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This webpage is devoted to our FISH! Some people call it a hobby, others know it is an obsession. I have had the underwater
captive world virus since I was a child. Now, in my "adult" years, I can indulge my lifetime passion. This is the
aquarium system I've dreamed of (and researched and tinkered on) for years.
Our underwater aquatic system consists of four seperate marine aquariums, all interlinked together with
a simple connection of interweaved flexible tubing. This arrangement allows us the flexibility to have many types of sea creatures
in different biotopical tanks, while only having to maintain one system.
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This is the backroom. All of the stuff that goes along with having the ultimate reef (but isn't that cool to look at) goes
on in here. Testing, water changes and general tinkering go on in here.
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Through-out my reef-keeping life, I've always considered it a challenge to not be able to get to the back of the tank. Being
5 feet tall has it's drawbacks! Now, if a fish or frag is missing, it's easy to find and retrieve. Working on plumbing is
a breeze!
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The belly of our set-up: Our Reverse Daylight Refugium. Having the lights out during the day helps to stabilize the pH. We
house a small skimmer, 3 pumps, and 2 heaters here. All the overflows dump out of the water, so it's kinda noisy but there's
plenty of O2 returning to the main tanks.
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I think nutrition is the most important part of a healthy captive environment. We grow our own food because live food is
what our sea creatures eat in the ocean. Baby brine, ghost and Hawiian red shrimp, rotifers and phytoplanton all plentifully
grow here.
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