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scott t

scott t

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OK tested my water again My Ammonia looks to be at about 1.0 I would say and my Nitrites looks about maybe between 1 and 2 I would say. Using API kit.
 
1guydude

1guydude

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get a small CUC 1st imo....maybe some emeralds or something...
if u do get some hermits and emeralds...get some crab and lobster pellets! They love em, just dont feed em to much or theyll stop cleaning up!
just my .02
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3405988
get a small CUC 1st imo....maybe some emeralds or something...
if u do get some hermits and emeralds...get some crab and lobster pellets! They love em, just dont feed em to much or theyll stop cleaning up!
just my .02
That will def be my first additions to the tank, Some Emerals, a few Hermits, Snails. Then will come the fun part.
 
luvmyreef

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LOL. You jumped ahead and already bought your fish! Good for you. glad you are QTing them. And sorry, I am not a fan of emerald crabs. I had one that started to like zoas and yellow polyps. For corals, I agree that rics are nice. Orange ones are really cool. I also suggest Neon trumpet corals. They look good under any lights, and glow/fluoresce under actinics. You will like them. :)
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by luvmyreef http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3405995
LOL. You jumped ahead and already bought your fish! Good for you. glad you are QTing them. And sorry, I am not a fan of emerald crabs. I had one that started to like zoas and yellow polyps. For corals, I agree that rics are nice. Orange ones are really cool. I also suggest Neon trumpet corals. They look good under any lights, and glow/fluoresce under actinics. You will like them. :)
yeah, bought them Months ago. Got a deal on them got both for like $20.00 they said they were Clarkii, but they look more like Allards to me from the research I did after I bought them. They have been in the 29g QT for months and they are doing great. OH love the orange and rainbow rics. Yeah def going to have some Trumpet in the tank.
 
1guydude

1guydude

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really emeralds turned on u? Ive got 4 and they seem to respect my coral! I do feed em a treat of those pellets every now and again though!
BEWARE scott if u get some hermits (not a lot of people are fans of)....get some extra shells!
I would suggest some shrooms or zoos as ur 1st coral and maybe give ur system a couple months 1st!
Also i reccomend 10day waiting period between any additions....e.g. rock, cuc, coral, fish!
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3405999
really emeralds turned on u? Ive got 4 and they seem to respect my coral! I do feed em a treat of those pellets every now and again though!
BEWARE scott if u get some hermits (not a lot of people are fans of)....get some extra shells!
I would suggest some shrooms or zoos as ur 1st coral and maybe give ur system a couple months 1st!
Also i reccomend 10day waiting period between any additions....e.g. rock, cuc, coral, fish!I
I know all about the Hermits,. I am only going to get a few of them. Yeah I am going to take my time with this..
 
luvmyreef

luvmyreef

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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3405999
really emeralds turned on u? Ive got 4 and they seem to respect my coral! I do feed em a treat of those pellets every now and again though!
BEWARE scott if u get some hermits (not a lot of people are fans of)....get some extra shells!
I would suggest some shrooms or zoos as ur 1st coral and maybe give ur system a couple months 1st!
Also i reccomend 10day waiting period between any additions....e.g. rock, cuc, coral, fish!
I had bought one a long time ago for my 75g at the time. It had bubble algae. It made the bubble algae worse. It just busted them, and they spread. I would hand feed it algae sheets too, and one night it was sitting in the middle of my yellow colony polyps grabbing them up. I moved it away from them, and later it did the same to a patch of zoas. It also scraped my rock to where I had white marks all over it. It looked horrible. And I like hermits. I always had dwarf blue legged hermits, and they never bothered anything. Yes ,you need to get extra shells. Goodluck Scott, I will be following.
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by luvmyreef http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3406003
I had bought one a long time ago for my 75g at the time. It had bubble algae. It made the bubble algae worse. It just busted them, and they spread. I would hand feed it algae sheets too, and one night it was sitting in the middle of my yellow colony polyps grabbing them up. I moved it away from them, and later it did the same to a patch of zoas. It also scraped my rock to where I had white marks all over it. It looked horrible. And I like hermits. I always had dwarf blue legged hermits, and they never bothered anything. Yes ,you need to get extra shells. Goodluck Scott, I will be following.
Thanks, and I am looking forward to sharing this Journey with everyone here =)
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3406013
Good cuz we are watching! Not in a creepy kind of way....except BTL! SHE WILL HUNT U DOWN!

LOl yeah I was worried there I set it up on the last weekend that she gave me I am scared that if I didnt she was going to show up and my door and give me a right A** kicking.. lol
Yeah I am glad that I am getting to share this with all the people that have helped me..
 
scott t

scott t

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Well, Meowzer I revamped my Frag rack for the QT, so when I start getting some corals I cam QT them for a few days. I took your advice and made it smaller and more durable. I think that I will set the piece of live rock that I have in the QT on it for now until I can figure out how to weight it down or attack it to the tank. Here is a few Pics of it.


This was it before:
 
meowzer

meowzer

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LOL...so what are you gonna do with the pieces that come on rocks....
there won't be any fish in there that will toss them off is there????
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/382874/my-tank-build-diary/560#post_3407009
LOL...so what are you gonna do with the pieces that come on rocks....
there won't be any fish in there that will toss them off is there????
It is 6" wide and 10" tall Meowzer, and if I get one that is on a big rock I can lay it on its side lol. Well if my clowns will toss them around, because they are the only fish in the tank right now..
 
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