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dkle 
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 Posted: January 08 2008 at 12:25pm |
 Jamison wrote:
How about a "Great Barrier Reef Nano of Death". Contents...
1 Great white Shark
1 Box Jellyfish
1 Stone Fish
1 Blue Ring Octopus
1 Cone Snail
1 Russel Crowe
and 1 20 oz. can of Fosters as the centerpiece
You could have a picture of Steve Irwin or The Wiggles glued to the back of your tank. |
Now that's EXTREME!!!! Russel Crowe??? that is just too funny!
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Will Spencer
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 12:28pm |
I'd love to have a fairly large nano like a 24 with a peacock mantis in it. Add like 20 snails, any type, and some crabs about once every 2 weeks.
I also think a nano with nothing but a large Anemone, big enough to fill the tank, and a couple Percs would be cool. Or same Anemone and a dozen Anemone crabs.
Another idea would be 1 Acro that would fill most of the tank. Pick one that sort of looks like a tree, then aquascape around it so it looked like a tree growing in a meadow or on a hillside. Maybe put a path of different colored substrate down the center with a larger spot under the acro and a small "bench" of rock for the passerby to sit on and have a rest.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 12:34pm |
Now we're getting somewhere people!
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Jake Pehrson
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 12:48pm |
a small goby, a shrimp, some zoanthids!
Just kidding.
*How about an urchin tank. I love mine.
*Frogfish tank. Awesome.
*Jellies
*Seagrasses with shrimp?
*tide pool? (ie. fill half way)
*Yellowheaded jawfish tank (I had one of these once).
Edited by Jake Pehrson - January 08 2008 at 3:05pm
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 1:05pm |
Jake- that may be the best post you have made, of all your 2500+ posts.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 2:52pm |
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Cold water tidepool. take a trip to Washington to get livestock.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 3:11pm |
I've got a 5 gallon tank with brackish goldfish and green spotted puffers. 
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 3:30pm |
If I had the time and $ I'd do an upside down reef 24-30 gallons.
Mod the lights so they fit under the tank and shine upward. Make the bottom coverd with one way tint so you aren't blinded by them.
create a suspended fixture that allows the rocks to hang in the tank. Glue all the frags upside down so they have to grow down towards the light. For livestock a small upside down jellyfish, a cleaner or fire shrimp (since the hang out upside down anyway), and a goby or jawfish (just to trip them out that there isn't any sand).
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"What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer
"The Puffer Girl"
Zoo freak :)
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:20pm |
dkle wrote:
Jamison wrote:
How about a "Great Barrier Reef Nano of Death". Contents...
1 Great white Shark
1 Box Jellyfish
1 Stone Fish
1 Blue Ring Octopus
1 Cone Snail
1 Russel Crowe
and 1 20 oz. can of Fosters as the centerpiece
You could have a picture of Steve Irwin or The Wiggles glued to the back of your tank. |
Now that's EXTREME!!!! Russel Crowe??? that is just too funny! |
The problem with Fosters is it doesn't stay in the can very long. 
Mike
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 8:55pm |
I want to do a punch bowl fountain fish tank. I would drill a punch bowl, drill a hole and mount in ontop of a chocolate fountain. The fountain would have to pump the back through to the top. The fish would be in the bowl.
Put one of those new neat reflectors above it with a MH lamp and have whatever coral I wanted. Great oxygenation.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 10:35pm |
The chocolate fountain sounds good.
Mike
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 10:36pm |
Okay, here's a thought. Make a tank that is designed to be looked at with NightSea glasses and special lighting.
Mike
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 10:41pm |
Mike- I already beat you to that one... 
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 10:53pm |
Both good article but I had already read them both. 
I thought this would be a good idea for your new nano.
Mike
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 1:14pm |
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10 gallon tank nano, aiptasia glued to used AA batteries, tank filled with transmission fluid.
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 1:24pm |
A tank filled with those cool tulip anemones, some aptasia and then keep a raise and whole herd of bergia nudibranchs in the tank. Or a tank with a multitude of red flatworms and a couple of those cool black/blue nudibranchs. Oh wait maybe those type of tanks are all to common  -- But you might be one of the few that did it on purpose.
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 1:29pm |
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How about a tank with nothing but a thin layer of sand. Then add some of those flounders that look just like the sand. Call it a camo tank.
Or instead you could tell people that there is something in there (seahores, frogfish, octopus, chameleon, anything that is normally hard to see ) and then time how long they spend looking for it before they give up. That makes for an easy feeding schedule.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 2:48pm |
I'm liking these suggestions.
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 7:04pm |
We set up an 8 gallon nano with 2 black anglers and one white angler it is by far the coolest aquarium we have in store and draws a lot of attention especially during feeding time.
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 9:45pm |
That tank is very cool. I love the black frogfish. Do you guys ever sell those or where do you get them? Do they get very big?
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90 gallon mixed reef
My fish swim naked.
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