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  1. Forestal

    Please Help with my 150 Gallon Setup: Reef Top Biotope

    Ok, more planning has been done. Plan for a backreef/lagoon edge from s.pacific biotopic area. tank is 150 as above, Livestock: -Bubble tipped anemone with 5 tomato clowns. -Sixline wrasse, perhaps another 2 or 3 -blue tang from 60 as it grows out, perhaps another local tang -snails/shrimp...
  2. Forestal

    Project 58!! (Image intense)

    Just found your thread Nick, and i must say, it is very obvious your planning has paid off..(btw..i also diy when i can and without proper planning i stared disaster in the face a number of times :D..so i have to triple plan always )... love your set up... Although my wife gave in long ago to...
  3. Forestal

    What Has Happened?

    did you perhaps miss a spawning event? the clams perhaps?
  4. Forestal

    Snail Spawning?

    Here is the pic of the snail...hope it is visible... only lets you upload small pics here :)
  5. Spawning Trochus snail

    Spawning Trochus snail

    Mass event 11/14/04 by multiple snails in the tank.
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  6. Forestal

    Snail Spawning?

    yeah, was close hehe, luckily the snail was up top and easy to spot, so i didnt have enuf time to panic. whew
  7. Forestal

    Snail Spawning?

    cool... wouldn't ya know my skimmer went kaplurp...new one on the way.. so it took a little longer for water to clear, which it is... also i got an ok pic.. but my computer went down.. maybe tonite i will get it figured out so i can post it.. i'm looking forward to babies :)
  8. Forestal

    Snail Spawning?

    thanks all... :) if i catch a pic will share
  9. Forestal

    Snail Spawning?

    Hello all, just happened to be looking at the tank, and wondered, what happened, water is cloudy, when i noticed all of my trochus snails emtting a fine silty cloud into the water...hmm... i thought snails layed eggs, or are these the male emitting sperm to fertilize the females eggs? sorry no...
  10. Forestal

    exothermic or endothermic ?

    That is amazing... thanks for sharing that... that's a keeper in my files :D
  11. Forestal

    Raffle - 125 Gallon Reef Tank

    Howdy, Am i right in assuming we can buy more than one raffle ticket? thanks
  12. Forestal

    Please Help with my 150 Gallon Setup: Reef Top Biotope

    I have the lighting all set, 3 175 watt MH, and 2 96 watt actinic vho's, 6 foot long, just need newer bulbs... i will work on the plumbing and start getting it set up before adding any water, since i have little free time to do this. I will be trying to make my own overflows as well... i am...
  13. Forestal

    Please Help with my 150 Gallon Setup: Reef Top Biotope

    I am thinking of doing patch reef/lagoon... still working on ideas.
  14. Forestal

    Please Help with my 150 Gallon Setup: Reef Top Biotope

    Thanks so much Nikki, great link
  15. Forestal

    Please Help with my 150 Gallon Setup: Reef Top Biotope

    Thanks Mike, I will be staying away from the butterflies/angels, just would be nice to have some (next tank i guess :) ) I wasn't planning on using a surge device or any dry tides, but was planning on using some fairly heavy diffuse flow in the mid/upper parts of the tank. I didnt mention...
  16. Forestal

    Please Help with my 150 Gallon Setup: Reef Top Biotope

    I have been thinking of what to do with my 150 tank (72x18x28h). It has bulkheads in the back near each corner. I want to plan this as much as possible, and truly set up a biotope type environment, where all corals/fish/inverts are from the same region. After re-reading John Tullocks book...
  17. Forestal

    Dons 125

    Looking very nice. Love the plumbing setup
  18. Forestal

    seagrass themed tank

    great info, thanks Howard. Mike, that would be cool, the cassiopea, but may not be safe with other fish and stuff. an idea to look into :)
  19. Forestal

    seagrass themed tank

    Scott Michael's book, reef fishes, has some helpful info, in terms of the different zones of the reef, what fish and coral are found in each. but i will keep a lookin some more ;)
  20. Forestal

    seagrass themed tank

    great informative post Howard, I also am looking into what type of biotope to setup my 150, am considering lagoonal. your post helps quite a bit. any sites out there with shots of biotopic tanks? I'm looking for inspiration as it were, since my list of ideals and realistic additions are...
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