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Whew did my water change, now I remember why I hate doing them lol, so tiring with my waste water setup. I wanted to get my sandbed this water change since I’ve never done it on this tank. It was amazing how much dark stuff came up, terrifying actually lol. Lots of Medusa worms to.
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New zoa/paly devils armor
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I also made some frags of my wwc OG grafted monti
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Beautiful, Acro Jedi-Master, I did WC yesterday, forgot to turn chiller back on, DT outside.
Tank got to 89, nothing died, close one. Keep it coming, comrade

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Beautiful, Acro Jedi-Master, I did WC yesterday, forgot to turn chiller back on, DT outside.
Tank got to 89, nothing died, close one. Keep it coming, comrade
Wow that’s hot. That’s amazing nothing died, lol. Thank you for the compliments!
 
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random question: what'd you hang your t5 hybrid fixture from? i'm pondering eventually going to a t5 hybrid, but i've never hung anything from a ceiling and idk... was it hard? i want me some fuller coverage, though
 
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random question: what'd you hang your t5 hybrid fixture from? i'm pondering eventually going to a t5 hybrid, but i've never hung anything from a ceiling and idk... was it hard? i want me some fuller coverage, though
I got the tank mount they sell. My tank was full and I needed to drill it into the stand behind the tank. It was a very scary afternoon of inching the tank out half drained so my 6’2 stupid self could fit behind the tank crouching to drill it in. Once I had access it was super easy. Then inching it back, equally as not fun as inching it out. But everything was fine.
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I got the tank mount they sell. My tank was full and I needed to drill it into the stand behind the tank. It was a very scary afternoon of inching the tank out half drained so my 6’2 stupid self could fit behind the tank crouching to drill it in. Once I had access it was super easy. Then inching it back, equally as not fun as inching it out. But everything was fine.
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dang! didn't notice the arms lol. i definitely don't want the arms, but i'm super hesitant to hang it from the ceiling.. idk maybe i'll just leave it be, but my coverage isn't what i was hoping......
 
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dang! didn't notice the arms lol. i definitely don't want the arms, but i'm super hesitant to hang it from the ceiling.. idk maybe i'll just leave it be, but my coverage isn't what i was hoping......
Yea I hear ya. I don’t trust ceiling mounts, I’m not sure why. So that’s why I got this. I actually ordered it in white but was dumb and didn’t open the box until I was ready to assemble. The whole thing would have blended a lot better. The new noopsyche hybrid has tank mounts if that’s something your interested in. I would most likely do that hybrid instead if I could go back in time. The angling capability of the t5 reflectors seems worthwhile. I get a ton of light bleed that my corals could be soaking up with this aquaticlife. Either way I recommend t5 supplement. The only thing I wouldn’t think would need t5 supplement would be the new big orphek’s. But those come with reliability issues so I hear..
 

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Yea I hear ya. I don’t trust ceiling mounts, I’m not sure why. So that’s why I got this. I actually ordered it in white but was dumb and didn’t open the box until I was ready to assemble. The whole thing would have blended a lot better. The new noopsyche hybrid has tank mounts if that’s something your interested in. I would most likely do that hybrid instead if I could go back in time. The angling capability of the t5 reflectors seems worthwhile. I get a ton of light bleed that my corals could be soaking up with this aquaticlife. Either way I recommend t5 supplement. The only thing I wouldn’t think would need t5 supplement would be the new big orphek’s. But those come with reliability issues so I hear..

yeah one of those would be pretty sweet, but super pricey.

i was actually scoping out those orphek bars and doing like 3-4 of those over a tank would be kinda cool, idk how powerful they are though

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yeah one of those would be pretty sweet, but super pricey.

i was actually scoping out those orphek bars and doing like 3-4 of those over a tank would be kinda cool, idk how powerful they are though

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Wow that would be cool! I think they are super powerful. Mounting would be tricky but your attached pic is so sick for a frag tank & frag grow out! Goals.
 
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The new additions are very nice! Including the crabs! Those Bob Marley's are very pretty.
Thank you! I’m very happy with all my new arrivals as well. Funny you mention the crabs haha. My wife Elizabeth was actually checking out the tank today for awhile watching the little emerald crabs pick bubble algae and eat it. They got more attention than my Moyers leopard has ever gotten! Haha. They are cool though, I’ve never had any crabs besides hermits. I’ll send you some bob marleys once they grow out for sure ! :)
 

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random question: what'd you hang your t5 hybrid fixture from? i'm pondering eventually going to a t5 hybrid, but i've never hung anything from a ceiling and idk... was it hard? i want me some fuller coverage, though

I’m considering using something like this bc I can’t hang a fixture from the ceiling since it’s under a furnace vent
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Whew did my water change, now I remember why I hate doing them lol, so tiring with my waste water setup. I wanted to get my sandbed this water change since I’ve never done it on this tank. It was amazing how much dark stuff came up, terrifying actually lol. Lots of spaghetti worms to.
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New zoa/paly devils armor
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Free frag wwc bob marley
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Wwc dragon slayer
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Vivid Rainbow Delight
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Wwc blue curaçao
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I also made some frags of my wwc OG grafted monti
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[emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji3590]. Nice!
 

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Thank you! I’m very happy with all my new arrivals as well. Funny you mention the crabs haha. My wife Elizabeth was actually checking out the tank today for awhile watching the little emerald crabs pick bubble algae and eat it. They got more attention than my Moyers leopard has ever gotten! Haha. They are cool though, I’ve never had any crabs besides hermits. I’ll send you some bob marleys once they grow out for sure ! :)

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The new additions are very nice! Including the crabs! Those Bob Marley's are very pretty.

Ok, now I have to ask a serious question, they are rastas and I bet mine are prettier rastas, there is no way that they can show me a better pic that makes it better or different to my guys?!
Just the thoughts of an English man that hates being shafted! ;)
 
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