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  1. janky

    Looking for ID on this guy...

    Awesome thank you! Yeah, I have two other candy canes in the reef already. One of em is greedy and eats nonstop, the other guys are picky. I will research more on the acan!
  2. janky

    Looking for ID on this guy...

    No clue what it is! Got it from someone who was tearing down a tank and his corals were in bad shape. The good news is they are all doing great in my tank! It's a small circular blob of whitish pink with giant orange circles in the center that have white bands or dotting along the outer edge...
  3. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Hey everybody... I've noticed some white stringy, webby "algae" or something on some of my live rock and corals. It seems to be pretty fond of my mushrooms -- in fact, the edges of them are stuck together by this stuff, causing them to fold in instead of being all luxurious and spread out...
  4. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    What about a crocea clam later on down the road? They only get like 5 inches, right?LED light ok for them?Everything in this tank is doing really well.. we got some cheap zoas that are opening up fully and 2 little clowns :)
  5. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    All right, so my gf and I moved and got rid of the awkward 12 g hex. Our reef is now in the 20 tall, and we didn't lose any livestock except for 1 sexy shrimp! Sucks, but I'm really glad the corals and rest of the CUC survived!! Now we're eager to get a fish or two, but I told the gf I want to...
  6. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Yeah, it's 2 inches shorter than the hex they're currently in. Will I want to look into a protein skimmer for a 20 gal? I'm currently just doing weekly water changes.
  7. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Well, we are moving on the 29th. I'll probably be tearing down the 20 tall sometime this week. I was thinking about it and I feel like the 20 tall would probably be fine. I mean the light is above a hex tank now, which has an even TALLER footprint, and the corals don't seem to mind the light...
  8. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    I don't ... I wish :/ The reason we're down-sizing is due to some financial setbacks and having to move. The new place we're going isn't all inclusive on utilities like our current place is, so we won't be able to afford running 5 or 6 tanks anymore lol I already have the 20 tall, but I...
  9. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    well, we might be moving and have to downsize some tanks. The good news is that I will probably move my reef into my 20 g tall so there is more room and less of an awkward footprint. The 20 tall is 24" x 12" x 16". The question I have is whether or not my light will be enough for the whole...
  10. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Thank you for the suggestions! der, you said your friend upgraded the wrasse to a 10 gal? Mine's a 12, it's just awkwardly tall and doesn't have a lid covering the top. I wouldn't want the fish to jump out. There are plenty of little hiding spots and places for it to go if it wanted... the two...
  11. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Hi guys! Been a while since I've been on, but I wanted to update. Everything is doing GREAT! My candy-canes are HUGE, acan is growing out quickly, mushrooms and GSPs are taking over the rocks, and xenias are looking very healthy and full as well! I still have quite a problem with these...
  12. janky

    Rothany's 2.5 gallon Sexy Shirmp mini reef

    Very cool! Yeah, I've never ran a huge SW setup, only a nano, but so far it's been super easy. decent sized wc 1x a week, proper light, no over-feeding... done and done! Glad to see you found some shrimps!
  13. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Thanks guys, and good advice jezz! I would suspect it's a Ca issue, as that's really the only parameter that's out of whack in my reef. It does have fairly high flow with the powerhead I have, and the light issue shouldn't be too much of a problem - I tried placing the zoa colony up top closer...
  14. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    dipped them on 3 separate occasions. They're completely dead now. I mean, if amphipods only eat things that are dyING that would explain why they were all over them when they were mostly closed up. I really don't get it. Everything else in the tank is thriving... but apparently the zoas don't...
  15. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    I'm considering it because the amphs are eating my zoas. They're all over them nonstop and won't leave them alone - but they don't bug any of the other corals at all. I'd rather have zoas than amphs haha :)
  16. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    I considered a 6 line, but I don't really like the idea of adding a fish for temporary purposes then rehoming it. Would a 6 line be ok in a 12 hex long term? thanks jezz and IPisces... that makes a lot of sense. I have experimented with the light a little, because one frag of them would just...
  17. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Yeah, so I turned on the light this morning and a whole pack of them scattered like crazy. There were so many of them it looked like they covered a rock!!! and my zoas refuse to open (probably because these amphs are all over them). I've dipped them in fresh RO/DI twice, and still nothing. I...
  18. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Right on, so nothing to worry about.. that's good news cause there are a ton of em!! haha
  19. janky

    First SW tank.. tons of dumb questions! Help a newb get started? :)

    Happy 4th everyone! and whenever anyone checks this, I had a question about copepods... I have all these little grey "bugs" scurrying around my rocks, and occasionally on corals. Are these copes? Everything I've looked up says copes are like white dots on the glass, these are never ever on the...
  20. janky

    Rothany's 2.5 gallon Sexy Shirmp mini reef

    Most petco's have sexies.. puyallup, tacoma, and lakewood definitely do - $12 a piece or $9 on sale. I believe BRA has them as well. And you can put a chromis in a 2.5?! Just grow em out and transfer em??? I ask cause I'm thinking about putting fish in my tank but not sure .. and I may use...
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