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well ... I finally crossed over to salt .... Got my 90 gallon up and running .... It's nicely loaded with ... The 90 has been up about 5 or 6 weeks ... maybe 7 ... it's a blur It's got about 85 pounds of mostly Kaliani LR with a few hunks of Tonga mixed in and a 100 plus pounds of gravel under it is a 20 gallon sump filtered with socks ansd also a protein skimmer. it's got a single corner overflow and lit up with a Compaq PC with lunar lights (for now) Current Fish: Naso Tang Yell… Continue

The twists and turns of life bring us to this moment in time with the things we have to work with ... Such is the way it is with my reef experience .... The powers that be have been resisting the course which has presented it's intriguing face to me ... Fortunately; it has finally receded to it's shadows ... and now before me sits a bunch of reef salt in my 90 gallon tank with about 75 pounds of live rock and 5 pounds of base rock :-)) and 90 pounds of some sort of sand which has turned my wa… Continue

In the beginning was Fresh Water ... ... and it was good! Then .......

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As of June 30th, 2007 I am now splashing in a total of 315 gallons of water with the addition of a 210 gallon tank!

The former 56 gallon FW tank will be switched over to a Reef Tank over the next couple months .... spent too much on the 210!

Of course with a new tank comes new occupants ....

Ever hear of a Red Bay Snook? They are a neat yellow colored cichlid ... this is what they look like!

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It seems to me that Local Fish Stores fail to properly train their staff in fish identification and the basic requirements these fish have.

For the laughs here are some photo's on my website of a fish that was sold as a Rhino Pleco (the white one on this page is an Albino Bristle Nose Pleco)

http://www.webwholesaler.com/AquariumFish/index.htm
when I was told this was a Rhino I said it looks like a Bristle Nos…

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