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Hello everyone!

My name is Seth Solomon, I am a Java Developer from Colorado and I am considering moving to Austin. I am still addicted to this hobby as the day I started. I have been in the Hobby for 7 years. I am currently very active in the Colorado Reef club (MASC) and if I move down to Austin, I will be active here smile.png

As for my reefing preferences, I am a hardcore Metal Halide guy. I have tried LED's and T5's and I will never go back. My 120g is lit with 2x 250w Phoenix 14k bulbs and 160w of blue LED. I am also a control freak when it comes to my tank. I have each of my tanks ran with Apex controllers. Also, I love the Jebao wavemakers. Most bang for the buck you can get for flow.

My current tanks are a 120g mixed reef and currently setting up a 80g Coldwater reef.

Top 3 favorite fish: Midas Blenny, Rhomboid Wrasse, Lineautise Wrasse

and who doesn't love pics!

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and videos smile.png

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http://s795.photobucket.com/user/diablomaster9045/media/VID_20140527_152824_zpsivjfnmkv.mp4.html

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Welcome to the club Solomon! Great looking tank! Were you able to keep that basket star longterm? It looks awesome!

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Its actually a feather star. And he is doing awesome! I have had him for 9 months now. I have live phyto on an auto doser, so there is always phyto running in my tank.

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I love that you take time to explore the reef club as a metric of whether or by to move. You'll fit right in here. Recovering led addict here as well. Run 250w radium on a bio cube smile.png

Yup gotta know if the reef club is awesome! spiteful.gif Halides ALL THE WAY!!

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Farmer Ty's, LOL. way to confuse the poor new guy. oh, wait, the second and third on the google would get him there...amazing marketing ty. https://www.google.com/search?q=Farmer+Ty%27s+Austin+coral&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

I have never odered anything from FTs, i'm waiting for him to do another water change for the next round of sales. so, it may be 6-8 months. (Famer Ty = JeeperTy).

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I lived in Littleton for 5 years and I would have to give the edge to Austin as far as LFS go. AAF is coral only but they get some really high end stuff, The Dome is near me and has an incredible selection so that is my favorite. River city has a great selection as well and they seem to have more named SPS. Just my 2 cents but I also have t-5's and a hang on the back filter so that may tell you something.

Good to hear on the Jabao, do you have the RW or the older ones?

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I lived in Littleton for 5 years and I would have to give the edge to Austin as far as LFS go. AAF is coral only but they get some really high end stuff, The Dome is near me and has an incredible selection so that is my favorite. River city has a great selection as well and they seem to have more named SPS. Just my 2 cents but I also have t-5's and a hang on the back filter so that may tell you something.

Good to hear on the Jabao, do you have the RW or the older ones?

Rw-15's

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Welcome!

We've often talked of moving to Ft. Collins. I'd be curious to hear about the town.

Thanks!

Yah the fish stores in Fort Collins Suck... I either have to go down to Denver or hit up Josh Gonzalez (owns Gonzoscoralfrags.com)

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What's all this Tankfucious and Farmer Ty business!?

Austin Aqua Farms definitely has some nice high-end pieces. I like the fish selection at Aquadome, the great frag finds at RCA, the locally available high end additives/equipment at Aquatek, and the great random finds at Niko's (especially their LPS collection).

My own tank is in restocking mode after the great upgrade calamity of 2014! doh.gif

That feather star is awesome, and much respect for catering to its needs!

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Welcome! You'll have to fill us all in on your phyto set up. I just recently got a new tank up and running and am finally having success with SPS so far. I just picked 4 pieces from aqua farms. The blasto I got last week looks amazing. can't wait to get the new ones acclimated an in the tank.

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Welcome! You'll have to fill us all in on your phyto set up.

Thanks! My phyto setup is just 6x 3g glass carboys bubbling with a 100 lpm air pump. I have 6 different varieties of phyto. 3 green and 3 red. I will get some pictures tonight.

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