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      May 12th, 2010
Hello All, I have been working on my tank for the last 7 months. My original $500 upgrade from fresh water to salt water was to just have a few fish. My family got involved and it quickly turned into a full reef tank with dedicated DI water line for easy water changes. I really like taking pictures and documenting all of the changes, so here are a few! Let me know what you think/ any suggestions? I am thinking of adding some coral soon!
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      May 12th, 2010
Looks like you've got yourself a nice setup. It also seems that you have a bit of a hair algae problem. Is that still the case? What kind of lighting do you have and how many watts? That will help to determine what corals you can keep.

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      May 12th, 2010
Looks great! I love your sump setup too

 
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      May 12th, 2010
You have a great set-up...good job!

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      May 12th, 2010
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Looks like you've got yourself a nice setup. It also seems that you have a bit of a hair algae problem. Is that still the case? What kind of lighting do you have and how many watts? That will help to determine what corals you can keep.
I can not seem to figure out how to edit my original post to add captions, but the pictures are sort of a progression of the tank from start to present. The tank no longer has a hair algae problem.

The light system I have is 8 T5 bulbs. 4 HO bulbs and 4 Dawn/Dusk. There are also 8 moon LED lights all tied into a timer system.

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      May 13th, 2010
the tank looks awesome

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      May 13th, 2010
You have quite the set up! The tank looks great!

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      May 13th, 2010
It does look really nice! Congrats!

 
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      May 13th, 2010
It's really nice to see the progression of your rocks throughout the cycle. What means did you use to "seed" your cycle?

 
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      May 13th, 2010
Great looking tank. It's amazing to see the hair algae bloom and then seeing it under control.

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