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Jennifer4783

Long overdue introduction/ First Blog

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Hi everyone. I have been lurking on this site for about a year and a half and figured it was time for my first blog. I have been reading everything on here and have learned so much so I want to say thank you to Marc and Jessy for this amazing site. My tank is currently a very low tech system that is in desperate need of equipment upgrades. I currently am running a 50 gallon tank with a Rena xp3 canister filter that is cleaned regularly to prevent nitrates building up. I recently added a CPR hang on back fuge and am running gfo through a power filter. Lighting consists of a 70watt viper clamp on hqi and 2 65watt compact fluorescents. There are also 2 powerheads for flow. Livestock consists of 2 blue damsels, 1 Bangaii cardinal, 1 starry blenny, 1 yellow shrimp goby with pistol shrimp, 3 urchins, a purple reef lobster, an assortment or snails and hermit crabs, a feather duster and a variety of corals mostly softies with a few LPS. There is no real organization to it unfortunately as there is live rock from 3 different tanks shoved into one. This past April due to financial issues we had to move into my in laws house and I had to combine all of my tanks. I do still have a 10 gallon quarantine tank and a 38 gallon fresh water live planted. Here are some pictures of the tank and inhabitants.

FTS 10/24/11................................................ ........ FTS 10/25/11
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Starry Blenny .................................................. ......Blue Damsel
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Urchin with some Zoas attached ..............................Snake Polyps
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Hairy Mushrooms .................................................. .Green Striped Mushrooms
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Antennarius maculatus (Wartskin Angler) in QT, waiting to get converted to frozen food. Sharing QT with another larger Wartskin Angler and a FuManchu Lionfish. They have dividers to keep them seperate.
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Me meeting Marc at RAP, I promised I would finally post a blog and this pic.
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Well that's my tank. Thanks for looking.


-Jenn

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  1. baker.shawn's Avatar
    thanks for sharing with us! looking forward to watching your tanks progress.
  2. Hat39406's Avatar
    Hey Jenn, glad to see ya finally post. Your reef is beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.
  3. JimM's Avatar
    Welcome Jenn...I am a relative newbie also. Thanks for sharing such a well done "first post"!
  4. melev's Avatar
    Hi Jennifer. Thanks for sharing your tanks with us. All kinds of cool stuff in there. Did you buy anything at RAP?