dejaco
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Okay 210 gallon system been up and running just over a year.
I have a few zoo's and mushrooms so far. I want to add something other than more zoo's and shrooms. Reading everything I can I find hammers, frogspawn, and pipe organ corals are all supposed to be relatively hardy and easy. BUT I have come across 2 different authors who mention all three do not ship well. Have any of you experience with this? Also any suggestions on corals to add for looks.
Currently 210 g display with 45 g sump
2 - 250 watt Xm 10000 K MH
2 - 160 watt VHO actinic white
2 - Sieo M1100 powerheads
4 - Maxijet 1200 phs
300 lbs live rock
4 - 6 inches of sand
Chiller 1/3 hp Titanium (set at 79' F)
Sump has blue filter pads, 2 Magnum 350 cannisters running carbon, Corallife
Needlewheel skimmer (rated for 250 g), 2 heaters forat nite, 2 quiet one 6000
return pumps, and a larrge amount of chaeto algae growing.
Corals so far -
Starburst, candy cane, button polyps, pulsing xenia, pink & lavender zoo's, red mushrooms, and open brain (trachyphylla). Everything has been ok, even fragged a few.
It's time to fill'er up.
Thinking of 4 more brightly colored zoo's, striped mushrooms (blue striped & green striped), yellow button polyps, another candycane, pipe organ, hammer,
and frog spawn. Suggestion welcome.
Parameters stable and as follows - (Instant ocean mix)
79' F - SG = 1.024 - Ca = 400 to 440 - Alk = 220 to 240 ppm CaCO3 (11.4 dKH) - Am, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate all Zero. Kents Turbo calcium and Superbuffer dKH mixed with each monthly water change. Reef Complete used weekly. Okay thats the system in a nutshell so looking for thought and suggestions - lfs has very little selection next closet is 130 miles away so catalog is my best bet.
I have a few zoo's and mushrooms so far. I want to add something other than more zoo's and shrooms. Reading everything I can I find hammers, frogspawn, and pipe organ corals are all supposed to be relatively hardy and easy. BUT I have come across 2 different authors who mention all three do not ship well. Have any of you experience with this? Also any suggestions on corals to add for looks.
Currently 210 g display with 45 g sump
2 - 250 watt Xm 10000 K MH
2 - 160 watt VHO actinic white
2 - Sieo M1100 powerheads
4 - Maxijet 1200 phs
300 lbs live rock
4 - 6 inches of sand
Chiller 1/3 hp Titanium (set at 79' F)
Sump has blue filter pads, 2 Magnum 350 cannisters running carbon, Corallife
Needlewheel skimmer (rated for 250 g), 2 heaters forat nite, 2 quiet one 6000
return pumps, and a larrge amount of chaeto algae growing.
Corals so far -
Starburst, candy cane, button polyps, pulsing xenia, pink & lavender zoo's, red mushrooms, and open brain (trachyphylla). Everything has been ok, even fragged a few.
It's time to fill'er up.
Thinking of 4 more brightly colored zoo's, striped mushrooms (blue striped & green striped), yellow button polyps, another candycane, pipe organ, hammer,
and frog spawn. Suggestion welcome.
Parameters stable and as follows - (Instant ocean mix)
79' F - SG = 1.024 - Ca = 400 to 440 - Alk = 220 to 240 ppm CaCO3 (11.4 dKH) - Am, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate all Zero. Kents Turbo calcium and Superbuffer dKH mixed with each monthly water change. Reef Complete used weekly. Okay thats the system in a nutshell so looking for thought and suggestions - lfs has very little selection next closet is 130 miles away so catalog is my best bet.