Surfdogs 75Gallon marine

**Surfdog** · 05-06-2011, 10:24 PM

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So gone are the Heaters, replaced with a 300W Hydor inline heater, IMO, tank looks much cleaner. The unit works great and is easier to control temperature.

I added a snowflake eel
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and a Racoon Butterfly
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as well as a White Ribbon eel, he is a good 2 feet long put pencil thin and increadable to see. It's a bit camera shy and i will get photo's when he comes out to feed next time.

I also added a twin T5 Hi output bridge light fixture (Coral Life) with a 10,000 and a Actinic bulb. Much better! I installed a 48" Black light bulb in the old single bulb fixture for night viewing. Cheap and works like a charm, the Eels come out to play. I am very happy at this point with the Tank, I spend hours just watchin, it is mezmarizing!

**Surfdog** · 05-11-2011, 06:28 PM

and heres the shy one!

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**Fisken-Fetus** · 06-13-2011, 03:46 PM

Super cool eels! Do you have any recent pictures?

**hockeyhead019** · 06-13-2011, 09:32 PM

Love the eels man! Tank looks great

**Surfdog** · 07-19-2011, 05:07 PM

So I ended up with the Red Slime! Easily cured and now prevented from re-occuring. I added a Submariner 13 Watt UV Sterilizer/clarifier. As I have no sump, it had to be placed in tank and hiding this behemoth is no easy task as i need to be able to observe the pilot light to see it is working. Luckily I had a piece of rock with a cave/tunnel that i can see the light through.

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Im still looking for that perfect piece to camoflage the top!

**Surfdog** · 07-22-2011, 11:10 PM

Wow, what a change from when I started. Gone are the in tank heaters, protein skimmer and some inhabitants re-homed. Added, lots' of rock, UV filter and several more powerheads. Originaly I stocked with a different end in mind, predators. Now, a FOWLR tank with some reef quality's. None are reef safe inhabitants, all are aggresive, but the tank feel's balanced to me and is somewhat peaceful until its' feeding time.

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This was taken when it 1st cycled

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Today

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The Tenants

My 3 eels, IMO, are the most facinating of my tanks inhabitants. The Allards interaction with thier Anemone is a close 2nd.

So for me, other than adding another eel in the near future, I am pretty happy with it. I am looking forward to my upcomming 220G Marine project and the myriad of problems we all face when starting something new