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180g Tank Build - 11 mos. and counting.

Equipment Summary
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180g Dual overflow display tank
DIY custom made hickory stand
DIY custom CREE LEDs over display/frag/fuge tanks
Reef Angel Controller
2 Vortech Echotech mp40w
GenX PCX 55HP
Reef Octopus Cat 2e with bubble blaster HY-5000S
Korallin Ca Reactor
65 gal fuge
10 gal frag tank
55 gal sump
2x 55 gal plastic drums for RO/DI salt mixing

Livestock Summary
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Purple Tang
Naso Tang
Foxface
Lawnmower Blenny
Pair of ?Onyx? percs
Blue Reef Chromis
Pair of Japanese Swallowtail Angels
3 Lyrtail Anthias
Carpenter Wrasse
Bluejaw Trigger

female CBS
mated pair cleaner shrimp
assorted snails
4 rose BTAs

  1. blennyman's Avatar

    One of the RBTAs decided to split yesterday.

    by
    blennyman
    , 11-05-2011 at 10:41 PM (180g Tank Build - 11 mos. and counting.)
    My tank has recently gone from 4 to 5 healthy specimens. I started with one RBTA about a year and a half ago. It was a large specimen at the LFS - I'd say 8-10" across. Within days of introducing it into my then 125 gal aquarium, it split into two smaller specimens. And they continued to grow until January this year when I introduced them into my 180g. Within hours of introduction, they both split again. I can almost certainly say that both occurrences of a split were survival splits ...
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