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bringing this very very old thread back to life lol i recently got a freshwater tank going, and i have a baby red belly piranha, a bala shark, 2 rainbow sharks, and 2 cory catfish, 2 female beta's, surprisingly the red belly keeps to his corner till he gets hungry then i drop in a guppie and he nomps it up

A cat, two rabbits, and a wife.

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Originally Posted by Kracka (Post 376071)

A cat, two rabbits, and a wife.

wives count? lol

65 gallon salt water tank (born December 2009), home to two onyx clownfish, yellow tang, longnose hawkfish, six line wrasse, yellow watchman goby, a pistol shrimp and a cleaner shrimp. And lots of coral.

April 2010
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4834/img0826u.jpg

November 2010
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/...c92a3a2c_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/...d9227fe1_b.jpg

December 2010
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...4_288679_n.jpg

Need a new picture, rearranged the rock last week.

Cool tank, Matt. Is it a huge bitch to keep that salt water tank going?

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Originally Posted by sleepydsm (Post 376094)

Cool tank, Matt. Is it a huge bitch to keep that salt water tank going?

I have it very automated, a computer controller runs the heater, lights and all the pumps. A line runs right to the tank from a reverse osmosis/deionize water filter that turns on for about a half hour a day to top off the water (evaporation). Digital light timers operate two peristaltic dosing pumps to add calcium and an alkalinity solution to the tank on a daily basis to aid in coral health.

This is the madness in the stand that you don't see normally. The middle section is a refugium, an area for small critters (little bug-like things called copepods) to grow without being wiped out by the fish. It is filled with a little sand, some rock rubble and an algae called chaetomorpha. These "bugs" eventually make their way to the main tank and are a natural food source. On the left is a GFO (granular ferric oxide) and carbon reactor which I have since removed, I was running it to help clean up some nuisance algae.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/...97e59535_b.jpg

Cleaning the glass, changing 10-20 gallons of water every 1-2 months, and feeding the tank every day or two are the only manual tasks I deal with. Granted it took me a year (and some money) to get this far, but I don't test the water nearly as much as I used to because it's very stable now. I could leave the house for a week and not worry.

So what happens if the power goes out?

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Originally Posted by sleepydsm (Post 376108)

So what happens if the power goes out?

A small amount of water flows into the sump and that's it. When it the power comes back it will resume operation.

Matt, you need a UPS and generator for that thing you've built there! I love that the aquarium itself is the pet, not just the fish in it. Very very nice, I didn't realize how much you had into this thing but it is awesome!

I have a cat. Her name is spaghetti.

No more posts about what cats you have w/o including pics! everyone has a camera now :D

2 purebred red Doberman female sisters, great freinds, super smart and loyal to the core!

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Originally Posted by scheides (Post 376112)

Thanks. :) It's a world all its own, the fish have their own personalities but it's an ecosystem in a glass box, the coral are animals too, just not a interesting to watch.

Back up! I've got an 8 months old Chihuahua. Looking to get a Boston Terrier also.

Dyno
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...91_87404_n.jpg

You guys really aren't Mitsu nuts until you name your dogs "Mitsu" and "Beeshe".

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Originally Posted by curt_gendron (Post 388359)

You guys really aren't Mitsu nuts until you name your dogs "Mitsu" and "Beeshe".

My dogs name is Dissem. (dsm) :)

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Originally Posted by 1ViciousGSX (Post 10747)

Whoohoo, I have fish. And when Allan and Raptor come around they stop swimming ;) .

Really though I have a 150 gallon aquarium with a huge Red Devil, 2 Oscars, a Jack Dempsey, and a Sail Fin Plecostemus that measures 18 inches long.

It's been awhile but I guarantee the dempsy have killed all the other fish by now right? MY dempsy's destroyed my oscars.

Brought home this lil guy last night, 7 weeks old, terrier mix.

http://i46.tinypic.com/28lyluq.jpg

Man I didn't even know we had this thread.