Updated Pics, 24g Nano
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reefernana
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Originally Posted by PerfectDark
Sweet pic man... I love that coral.. I want to get one.. I have been debating it for a while because I dont want the hassel of spot feeding it. But it looks awesome, i think im gonna get one.
They're really not that hard Perfect. Since I started feeding cyclopeeze to the tank a couple of weeks ago at 6pm every other day, it starts to open, an hour later i turn off the main lights and just leave on the blue lights and then an hour later I feed just the sun some mysis mixed with a little more cyclopeeze. It's been really liking this schedule. An hour after they eat I turn the day lights on again and they are fat and happy. I just baste them with the turkey baster, and then my peppermint is all over it trying to get the leftover's............lol!
Sweet pic man... I love that coral.. I want to get one.. I have been debating it for a while because I dont want the hassel of spot feeding it. But it looks awesome, i think im gonna get one.
They're really not that hard Perfect. Since I started feeding cyclopeeze to the tank a couple of weeks ago at 6pm every other day, it starts to open, an hour later i turn off the main lights and just leave on the blue lights and then an hour later I feed just the sun some mysis mixed with a little more cyclopeeze. It's been really liking this schedule. An hour after they eat I turn the day lights on again and they are fat and happy. I just baste them with the turkey baster, and then my peppermint is all over it trying to get the leftover's............lol!
digitydash
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Originally Posted by peef
Thanks alot, I am trying to put in as large of a variety as I can. Getting ready to order a bunch of mushrooms as soon as SWF re-ups their inventory.
wouldn't buy alot of mushroom they multiply fast buy one of each color u want and let it grow.They will over take your tank.They look nice though,but can be a pain to.
Thanks alot, I am trying to put in as large of a variety as I can. Getting ready to order a bunch of mushrooms as soon as SWF re-ups their inventory.
wouldn't buy alot of mushroom they multiply fast buy one of each color u want and let it grow.They will over take your tank.They look nice though,but can be a pain to.
peef
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Originally Posted by digitydash
wouldn't buy alot of mushroom they multiply fast buy one of each color u want and let it grow.They will over take your tank.They look nice though,but can be a pain to.
Cool thanks for the info, that will save me money as well. I was just surfing around and saw a ricordia yuma for sale on another site for a whopping 199.99 EACH!!!!!!! I think I will stick with SWF forever!
OH OH OH OH TWO PAGES TWO PAGES !!!!!!!!!
wouldn't buy alot of mushroom they multiply fast buy one of each color u want and let it grow.They will over take your tank.They look nice though,but can be a pain to.
Cool thanks for the info, that will save me money as well. I was just surfing around and saw a ricordia yuma for sale on another site for a whopping 199.99 EACH!!!!!!! I think I will stick with SWF forever!
OH OH OH OH TWO PAGES TWO PAGES !!!!!!!!!
perfectdark
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Hey peef very nice indeed the MH make a world of difference.. Looks awesome..
For most all corals you should be testing for calcium, and alkalinity at bare minimum. Calc @ 400 to 450 ppm is ideal and alk @ 280. PH @ 8.2 to 8.4 and testing that is a must in all circumstances along with nitrates.. there is alot more to test for but if you do weekly water changes and your corals look full and healthy its prob not a necessity. Seeing as though a 15% water change in your tank will replace most all of your essential trace elements, I have found that dosing isnt necessary. Iodine, stronium are a couple more that corals use to help them stay healthy and propogate growth. But again I havent to date needed to test for any of those as my corals seem to be growing and doing well. I already fragged my torch coral.. my colt coral fragged a piece on its own.. and my shrooms and zoas are every where.
My zoas started to spread within 2 weeks of having them in my tank. Shrooms took a bit longer but in a month I had a few super reds starting to grow. Ric's from what i am told take the longest and is prob a factor along with color variation as to why they seem to be more expensive.
For most all corals you should be testing for calcium, and alkalinity at bare minimum. Calc @ 400 to 450 ppm is ideal and alk @ 280. PH @ 8.2 to 8.4 and testing that is a must in all circumstances along with nitrates.. there is alot more to test for but if you do weekly water changes and your corals look full and healthy its prob not a necessity. Seeing as though a 15% water change in your tank will replace most all of your essential trace elements, I have found that dosing isnt necessary. Iodine, stronium are a couple more that corals use to help them stay healthy and propogate growth. But again I havent to date needed to test for any of those as my corals seem to be growing and doing well. I already fragged my torch coral.. my colt coral fragged a piece on its own.. and my shrooms and zoas are every where.
My zoas started to spread within 2 weeks of having them in my tank. Shrooms took a bit longer but in a month I had a few super reds starting to grow. Ric's from what i am told take the longest and is prob a factor along with color variation as to why they seem to be more expensive.
sepulatian
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Hey peef. What did you do with the hihat when you learned how big it gets? Your tank looks so great!!!! I am realy impressed!
peef
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Thanks alot I appreciate that. I gave the highhat to my friend who had a 65 gallon, he then promptly ate all the small fish in his tank. I was getting ready to move it to a 450g I help take care of but he swam into my friends intake for his powerhead and didn't make it back out.
He was a really cool looking fish, I like the Highhats alot. But the are not reef safe so he left my tank and now he is in that big pristine reef in the clouds.....heh
He was a really cool looking fish, I like the Highhats alot. But the are not reef safe so he left my tank and now he is in that big pristine reef in the clouds.....heh
peef
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My sun coral is finally totally happy and loving life!!!
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My anemone is also loving the new MH light although this is a night picture.
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My wife took this photo and wanted to show it so here it is.
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My anemone is also loving the new MH light although this is a night picture.
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peef
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Hammer coral is liking the new light also
Ricordias are making a home
So at lunch today I came home and saw a huge chunk of something stuck on my brain coral....turns out that it was a chunk of herring that I had fed my anemone. Brain coral was munching it down. At most 15 minutes later the entire chunk was in the brain.
Ricordias are making a home
So at lunch today I came home and saw a huge chunk of something stuck on my brain coral....turns out that it was a chunk of herring that I had fed my anemone. Brain coral was munching it down. At most 15 minutes later the entire chunk was in the brain.
