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Hi,

Not been on here for some time, lost the forum some how.

Since I was last here (2003) I have moved house and set up a new reef. The tank was initially for a planted Discus biotope, but as time went on, I got bored of the discus and added salt

A few pics of my old discus tank....

 

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This 48x24x20 tank was home to;

4 Blue Diamond Discus
Breeding pair of a. Cacatuiodes
25 C. Sterbai
35 Cardinals
5 Bristlenoses
6 C. Panda

Loads of Plants

Filtration;
Fluval 304

Lighting;
2x T8 tubes on for 10hrs a day

Substrate;
Eco-complete

 

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Last 1 of this tank for now...

 

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The same tank now 10 months later;

Specs

Lighting;
Arcadia series 3 Hlaide 2x250w with 2x T8 actinics
2 54w T5 actinics

Filtration;
Approx 55Kgs Fiji Live rock

Substrate;
Thin layer of Coral sand approx 1"

Circulation;
4 Maxijet 1200's on timers

Skimmer;
Deltec MCE600

Other;
100GPD RO unit

10 months from the last pic

 

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there really are both amazing! i love the dicus tnak!

 

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Last 1, I promise

 

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Gorgeous both of them really !

 

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Not enough I can say about it!!! I like them both!!





When are you going to be out of the house?

 

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Both tanks are amazing - what did you do with the discus?

 

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Thanks for the kind comments guys. The discus were sold back to the LFS