Diary Update On Reef Upgrade

N1z

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Ok ive not finally got my lights sorted £110 pounds later :( but needless to say ive got them.
Im running 2 t8s one marine white and one actinic then ive drilled 2 39watt t5s into hood. heres some pics hope it can help people if they ever do the same :)
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WE drilled into the hood panels for the clips to fit and then holes for the tie wraps (stop wires going into water)
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Now i was lucky enough to find that a friend was ordering 20kg of fiji LR and didnt want roughly 5 kilos so i got it at about 39 quid which was pretty good i thought. But as you can tell i need vast amount more to build up other side but ones its done it look nice :)
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Plus im very happy to say that my clarkii named gupter has decided to host in my leather :D
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But i do have one question,i caught a brown coloured crab the size of a 10p coin with small red eyes i cought him at night wondering along but any thoughts what it might be well more is it reef safe lol.i wld get pic but its too hard to capture even on marco mode.
 
dont think so, i put it in a box net but the doesnt have a top so its escaped some where lol, it had quiet fat claws at equal size, red eyes it was walking along the bottum and i think it had a small bit of pink/red on its shell like a dot.
 
dont think so, i put it in a box net but the doesnt have a top so its escaped some where lol, it had quiet fat claws at equal size, red eyes it was walking along the bottum and i think it had a small bit of pink/red on its shell like a dot.

Well, hairy legged brown crabs are commonly reffered to as gorilla crabs and can become opportunistic when larger. Tough to say without pics, but if it gets too big, you might want to consider your fish and inverts livelihood ;)
 
Its a juwel 240 but with no filter box as i cut it out.
Oh ok well next time i see it illget him a new home.thanks
 

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