Spyral's SW update!

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Spyral

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Well, the tank has been up and running for quite a while now. I went out today and, with the help of lars, got a HOB protein skimmer, a new Odysea 4 bulb fixture (along with 4 moonlight LED's), some corals and a cool watchman goby!

I now have 150 watts of light on the 25 gallon tank (6 watts per gallon)! This fixture is bad ass. 3 separate switches and power cords, 1 each for the daylight, actinic and the LED's. Got a good deal on it at Aquarist World for $110.

Cool thing, after adding the light, my Saddle Back Clowns are now trying to host a feather duster! Lars got some cool video of them in action..lol

The new protein skimmer has been churning out the foam like MAD! It is a CPR Bak Pak 2R+ skimmer, I got it for $75 at Sierra, it was slightly used. It retails for $150, and is well worth it.

Now for some pictures:

Goby!
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Coral
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Polyp frag, came with some plants! $9 at Sierra!
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New light setup - 150 watts total!
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Saddle Back Clown
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Blue Damsel
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Another Blue Damsel hiding among live rock
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Fishuses!
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Fishuses and feather dusters and corlas and live rock!
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Skimmer collection cup
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Thanks for looking!
 
Salzabar

Salzabar

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Well done Spyral. Its too bad SW can be so expensive even for a small tank but the pay off is very nice.
 
Betty

Betty

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Looks really nice!

Do you have an anemone in there? (I love those things.) :)
 
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stierwalt3

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That is sweet! Man I never should have opened this topic....I see another tank in my future! Oh man the wife is gonna kill me! :lol:
 
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Spyral

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thanks for the compliments every one!

As for the cost, Salzabar, we did some quick figuring yesterday and I have about $1000 in that 25 gallon tank..lol.

Betty, I want an anemone soooooo bad, but the tank needs to be up at least 6 months before you introduce one to your tank. Or so all the experts say. Believe me, every time we go to a pet store I am drooling over anemones and wanting to buy one.
 
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baglel10

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Spyral said:
thanks for the compliments every one!



Betty, I want an anemone soooooo bad, but the tank needs to be up at least 6 months before you introduce one to your tank. Or so all the experts say. Believe me, every time we go to a pet store I am drooling over anemones and wanting to buy one.

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gah 3 more months for me to go lol
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Spyral

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got a nice piece of live rock with 6 green mushroom corals and a dragon eye zooanthid piece with some branch corals growing on it!

full tankk shot
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because i love this little guy, GOBY!!!!
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Dragon eye with some small branch coral
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there are 6 green mushrooms on this piece of live rock
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My growing coral collection
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Spyral

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holy crap...that Koralia is waaaaay too pwerful for my tank. I turned it on, the feather dusters closed up, polyps and zoos closed...my little goby went flying across the sand..it was sheer terror! I turned it off..anyone want to trade a brand new 850GPH Koralia for a 240GPH Koralia? lol
 
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