My First SW Tank 24 Gal Aquapod
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blazin2k6
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I dont think you will overfeed your tank. I feed mine about 2 or 3 times a week, Sometimes just once and half of the polyps dont get food cause of the shrimps but i try my best to get some mysis to each polyp. But they seem to have been doing just great the way i have been feeding them and ive had them for several months now 
I am very happy with them but i was so irritated to learn i had to feed each entire head at first but its all good now. I hope to add more rock into this tank tomorrow to make it look more full and nice for the fish to swim around in and everything. I got two nice pieces on hold full of Coralline algae, But just two days ago i bought a nice rock with mushrooms on it and was coverered in coralline and my Urchin took care of all that algae in less than a day. Now my rock just looks like a normal grey rock
I am very happy with them but i was so irritated to learn i had to feed each entire head at first but its all good now. I hope to add more rock into this tank tomorrow to make it look more full and nice for the fish to swim around in and everything. I got two nice pieces on hold full of Coralline algae, But just two days ago i bought a nice rock with mushrooms on it and was coverered in coralline and my Urchin took care of all that algae in less than a day. Now my rock just looks like a normal grey rock
blazin2k6
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Ok so i changed some of my rocks around in my tank a bit and i also finally added some much need LR. WOOT WOOT. I think it looks so much more full and wonderful now and my orchid dottyback seems to be loving all the new caves and nice crevices to swim around in and have fun with. And i know my urchin is just going to love to go after all that new coralline algae on the new rocks. AHHH I Am seriously debating on getting rid of this urchin and taking it to the lfs. Look at how pretty these rocks are today and i will show some pics in two days and i bet all the coralline will be gone and my rocks will turn grey again.
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kat74
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Yay for adding more LR!~ Looks nice!
I would definately get rid of the urchin. Not worth losing all of that awesome coralline algae.
How are your paly's doing now? My zoas in my 29 seem to be mysteriously disappearing for some reason...
I would definately get rid of the urchin. Not worth losing all of that awesome coralline algae.
How are your paly's doing now? My zoas in my 29 seem to be mysteriously disappearing for some reason...
blazin2k6
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yayyyy. See the babies on my duncan ? WOOT WOOT. got 3 small babies coming out from the bottom of it
So cool and exciting. Seems to be only coral doing pretty good in this tank. MY sUN coral finally started eating again. On the backside it is starting to die away seem like It hasnt been opening much lately so i havent been able to feed it like i had been doing. But the last few days it has been eating nice big mysis shrimp
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rsweetpea
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I love sun corals! Great pic of him eating.
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kat74
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AWESOME pic of the sun coral eating!!
It looks very healthy to me...
doesn't appear to be dying?
Don'tcha just LOVE duncans??? So glad to see that yours is sproutin' some babies!
Great pic update!!~
Don'tcha just LOVE duncans??? So glad to see that yours is sproutin' some babies!
Great pic update!!~
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kat74
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Originally Posted by Blazin2k6
http:///forum/post/2637884
Thanks kim for the comments I appreciate it alot. And yes duncans are a cool coral indeed. Mine has been a very slow grower but its all good. It seems to like the large mysis shrimp though. What do you feed yours ?
When I feed my fish, most of the time, the duncan's tentacles will catch food as it floats by. After my fish eat, if I see a head that isn't all balled up eating, I will put some food in a syringe and squirt it at each mouth and the tentacles will immediately close up around it. I feed a mixture of frozen mysis, brine plus, marine cuisine and arcti pods, soaked in garlic plus, AminOmega vitamins and zooplex. My duncan's are voracious eaters and have great feeding responses - very sticky tentacles. I make sure to spot feed them at least 3 times a week.
They seem to be pretty fast growers, especially if they are fed.
Don't know where in the world I'm going to move them to when they get bigger.
http:///forum/post/2637884
Thanks kim for the comments
I appreciate it alot. And yes duncans are a cool coral indeed. Mine has been a very slow grower but its all good. It seems to like the large mysis shrimp though. What do you feed yours ?When I feed my fish, most of the time, the duncan's tentacles will catch food as it floats by. After my fish eat, if I see a head that isn't all balled up eating, I will put some food in a syringe and squirt it at each mouth and the tentacles will immediately close up around it. I feed a mixture of frozen mysis, brine plus, marine cuisine and arcti pods, soaked in garlic plus, AminOmega vitamins and zooplex. My duncan's are voracious eaters and have great feeding responses - very sticky tentacles. I make sure to spot feed them at least 3 times a week.
Don't know where in the world I'm going to move them to when they get bigger.
blazin2k6
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Lando101 thanks for looking at the thread. Yes i did trade my urchin into my lfs because it was eating away all my coralline algae. They are completely reef safe and i loved the little critter since he was kinda a hitchhiker on my lr and was a baby. it crawled out of a tiny crevice in the lr , i didnt know what the thing was at first but yeah i had to get rid of him cuz he was eating away all the pretty purple algae on my rocks. And yes they are reef safe. do you have a thread?