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Camona2333
01-26-2009, 05:52 AM
This is my tank that I am using for an experiment at school.

It is 110 gallons attached to a 50 gallon refugium that has some spaghetti algae and some red algae in it. On top, I have a 500 Watt SunPod metal halide lighting system (I love that blue color) with LED lunar lights (only the white ones work).

In my tank I have 6 bubble-tip anemones and 3 Clark's clownfish (that actually get along, lol). The anemones are separated into 2 groups of three with the clownfish all on one side because I'm observing the effect of the presence of clownfish on anemone growth rate (just explaining ahead of time what the big white thing is - it's a divider). On the left there is a large chunk of dead coral and on the right there are small chunks of dead coral. And yes, I know, I have a bit of a tank-is-not-clean problem, but I've cleaned it since.

I ended up getting 4 brown-green anemones and 2 pale ones, one pale yellow/white and one with a pinkish-orangish body and yellow tentacles that glow green under the light. They're my favorite anemones because they're so beautiful, although they like to wedge themselves in inconvenient places. >.<

Some of my pictures of the tank are posted as attachments. I will have more pictures as the experiment continues.

unleashed
01-26-2009, 07:43 AM
How did your cycle go?

You are also going to need much, much more cycled live rock than what you have now

Camona2333
01-27-2009, 12:35 AM
I don't know what you mean by "how did the cycle go?"...

One thing I didn't mention is that this tank is only "new" in terms of the organisms that are in it. It has been established as a reef tank for a year and a half and had an octopus for a little over a year then nothing but a Three-Spot Dascyllus for a little less than half a year, then crabs for a couple of weeks. The refugium was also established a few months after the reef tank was started.