frag tank diary

edizzle

edizzle

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I tore down my 12g aquapod about 4 months ago and now I wanted to try a small frag tank.

I went to Lowes and tried to find some egg crate and the workers there had no idea what I was talking about (I hate Lowes). I went down the road to HomeDepot and foud it immediatly!
Here are a few pics...
and please feel free to give advice
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edizzle

edizzle

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Im picking up some LR tomarow. Should I crcuh the LR into smaller chunks and keep it at the bottom? Maybe lay a small sandbed down and them the rocks in the middle? I was also thinking about keeping some sort of fish(just one) and a shrimp.
 
worrballer

worrballer

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lol sounds like you want a nano tank.
If you are starting a frag tank you don't need any rocks or sand in the display.
You could break the rocks into rubble and put it in one of the back chambers for filtration. Maybe a peppermint shrimp or cleaner shrimp for parasites (I'm not too sure about that thought).
Get a nano skimmer 'cause you'll want to feed the corals tons of microvert food and additives for growth.
 
edizzle

edizzle

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Well it took me a little longer than I thought but I got some LR.
I decided to place some LS and LR at the bottom of the tank. It only took about 3 weeks to cycle and everything looks great.
I have added a yellow tail damsel and a pistol shrimp (my buddy hated the clicking noise so he gave it to me) to the tank. I also added 3 hermits and 1 turbo
An emerald crab, star fish and black cuc came with the LR. Lucky me?

Please tell me what you think.
Is the rack to high? Should I add more than just Cal/Alk




 
edizzle

edizzle

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Some sort of red sponge that came witht he LR. I also took some Green Star pollups from my buddy and I also bought 4 zoa pollups from my LFS,,,they were so small I can't tell what kind they are.
Does anyone think that they are too close to the top? Will it hurt?
 
worrballer

worrballer

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If it is the stock PC lights I think it'll be fine.
One suggestion: Maybe make a 2 or 3 layered rack so you can have varying degrees of light for the corals.
Also I heard that sponges don't like like. But I'd look into that more, I'm not to sure. It is looking good though!
 
edizzle

edizzle

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I took the advice and I made a layered rack a couple a days ago. I also went to a new LFS I never saw before and got a good price for a trumpet, and small zoa colonies that fell of there mother colony in the DT.
I'll post some pictures when I get home. I might actually get some more frags tonight...when I do Ill post the pics.
Does any one have any information for me?
Is the water flow ok? maxi 900
 
nissan577

nissan577

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the flow is fine and i really dont think so. your frags seem fine. why do you add another rack for more frags?
like bottom for softies and top for LPS?
 
edizzle

edizzle

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Ya I just wanted a little diversity. Just in case a coral was being picky now I can give it two options. I actually just got some new zoas some star polyps and a kenya tree...Ill post pics after I coook my wife some dinner...CRAB LEGS BABY!!!
 
aquaguy24

aquaguy24

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Mmmmm. My fav. A nice ribeye and some king crab legs or a lobster tail. Btw nice frag tank. I might need to build one soon.
 
edizzle

edizzle

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Here are the pics of the new frags. Nothing fancy just some green and watermellon zoa...I actually got some new zoas today but I dont know what they are. I got 2 polyps that are bright orange and the others are almost purple with dark pink outside (there closed up). I also got soem green star polyps and the kenya tree today....


 
edizzle

edizzle

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pretty crappy pics but thast the best I can do right now.
Does anyone know about kenya trees? The one I got, for $4 i might add, looks kinnda big and looks like it can be fragged. Any thoughts?
 
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