spongebob lover
flea whisperer
thank you Brad 
just one question, wouldn't iodine kill my pulsing xenas? because they are all over the rocks.
just one question, wouldn't iodine kill my pulsing xenas? because they are all over the rocks.
POll: What type of corals are you keeping
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bradreef
always kidding
take out the rest of the rock with coral and dip it. I would probably use flatworm exit in your case also the idea of fragging comes back into mind. you can remove the zenia from the rocks.
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
got it , thank you very much, just one more question how do i get my xenas stay in only one rock because everytime i clean the rocks the xenas just swim all ove the place until they grab themselves from a rock
, thank you very much, just one more question how do i get my xenas stay in only one rock because everytime i clean the rocks the xenas just swim all ove the place until they grab themselves from a rock 
Angelscrx
Import Fish
Nice tank Lizardarm.
bradreef
always kidding
that is why I don't keep them. they can reproduce like crazy. Time to thin them out and then donate or sell them. I don't have a clue on how to get them to stay in one place. Post a thread and see if anyone has any suggestions.
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
that's a good idea because i have always wonder how everyone has all those nice corals in the spot they want them to be.
bradreef
always kidding
bump. keep this going.
being pretty new to the reef scene and having the expertise of reef frontiers I am beginning with lps and softies. hopefully as time goes by and funds permit I can see an sps tank in the future. I currently have a hammer coral, frogspawn, long tentacle plate, wyslophelia brain, green star polyps, toadstool leather, colt coral and green hairy "uh"... mushrooms. I almost forgot that beutiful red cyano.
bradreef
always kidding
come on I know there are more people out there with SPS tanks. I know more within 20 mins of here.
I keep mostly softies and LPS in 2 x tanks - 70 and 90 UK gallons
( 4.5 litres in UK gallon)
LPS - 3 bubbles and 2 euphylia - and 1 torch
softies - shrooms, ears, buttons, toady and leather fingers
I do not have Halides and as such maintain species I know are OK under tubes
SPS corals are very rarely available in my LFS in these parts (Ive seen 3 Acros in 2.5 years) thus upgrade to halides has thus far not proved neccasary
Steve
( 4.5 litres in UK gallon)
LPS - 3 bubbles and 2 euphylia - and 1 torch
softies - shrooms, ears, buttons, toady and leather fingers
I do not have Halides and as such maintain species I know are OK under tubes
SPS corals are very rarely available in my LFS in these parts (Ive seen 3 Acros in 2.5 years) thus upgrade to halides has thus far not proved neccasary
Steve
I voted SPS LPS but I guess it has all three?
I Have (killer) SPS dominated 75g. tank w/ BB bed of Zoa's, ric's, clams, and brain type and blasto type corals. I also have a Rose (w/ perculas) and a torch. and a frilly ridge type pagoda.
1 yr old sandbed removed. Have many killer corals, but am fighting many problems.
Skimmer was down for a month = algae problem.
Red bugs 1st treatment done.
Monti-nudibrachts. Geeze!
I still love this hobby!
I Have (killer) SPS dominated 75g. tank w/ BB bed of Zoa's, ric's, clams, and brain type and blasto type corals. I also have a Rose (w/ perculas) and a torch. and a frilly ridge type pagoda.
1 yr old sandbed removed. Have many killer corals, but am fighting many problems.
Skimmer was down for a month = algae problem.
Red bugs 1st treatment done.
Monti-nudibrachts. Geeze!
I still love this hobby!
Macbeth417
Reef Monkey
95% SPS (predominantly acropora), 1 Euphyllia glabrescens, 1 Scylomia sp. and a spattering of ricordea (Mostly R. florida). Clams are also a large part of my tank and my approach to husbandry.
-Erik
Don't tell anyone, but there are some little zoathus sp. zoanthids that I've been trying to get rid of for about 9 months now that just refuse to leave my tank, damn reef weeds! I think you zoa lovers are nuts...
-Erik
Don't tell anyone, but there are some little zoathus sp. zoanthids that I've been trying to get rid of for about 9 months now that just refuse to leave my tank, damn reef weeds! I think you zoa lovers are nuts...
Macbeth417
Reef Monkey
Good suggestion nikki,
I have thought that option over. However, I don't want to add them to the tank as they will most cerntrainly die once the zoathids are gone and release unnecessary nutrient into the water, which I try to avoid in a tank as small as mine. Secondly, if they are not obligate feeders, they may strike up an appitite for something else. Just trying to shoot for the lesser of two evils.
I also tried a little coral warfare, but those little suckers pack a punch and have won so far. I have found that R. florida holds its own farely well against them. : ) ...
Well, I better cut this off before this thread is de-railed.
-Erik
I have thought that option over. However, I don't want to add them to the tank as they will most cerntrainly die once the zoathids are gone and release unnecessary nutrient into the water, which I try to avoid in a tank as small as mine. Secondly, if they are not obligate feeders, they may strike up an appitite for something else. Just trying to shoot for the lesser of two evils.
I also tried a little coral warfare, but those little suckers pack a punch and have won so far. I have found that R. florida holds its own farely well against them. : ) ...
Well, I better cut this off before this thread is de-railed.
-Erik
Right now just LPS and some softies. Looking to move up to some SPS as soon as I figure out how to get my trates below 5ppm.
bradreef
always kidding
new 180 oldsaint. should be a great tank.
bradreef said:
Unfortunately the 5ppm trate battle is in the 260. It's almost a year old. The 180 was built to rescue the fish out of my overloaded 90.
oldsaint, have you tried a refuge, 5ppm aint that bad.
No fug yet. I'm trying to figure out where to put it. I kind of ran out of space. Most recommendations that I've had are 25% of total volume. Which would be about a 65g tank. Not sure if a much smaller one would make that much of a difference.
