Ron's 24gal Nano Cube
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fcatch76
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Ronnie,
yes you are safe, mushrooms can touch each other. My mushrooms and rics are right next to one another. The rics even hit the zoas from time to time with no damage, just some competition for the light.
Posted my email on my thread for our ric discussion, just send me an email...
yes you are safe, mushrooms can touch each other. My mushrooms and rics are right next to one another. The rics even hit the zoas from time to time with no damage, just some competition for the light.
Posted my email on my thread for our ric discussion, just send me an email...
rebelprettyboy
Active Member
The mushroooms will outgrow everything else and get big!
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[ronnie]
Member
how is that
?..
also thank you spanko.. i will in the near future pick up a clam or two like the one you have in your avatar... i saw one for the first time the other day and i loved it.. i never understood why people got them until i saw one..
also my rics im very excited about as there are abuout 8-9 of them
my pulsing xenia wont open as well.. do you guys think its because its unhappy with its location?.. maybe much more current then it would like?.. its pulsing .. but not opening all the way..
also thank you spanko.. i will in the near future pick up a clam or two like the one you have in your avatar... i saw one for the first time the other day and i loved it.. i never understood why people got them until i saw one..
also my rics im very excited about as there are abuout 8-9 of them
my pulsing xenia wont open as well.. do you guys think its because its unhappy with its location?.. maybe much more current then it would like?.. its pulsing .. but not opening all the way..
whisk
Active Member
where is it located in your tank? maybe start it off with some medium flow.
found this online...
Xenia sp. corals can be very difficult to acclimate; in general, cultured specimens are hardier than wild harvested species. Predatory fish (e.g., Xenia-eating angelfish), crabs, snails, or the stings of other corals may damage the colony quite easily. Therefore, provide adequate space between them and sessile animals, especially other types of soft corals. Some may prefer to be on a vertical surface. They require a medium to high light level combined with a medium to strong water movement within the aquarium. They have difficulty reproducing in an aquarium, however, some experienced aquarists have taken a section from the mother colony and attached it to a hard substrate with epoxy, and had some success. For continued good health, they will require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.
They contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae from which they receive the majority of their nutritional requirements. Additional weekly feedings of micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates are also needed.
found this online...
Xenia sp. corals can be very difficult to acclimate; in general, cultured specimens are hardier than wild harvested species. Predatory fish (e.g., Xenia-eating angelfish), crabs, snails, or the stings of other corals may damage the colony quite easily. Therefore, provide adequate space between them and sessile animals, especially other types of soft corals. Some may prefer to be on a vertical surface. They require a medium to high light level combined with a medium to strong water movement within the aquarium. They have difficulty reproducing in an aquarium, however, some experienced aquarists have taken a section from the mother colony and attached it to a hard substrate with epoxy, and had some success. For continued good health, they will require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.
They contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae from which they receive the majority of their nutritional requirements. Additional weekly feedings of micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates are also needed.
spanko
Active Member
Originally Posted by [Ronnie]
http:///forum/post/2912414
how is that
?..
also thank you spanko.. i will in the near future pick up a clam or two like the one you have in your avatar... i saw one for the first time the other day and i loved it.. i never understood why people got them until i saw one..
also my rics im very excited about as there are abuout 8-9 of them
my pulsing xenia wont open as well.. do you guys think its because its unhappy with its location?.. maybe much more current then it would like?.. its pulsing .. but not opening all the way..
Too much flow will inhibit the pulsing.
http:///forum/post/2912414
how is that
also thank you spanko.. i will in the near future pick up a clam or two like the one you have in your avatar... i saw one for the first time the other day and i loved it.. i never understood why people got them until i saw one..
also my rics im very excited about as there are abuout 8-9 of them
my pulsing xenia wont open as well.. do you guys think its because its unhappy with its location?.. maybe much more current then it would like?.. its pulsing .. but not opening all the way..
Too much flow will inhibit the pulsing.
[ronnie]
Member
its actually in an area fairly high in the tank so it is getting MID-HIGH light.. as far as the area its at, its not getting NUTSSSSSS flow, however it is getting DECENT...
as far as iodine? I have not done that.. how does that work?.. is this just regular Iodine?..
edit: just googeld it... Kent Marine Iodine work fine?.. ill try it out. Hoe often are you guys dosing your tank with this stuff?
as far as iodine? I have not done that.. how does that work?.. is this just regular Iodine?..
edit: just googeld it... Kent Marine Iodine work fine?.. ill try it out. Hoe often are you guys dosing your tank with this stuff?
[ronnie]
Member
yeah i just saw this as well...
An iodine shortage can become a problem in a reef aquarium when there is a large presence of corals and algae coupled with the use of a protein skimmer and ozonizer. Since some of these take up and utilize iodine it may get depleted. Low iodine levels may cause molting problems in crustaceans and may reduce activity levels for other invertebrates. Iodine levels should be kept at .05ppm. In your case you don't have to worry about the addition of iodine( unless you have an ozonizer). Very little is lost in the protein skimming and your tank is not so heavily stocked that it requires it. The salt mix you use already contains iodine and by simply doing partial water changes you replenish it. Some species of xenia will actually react to the addition of iodine as if it were poison and some seem to thrive on it. If you end up adding too much iodine that could be toxic to your tank. If all is doing well then I would leave well enough alone. If you feel you must use some sort of additive I would suggest Kent Essential Elements. This may put your worries at ease. It contains trace amounts of calcium, iodine, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum and potassium. You use it every one to two weeks depending on amount of partials done and is used at about 1ml per ten gallons. You can also do more frequent partial water changes to replenish trace minerals as well. Hope that helped!
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i do weekly water changes/and am NOT running a protien skimmer so i think i should be fine.
An iodine shortage can become a problem in a reef aquarium when there is a large presence of corals and algae coupled with the use of a protein skimmer and ozonizer. Since some of these take up and utilize iodine it may get depleted. Low iodine levels may cause molting problems in crustaceans and may reduce activity levels for other invertebrates. Iodine levels should be kept at .05ppm. In your case you don't have to worry about the addition of iodine( unless you have an ozonizer). Very little is lost in the protein skimming and your tank is not so heavily stocked that it requires it. The salt mix you use already contains iodine and by simply doing partial water changes you replenish it. Some species of xenia will actually react to the addition of iodine as if it were poison and some seem to thrive on it. If you end up adding too much iodine that could be toxic to your tank. If all is doing well then I would leave well enough alone. If you feel you must use some sort of additive I would suggest Kent Essential Elements. This may put your worries at ease. It contains trace amounts of calcium, iodine, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum and potassium. You use it every one to two weeks depending on amount of partials done and is used at about 1ml per ten gallons. You can also do more frequent partial water changes to replenish trace minerals as well. Hope that helped!
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i do weekly water changes/and am NOT running a protien skimmer so i think i should be fine.
subielover
Active Member
Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2912030
The mushroooms will outgrow everything else and get big!
Originally Posted by [Ronnie]
http:///forum/post/2912414
how is that
?..
Simply put mushrooms will eventually take up nice real estate that a "nicer" coral could have occupied. That is the reason why I do not have a single mushroom, although I will be getting rics soon
http:///forum/post/2912030
The mushroooms will outgrow everything else and get big!
Originally Posted by [Ronnie]
http:///forum/post/2912414
how is that
Simply put mushrooms will eventually take up nice real estate that a "nicer" coral could have occupied. That is the reason why I do not have a single mushroom, although I will be getting rics soon
fcatch76
Member
Originally Posted by [Ronnie]
http:///forum/post/2913066
its actually in an area fairly high in the tank so it is getting MID-HIGH light.. as far as the area its at, its not getting NUTSSSSSS flow, however it is getting DECENT...
I always wondered the best and most accurate way to describe flow......Ronnie, I think you just solved my mystery...
...that was some funny --- ----. Thanks!!
http:///forum/post/2913066
its actually in an area fairly high in the tank so it is getting MID-HIGH light.. as far as the area its at, its not getting NUTSSSSSS flow, however it is getting DECENT...
I always wondered the best and most accurate way to describe flow......Ronnie, I think you just solved my mystery...
nano-newb1983
Active Member
LOL!!!
Anyways, ron i hooked up the RO unit and its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy. Get one now!!!
Anyways, ron i hooked up the RO unit and its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy. Get one now!!!
[ronnie]
Member
hahaha shutuppp fcatch
.. trying my best here to explain haha..
nano, damn man really?.. grrrrrr i serously need to if you see the amount of water that evaps from my tank.. every week im goingt o be at the LFS getting 8 gals of water like i have been.. or every week and a half.. lol it sucks...
walked in today with a new problem... so yesterday one of my rocks was pretty much on top of one of my other purple mushrooms.. it wasnt fully covering it but id say 1/4 of the purple mushroom was coverd by my ric.. today when i came in.. that 25% looks deteriorated/dead... the mushroom is fine besides the fact that 25% of it looks all depreciated. hmm?
nano, damn man really?.. grrrrrr i serously need to if you see the amount of water that evaps from my tank.. every week im goingt o be at the LFS getting 8 gals of water like i have been.. or every week and a half.. lol it sucks...
walked in today with a new problem... so yesterday one of my rocks was pretty much on top of one of my other purple mushrooms.. it wasnt fully covering it but id say 1/4 of the purple mushroom was coverd by my ric.. today when i came in.. that 25% looks deteriorated/dead... the mushroom is fine besides the fact that 25% of it looks all depreciated. hmm?
nano-newb1983
Active Member
it is a pain getting water from LFS all the time, that why i got my unit. Sooooooo glad i dont need to buy water anymore lol
nano-newb1983
Active Member
order one now!!!! you wont regret!! Im thinking i also might get an Automatic top off unit.
freeborder_01
Member
about the mushroom that got smashed, give it time, they are pretty hardy and it should heal itself...i mean if you can cut them like 6 ways and they all heal im sure the damage will go away with time.