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Dion Richins 
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 12:56am |
Sorry for the Delay. Between expanding into another building and having caught the dang FLUE  Ive been out of it for a while. Again please accept my apologies.
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 1:26am |
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 8:47am |
What an AWESOME tank!
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 9:15am |
For those who don't know Connie... I'll just tell you this isn't a surprise. She has always had amazing tanks.
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 9:27am |
I agree, she takes great pride in her tanks and it shows.
Great job Connie.
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 3:03pm |
Dion, glad that your better. Connie I'd love to have a tank like yours. I have a question. What kind of Dosing or additives do you use in your tank?
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Here is what a customer said while on hold Oh my gosh! Did you open the door? I told you not to open the door. Dre is in here completely naked and he's got freak'n Macaroni and Cheese in his hands.
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 3:27pm |
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Really none, It gets most of its nutrience from my food. I dose B-Ionic when I remember usually once a week. Lugols weekly and I change my carbon every week, two full cups.
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I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them.
180 gallon money pit that I love.....
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 4:42pm |
Connie your tank looks great =) I'd still love to see it in person one day
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 5:01pm |
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I love to show it off. Your more than welcome to stop by.
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I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them.
180 gallon money pit that I love.....
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 5:19pm |
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Tell/show us more about your sump setup...
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Home of the baby Picasso!
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 6:34pm |
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No real pics of it. I have a 90 gallon tank plumed in the basement. Run R/D 12 on 12 off, Auto top off, 70 gallons of water in the sump, two skimmers that run 24/7 in a 5 gallon bucket, 8 diff macros and mangroves. I keep a Kleins butterfly to keep pests down and have a black clown to keep it company. I have 80lbs live rock and a 5 to 6 inch sand bed. I alos run a 1200 mag to keep the top of the water broken.
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I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them.
180 gallon money pit that I love.....
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Posted: March 23 2009 at 9:16pm |
This is an AWESOME tank and more than worthy of TOTM.
I am so impressed that I too would like more info on your fish room set up and your regular practices/best practices.
Lastly, Mike, is there any way to have the original sized full tank shot (on all TOTM) linked so we can download it and zoom around on it?
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 7:32am |
I'm not sure what you mean by fish room set up. Its in my family room with constant traffic. I walk by the tank and the fish come running. I think my success is due to several things.
1st. I never put anything in that does not have exceptional color.
2nd. The over use of carbon, I buy this on-line. It is a small ganual and a higher quality than you can find locally, I never let my lights get over 10 months old, and excessive flow and skimming.
3rd. 55 gallon water changes every month.
4th. Hand feeding my fish a high quality food everyday.
The tank zoom would be cool. Most of my really nice pieces you cant see.
Thanks everyone for the kind words.
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 8:55am |
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. By fish room I meant the area (basement) where you have your sump and other equipment. I thought I heard someone post or say it was not in the cabinet.
Also, do you run uv, ozone, phosban, etc.
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 9:31am |
OH,
Yes it is in the basement. I have a tri-level home. The basement is a 1/2 basement and the stand for the sump is 48 inches. The head height is only about 6 feel to get it back into the main tank, about the same as an instand set up. I put blankets around the tank in the winter and remove them in the summer, no chiller needed.
Since all the plumbing is in the basement and its not finnished, doing a water change is a breeze. I just run a hose to the drain. I can change out 55 gallons of water in about 10 mins. It also makes having the two skimmers easy. I have no problem reaching them and am able to run them into a 5 gallon bucket. I only need to empty the bucket about twice a month.
I did forget to mention I run a canister filter with the return hooked up to a sea swirl. I also clean the canister every Thursday and thats when I change the carbon. I do not use any special filters, just rinse the ones I have well.
I do not run a uv or any other type of sterilizer.
My lighting is also non flashy. Its a 4 foot light strip with grow bulbs from Lowes, new bulbs every 6 months.
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 8:33pm |
 thefu wrote:
Lastly, Mike, is there any way to have the original sized full tank shot (on all TOTM) linked so we can download it and zoom around on it? |
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 11:01pm |
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I cannot believe all of that is growing and thriving with grow lights from Lowes!
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Posted: March 24 2009 at 11:27pm |
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Only the sump has grow lights from Lowe's. The tank is lit by 2- 250w mh and 1-400w mh. With 2 t5 supplements.
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 9:43pm |
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AWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! Flying Boston Monkeys! My favorite kind! <3
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