ReefGeekers 90g Reef

[ReefGeeker]

So I went to the LFS to get some mysis and they were having a 30% off sale and I had a 5 dollar credit so I scored this bad boy for 20 bucks! Its ~8"x8" or so.

 

[sedrostyle]

Petco phosphates? What is it. It should color up nicely under your care!!

 

[ReefGeeker]

It was listed as a moon coral but I'm not certain thats the actual name? It was at jones and co pets.

 

[sedrostyle]

Oh nice. Looks like u scored

 

[ReefGeeker]

Moon coral Favia i suppose.

 

[ReefGeeker]

Would you suggest low flow low light or moderate flow high light for favias?

 

[TJL]

Chris, Favids do best in low to moderate flows and lighting. Nice SCORE! Definitely should color up nicely for you.

Cheers, Todd

 

[ReefGeeker]

Thanks Todd I was getting conflicting info from my web search. What do you guys mean exactly by color up, is it going to change colors or just the center colors will be more prominent?

 

[sedrostyle]

You'll get pretty Colors. Like anything else does under good conditions.
Like most stuff I find at my local petco is brown as ****
Made friends with the salt water know it all there. She says it is because their phosphates is insane.

 

[ReefGeeker]

I see that makes sense, jones and co has I suspect has the same problem.

 

[sedrostyle]

I know what you got.......

Show the goods. That fog was intense. I got super lost. Finally found evergreen way tho lol.

 

[TJL]

Yes, I know what you gots too... :gossip: Did you find places for everything alright ? Sorry Steven took the scenic route out of here yet was to foggy to actually see anything...

Cheers, Todd

 

[ReefGeeker]

eep: They're onto me... It was very foggy but I found my way alright. Thanks Tood for the second round of awesome frags! Good luck with your move Steven!

 

[TJL]

Looks awesome Chris, everything seems to have acclimated well. You now just need wait a few months for them to encrust/grow/multiply into colonies of their own.

Cheers, Todd

 

[sedrostyle]

Agree!! Is that a tort I see at the top??!
Looks about the same size as mine is. Grow off
Even tho I keep breaking the tips off lol

 

[ReefGeeker]

So Skimmy got back to me with some skimmer suggestions and I've decided to go with the Bubble Magnus Curve 7 In sump skimmer!
Bubble Magus Curve In Sump Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer w/ Bubble Plate
Hopefully I'll have it in a few weeks as there is a delay because it's not currently in stock. It will be nice to have one good skimmer instead of two.

 

[ReefGeeker]

Placed the order today for the Bubble Magus Curve 7! Also ordered some Reef Roids, anyone else use this stuff? Hopefully it gets here soon!

 

[pandora32]

Tank is looking really good. Ive been curious about reef roids also. You will be happier with the new skimmer! Good job!

 

[ReefGeeker]

Thanks for the compliment! The shipment is supposed to arrive on tuesday. I've only ever had the aqua c's so tuning the skimmer will be new for me any tips for tuning a skimmer would be helpful? I will be using the reefroids once a week at first. This will also be new to me as I have never actively fed my corals, they just got whatever was floating around after feeding time. I never rinsed my frozen foods because I figured that the corals like to eat the debris, now that I'll have the reefroids I will rinse the frozen foods and this should help the water quality I think. I have also started using kent zoecon for added nutritional value for the fish and have cut down feedings to once per day. So hopefully the end result in these changes will be better water quality, faster growth, and more color for both the fish and corals.

 

[ReefGeeker]

Hopefully by the time I get my skimmer I will have picked up an 18w coralife UV sterilizer from Todd as well!