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Originally Posted by oceana zoas grow out from the edge. as for which direction they will go is up to the flow and lighting. but in general it will go otu on all sides. as for two different types this can be done but in most cases one or the other will take over the other. as for acclimation i...

I've got a 65 gallon with 3 turbos, 10 astraea and 10 red leg hermits. After my tank cycled I had the hair algea and I believe between the turbo snails and astraea snails the hair algea disappered. Most of the growth in my tank was on the back glass where crabs can't get to. I also cut back...

Originally Posted by oceana the zoas can be out of water for quite some time with no ill effect. i take the frag and the rock i want and take them out of the tanks. i use a towel of some sort and dry the to conecting areas the best i can and then apply the gel to both sides. i wait 30 second or...

Originally Posted by oceana use regular old super glue gel. GELL being the key word. or use two part. putty epoxy if the frags a rock big enough I guess that means I need to remove the LR that I want to propogate from my DT and wait for the gel or epoxy to set-up before placing them back into...

Thought of one more question. After the dip do you just attach the frags to the LR you want them to propogate with a zip tie?

Thanks for all the help!

Originally Posted by RiDoMart I dip all my corals in Lugo's, especially zoo's. If from the wild, they might have those spiders & if you get them they are hard to get rid of. Only dip 1 coral in a dip solution, sometimes the coral leaves something in the solution that hurts the next coral. I...

Originally Posted by puffer32 I don't QT corals, but i fresh water dip them to kill any bad critters that may have tagged along. So...when you dip them do you just have a bucket of fresh water, submerse the corals in that bucket and quickly pull them out...kind of like what you do with a credit...

Thanks for the responses so far. As for the salt mix I am using, currently going with regular Tropic Marin, not the reef mix. I have good lighting, Current Nova Extreme, only running for 5 hours a day now as I was having a few algea outbreaks. Seems liek it is under control now though. Once...

I've had my tank set-up for slightly over 2 months now and am anxious to put something other then inverts in it. Finally set-up my QT so I anticipate being able to fish in 3 - 6 weeks depending on how long it takes the QT to cycle. Anyway, here are my questions: 1. Should I wait for my tank to...

It was just a molt! I found the crab hiding under the LR. Thanks for the help.

When I came home and looked in my tank I saw my emerald crab's shell...at least I am hoping it was just the shell, on top of a piece of LR. If it was, in fact, molting I'm guessing that it went somewhere to hide until it's shell hardened. How long does that process usually take? Is there a...

This may be dumb, but those little pieces you cut off will grow into a large coral like the one you cut them from? How long does it usually take for that to happen? As you can tell I haven't even begun to research the coral side of marine life, but this is wild!

Originally Posted by addicted2 oh I think your rockwork will really show off zoos..they'll grow right up the branches..that is what I wanted and I have done...I put the zoos against my branches and they are growing to it now....now if I could just get my Bubble tip to come out front! He's...

Originally Posted by addicted2 very interesting rockwork! I like it! I appreciate that. Might not be the best, but I kinda like it too...it's a little different! Probably need some more LR, but don't know if that will happen, at least not anytime soon. The one good thing is that there are...

Just checked out the midas blenny on SWF.com...what a neat looking fish...definitely worth considering. I'm hoping my QT is cycled within 3 weeks, so I do have some time to fine tune my list and figure out which fish to add first. Appreciate all the input!

Originally Posted by puffer32 Yes i do know. So yeah, lots of posts, but you have to remember, alot of these posters are newbies just like you, looking for advice instead of giving it. Also, threads only stay around page 1 for a short time, and may be overlooked by a person who could really help...

Originally Posted by murph145 hey looks like a good list... just becareful even fuzzy lions like mine can and will eat smaller fish if they dont get feed enough.... its hard to say which should stay and go in order to make ur tank needs.... just take alook and see what u like mostly Thanks...

MichaelTX...Thanks again. Now I need to think about incorporating a lionfish into my plans.

Originally Posted by puffer32 Well maybe some people, like me don't have the answers for you. Would you want a person with no experience in the fish list answer you just so you get an answer to your thread? I read your post, but declined to add anything because though i have been into SW for...