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dunning3075

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My name is Johnnie and I have enjoyed this hobby for a good while now. I currently have a 70 gallon reef. I am in the middle of a 120 build. I currently work for mishas pets and Aquarium center in Lake charles La. I love my job I ge to talk to people all day about fish and coral. I am active in two local reef clubs but wanted to be active in a national one as well.

The important stuff:
Tank - 70 gallon oceanic 36x18x25
Lights - 150 watt Aquatic reeflections Led
Skimmer - octopus needle wheel 110
return pump - iwaki 30
power heads - 2 1500 gph dual coral vues
Fish - Mystery wrasse, snowflake clown,b&w ocellarius,ghost goby,three pajama cardinals, small blue hippo tang
CuC- Fire shrimp, Skunk cleaner , 2 pepermints, 7 red leg hermits,3 blue leg hermits, 10 astrea snails, 5 nassarius snails, 10 cerith snails and 1 abalone snail
10 gallon a week water change every saturday. I dose fuel and calcification by aquavitro every wed and sunday.
Everything in this tank is growing. zoas,brains, leathers, pallys, and my sps have trippled in the last few months. not a great pic but here it is
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Newbuild
Tank - all glass 120 48x24x25
Lights - 4 aqua illumination sol blue Led (witing on them to arive next week)
Skimmer - undecided leaning toward the trigger systems bursa
Sump - trigger systems ruby elite series 36e
power heads - 3 mp40s ( will be getting in the next month)
Controller - Apex( will get in the next month or two)
Octopus bio pellet reactor
geo 612 calc reactor
return pump - eheim 1262
currently running with 120 lbs of sand and 150 lbs of rock still want to add a few pounds af rock. Cycling with two saltwater acclimated mollies. Will be a lps Dominated tank not sure of fish yet.
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well thats a lil bout me look forward to getting to know some of you guys
 
Cool and welcome to R2R!!!! :D
 
There is plenty of it... Looking forward to hear your success also... Love your rock work man nice and open...;)
 

WHAT’S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS OFF IN YOUR REEF?

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