony of red and orange zoos (Zoanthus spp)
-1 Green Montipora spumosa frag
-1 Green Monti (Montipora digitata)
-1 Purple Monti (Montipora digitata)
-2 Pink and Tan Montis (Montipora digitata)
-1 Anacropora frag
-2 Orange Monti’s (Montipora digitata)
-1 Pink Pocillipora (Pocillipora damicornis)
-1 Green and brown Pocillipora (Pocillipora damicornis)
-2 Green Acro frags (Acropora spp)
-1 Orange M. cap (Montipora capricornis)
-1 Red Birds nest frag (Sieratapora hystrix)
-1 Green and Pink Acro frag (Acropora millepora)
-1 Light blue Staghorn Acro frag (Acropora spp)
-1 Blue tipped Staghorn Acro frag (Acropora spp)
-1 Green and Purple Acro frag (Acropora spp)
-3 Scroll coral frags (Turbinaria reniformis)
-Red Sea Pulsing Xenia (Xenia elongata)
-2 Colonies of green button polyps (Protopalythoa spp)
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Old 10-13-2003, 10:47 PM   #2
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reefrunner69, Welcome to Reefland.

Nice looking tank !!
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Old 10-13-2003, 11:24 PM   #3
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Welcome to Reefland reefrunner69

Beautiful Tank!

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Old 10-13-2003, 11:29 PM   #4
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Hi Kevin and Welcome to Reefland!

Your tank looks absolutely fabulous for a 20gal, truly an inspiration to nano reefers! Congrats and good job!

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Old 10-14-2003, 01:20 AM   #5
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Hi Kevin and Welcome to Reefland! I think you got a very nice tank for any size tank but like Scott said, it's especially impressive becouse it is a nano.
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Old 10-14-2003, 09:02 AM   #6
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Reefrunner69,

Welcome! As previously said by Gene, Barry and Scott that's a VERY nice tank and a fabulous nano! How long has it been up and running?

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How long has it been up and running?
I've had this one up for 16 mos now.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. If your interested...more pictures can be found at www.reefrunner.us/gallery/
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Nice pics in your gallery, Kevin. I really enjoyed your Nature pics,great job!
Which cam did you use for those,Nikon?
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Nice pics in your gallery, Kevin. I really enjoyed your Nature pics,great job!
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Which cam did you use for those,Nikon?
Yes, I use a nikon coolpix 995.
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I agree awesome tanks and I really like the Nature macros as well... I just wonder why didn't you get a Macro af the Gator??

Awesome tank awesome pics...

How close were you to that Dragonfly?

Oh yeah... Welcome to Reefland!!!

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Old 10-14-2003, 08:25 PM   #11
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As everyone has already said great tank.

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How close were you to that Dragonfly?
For this pic...the lens was just a couple inches from the dragonfly, he really wasn't scared at all.
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Sweet tank RR! And welcome to RL BTW where is cedar key?
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BTW where is cedar key?
It's about 60 miles west of Gainesville in the gulf, north of Crystal River.
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GReAT TANK!!! Nicest one I've seen for that size in a while and yes - It puts larger tanks I've seen to shame-
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