My 422 Tank

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Hey everyone,

After looking at so many cool tanks out there for so long,

finally decided and have the courage to start this tank thread for you guys out there to comment,

for me and others to learn and build our reefing experience together.

Anyway, little introduction about myself.

- Born a fish enthusiast

- Kept guppies, tetras, goldfishes in plastic tanks since kindergarten

- Bred guppies and bettas in primary school (to a point where I had 50+ bettas kept in those CNY snack container, zzz)

- Came Luohan season when I was primary 6, had my first 3ft glass tank (gift from aunty)

- Kept Luohans, goldfishes (oranda, ryukins...), parrotfishes, a 2ft planted tank with guppies, tetras, discuses, corys, loaches...

- Luohan season gone, upgraded 2ft to 3ft planted tank

- Started my first marine tank in 2005 as a 2ft as the freshwater planted was very stable and was not a challenge for me anymore

- Few months later, upgraded to a 3ft marine tank, was very, very challenging. Haha

- Finally, settled down with my current tank (422ft) in late 2008 and its the only tank that I have in my house currently. Haha

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pics???

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Okay, after talking for so long...

Specifications:

- 4ft X 2ft X 2ft glass tank

- Internal Overflow System with sump

- Reef Octopus Skimmer DNW-200 (2008) with Octopus Turbine Pump 3000

- Hailea HC-500A Chiller

- Hopar T5 fluorescent 4 X 54W (2 X 10000K & 2 X 20000K)

- 1 X Hydor moonlight

- 1 X Hydor Koralia 4

- Return Pump, Atman At-107

- Chiller & Skimmer Pump, Atman At-105

Livestocks:

Fishes:

- 1 X Sohal Tang

- 1 X Purple Tang

- 1 X Yellow Tang

- 1 X Scopas Tang

- 1 X Blue Tang

- 2 X Ocellaris Clownfish

- 1 X Fire Clownfish

- 1 X Majestic Angelfish

- 1 X Flame Angelfish

- 1 X Foxface Rabbitfish

- 1 X Magenta Dottyback

- 4 X Blue Chromis

- 1 X Green Wrasse

Invertabrates:

- 1 X Banded Seastar

- 1 X Tuxedo Urchin

- 2 X Clam

- Cleaner Crew (snails, hermits...)

- Mushrooms (Discosomas, Yumas)

- Zoas

- 1 X Branching Hammer

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Future Upgrades

Specifications:

- FR

- More lights (either MHs or 2 X T5)

- Hydor Koralia 2/3

- Change all pumps to Eheim

- Refugium

Livestocks:

- More Corals!!!!!

- More Chromis (make them shoal)

- Try Anthias or get a shoal of firefish

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pics???

pics coming.

waiting for camera.

haha.

[yikai]

try not to school firefishes. will slowly kill each other off. they do not exists as schools in the wild, so replicating it in home aquaria is impossible. in the wild, they form large feeding congregations to feed off the water column. that is why most people have the misconception that they actually school. however, these 'schools" of firefishes all live in individual burrows in the sand, either solo, or as a pair.

[mengyang_neo]

try not to school firefishes. will slowly kill each other off. they do not exists as schools in the wild, so replicating it in home aquaria is impossible. in the wild, they form large feeding congregations to feed off the water column. that is why most people have the misconception that they actually school. however, these 'schools" of firefishes all live in individual burrows in the sand, either solo, or as a pair.

Agreed, bought 8 last time, end up only left 2 which i think is a pair ba.

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try not to school firefishes. will slowly kill each other off. they do not exists as schools in the wild, so replicating it in home aquaria is impossible. in the wild, they form large feeding congregations to feed off the water column. that is why most people have the misconception that they actually school. however, these 'schools" of firefishes all live in individual burrows in the sand, either solo, or as a pair.

ooo. okay. learn something new todae...

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FTS (28 Nov 2009)

[pokmingsheng]

FTS (28 Nov 2009)

wow looks good..

but i cant seem to see expand the photo when i click on it... hmmm..

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FTS (28 Nov 2009)

[mengyang_neo]

look nice. like the rock scape look quite natural. =)

[stewpid]

Nice looking tank~ Don't look noobie to me

Share your planted tank?hehe...im also into planted

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look nice. like the rock scape look quite natural. =)

the rockscape I make it such a way that there is an empty space in the centre for some centrepiece.

thinking of getting a nicelooking brain to put there but afraid of my angels...

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Nice looking tank~ Don't look noobie to me

Share your planted tank?hehe...im also into planted

This the only photo I have.

Its the starting of it.

Didnt have any photo in its full glory.

Fishes are mainly cheapo tetras, mollies, guppies and cheap discuses.

Haha, bought in lower sec times, no money for cool looking ones.

But they have been with me for at least 4+ years, since I started the planted till I decommed it.

Haha.

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Okay. Back to Marine.

My Hammer with host Clown.

[vt_snowman87]

good scaping, and nice fishes.. hey bro Stewp & Hehe, i also into planted..

[jackywongto]

can keep all these fishes.... not nooby lah.

thanks for showing your tank. Keep those photos coming

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Orange Yummies...

[stewpid]

This the only photo I have.

Its the starting of it.

Didnt have any photo in its full glory.

Fishes are mainly cheapo tetras, mollies, guppies and cheap discuses.

Haha, bought in lower sec times, no money for cool looking ones.

But they have been with me for at least 4+ years, since I started the planted till I decommed it.

Haha.

Discus looks great in planted!hahah!ALways hope i can replicate a Amano style tank...fail miserably....

good scaping, and nice fishes.. hey bro Stewp & Hehe, i also into planted..

HAHAH!!!yea saw your planted Crs tank!!

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Zoa (the only 1 that can be taken using my camera as the polyps of the others are too small)