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September 14th, 2008, 12:01 AM
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My friend's 125
My tank progress is still on hold for now. My friends that we got addicted to fishies started a 125 gallon tank recently (they started with a nano and ran out of room
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September 14th, 2008, 12:10 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
why the chromis in a cycling tank?
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September 14th, 2008, 12:13 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
We had a damsel in ours when we started to cycle it. I believe they went off that concept. Some of the water, a lot of the sand, and a lot of the rock came from actual set up tanks from the LFS (friends at fish stores can be nice).
My husband and friend generally cycle tanks with at least one fish. Not 100% sure on the reasoning, other than I think they think it helps get the biological system going?
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September 14th, 2008, 12:22 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
Its just an old archaeic way of doing things. It puts the lives of the fish used in danger and is on the verge of torture. You can do the exact same thing with a pinch of food or a table shrimp, it can even be done with a small amount of 100 ammonia. Its just a bad practice.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 180gal Mixed Reef Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Newbie to Salt, 2 years planted, Freshwater Forever and a Day! Other Intrests: hunting outdoorsy things, cars motorcycles anything that goes fast drag cars
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September 14th, 2008, 12:39 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
Oooooh.....nice clean sand!!!
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 30 gallon, 2 clowns, starry blenny, purple wrasse, LPS, Softies, Polyps Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Enough to put a nice dent in my bank account!
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September 14th, 2008, 12:45 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
Ah. I will tell them they are meanies! Our damsel made it through that battle hearty and healthy so I didn't know about it being bad. We started the transition with freshwater (with mollies) to brackish to salt. The mollies didn't survive though.
 My husband hadn't started a tank in over 10 years when we got ours going though...
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September 14th, 2008, 12:49 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
Ourfishies if you really are interested in getting caught up with modern techniques go grab a copy of The Conscientous Marine Aquarist by Robert Fenner.
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September 14th, 2008, 12:50 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
All the damselfish is there for is to introduce ammonia(fish piss and crap) to the system. Rotting food or liquid ammonia(very very small amount) will introduce the same ammonia.
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September 14th, 2008, 01:23 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
Ryan is right -- fish waste (ammonia) can be duplicated by putting pieces of fish food in the tank to rot. Cheaper than using a live fish, and less cruel. Damsels and chromis are hardy and lots of times survive, but I still don't think it's worth it. It's still stressful on the fish (and then you're stuck with a damsel...).
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September 14th, 2008, 02:36 AM
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Re: My friend's 125
Now that I am done cutting your friend down, Ive got to admit that this is going to be a pretty sweet tank! The rocks have some very nice shapes
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