Xcali1985 80 Gallon Reef

xcali1985

xcali1985

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Added: Green Feathered Starfish
Praying for success, done a lot of research on this one, however, i know all starfish have a low survival rate in captivity, so im hoping to at least get a year out of him.
 
pirates

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Nice job keep up the good work looks great love the frog and brain corals what kind of corals is that in the right top side
 
xcali1985

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please point out what picture you are talking about. Even load it in MS Paint and circle it in red and ill list it.
 
xcali1985

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I have had her for 6 months no real signs of growth though. It's weird because that probably the only thing in the tank that hadn't grown.
 
xcali1985

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ADDED: Canary Blenny
Probably going to add 3 more fish over the next two months, two Dragonets and something else, has to be fast swimmer though i like them in and out of the rocks like my sixline. Any ideas?
 
mproctor4

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Originally Posted by Xcali1985
http:///forum/post/3275524
ADDED: Canary Blenny
Probably going to add 3 more fish over the next two months, two Dragonets and something else, has to be fast swimmer though i like them in and out of the rocks like my sixline. Any ideas?
We have a neon dottyback that is colorful, fun to watch, and gets along with everyone. She moves alot like our six line wrasse. Moves in and out of the rocks. I've heard they can be aggressive but we have had good luck with her and the six line. We have not added anything with a similar body type since adding her, I'm sure that is the key. She does however occassionally pick on our hermit crabs. All of the sudden you will see a crab pulled out of their shell being flung accross the tank. She is one of my favorite fish in the tank.
That is a great picture of your brain! It looks very healthy. We thought ours was doing great until recently. Any tips you have on caring for yours? We have had it approx. 3 months and looked great until just a few days ago, the skeleton is now exposed. Started small and spread quickly. We thought maybe it was getting too much flow, but now I'm not so sure. We were able to finally hand feed it 2 days ago and it looks some better (at least not worse). Do you have any idea if it will regenerate tissue once some of the skeleton in the middle is exposed? We are still new to corals.
Any updates on your feather star? What are you feeding it? So far, so good with ours.
 
xcali1985

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Had a bi-color Dotty don't think im going to go down that road again. As far as your brain, well I feed mine, oyster eggs with a mix of rotifiers. I also dose my tank with Reef Snow. One capful every other day.
The Feathered Star seems to be doing ok, hes migrated to the back of my tank and stays closed up most of the day. I took a video of him but haven't "youtubed" it yet. But I would try different locations with your tank for the brain and try killing pumps and allow food to sit right on top of it. It will open up and catch it.
Ive read that there are LPS pellets that they love especially ones that are doing badly. I personally only move mine when its night or early morning so that its closed up. Plus I always use gloves to touch corals. Oils on your hands can burn them.
 
mproctor4

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Thanks for the info about the brain! I didn't know about the oils in your hands burning corals. We have moved it a couple of times to get it into an area with less flow, but we have used bare hands. We got it from a friend who had it several months and we've had it about 3 months. Neither of us have ever seen it open up (tenacles come out). Small pieces of meat have sat on it for hours and it never took it in. It does open it's mouths occasionally, that is how we fed it last time--stuck a piece of shrimp in the middle of the mouth with hemostats. It did take that, but it took alot of patients. We also feed rotifers, reef snow, and coral frenzy. Ours is a peachy/white color. I love the red in your!!!! I'm definately going to look into the LPS pellets, never noticed them at our LFS.
I keep waiting for the feather star to head to the back of the tank and stay there. So far it has stayed front and center, it seems to like the current there. I'd love to see a video of yours. I actually got a half way decent video but have never posted on utube--one of these days I'll try to figure it out. Ours stays closed up most of the time in the day also. It seems to "wake up" every evening about 9pm regardless of the light being on our not. It is like it has an internal alarm clock. Hubbie saw it swim for the first time, of coarse I wasn't there. aaagghhh. I still like watching it just walk around the tank.
Was you bicolored dotty aggressive or just not a fish you enjoyed?
Just an FYI, if you can look in the mouth of your brain with a magnifying glass--it has teeth! It's cool.
 
xcali1985

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Did not know about the teeth. Current position would be hard to look at. Mine seems to do fine with my current mix but I may try flesh soon.
Best of luck with your brain. Everyone loves mine and it's one of the first things that they notice. I think I'll add another one if it has a lot of colors in it. Right now my LSF is remodeling and hasn't ordered corals in about a month. And the selection they have is low and weak. Just basic popular stuff.
I find my brain likes moderate flow and nothing near it however I found out that if you put it directly on the san it will actually move across the sand over the course of a few days until it is happy. Try that if finding a perch spot isn't enough. Also are you taking it from t5s to MHs that could also be a bleaching reason. Most corals can recover from flesh loss with time and care.
I read a Yale study about 4 months ago that stated they have significant coral growth with higher salinity levels. I run mine around .027 as much as possible and monitor it daily.
 
xcali1985

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ADDED: Purple Candy Canes
Ended up being a rescue from the LFS as they were dying due to the extreme lighting they have. Currently would not like to show got a full colony for frag pricing. Ill post a pic as soon as they show signs of health.
 
xcali1985

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SWAP:
Canary Blenny for a Midas Blenny
- Midas is a bigger version with a more of a goldish color than pure yellow. But far from Orange. Moves like a flying eel but much better looking.
ADDED:
Yellowfin Fairy Wrasse
5x Nassarius Snails
 
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