New SW setup, newbie too
- Thread starter Dan06
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Thanks, it's coming along nice only to be ripped apart for the new tank sometime in the next few months... but it's a learning experience and I've already found myself to be far less paranoid with each new thing I do.
LFS has some new coral, hopefully they have the brain I have been looking for. The coralline algae is growing a lot on the glass and it's spreading a good amount on the rocks. They tested my water and said my KH is a little low, but that is from the coralline growth, he advised against dosing and recommended to keep up with my weekly water changes until I can test & understand these things a little bit more myself.
LFS has some new coral, hopefully they have the brain I have been looking for. The coralline algae is growing a lot on the glass and it's spreading a good amount on the rocks. They tested my water and said my KH is a little low, but that is from the coralline growth, he advised against dosing and recommended to keep up with my weekly water changes until I can test & understand these things a little bit more myself.
http://www.barrierreefaquariums.com/productCart/pc/home.asp
Local store for me.. they do online orders now.
Local store for me.. they do online orders now.
I went on a spending spree this week.
Picked up a fist size Maze Brain, Spiderman Red Zoa frag, it has about 12 polyps on it, I asked how much it was and said it was free
some orange zoa and a large rock covered with green zoa's.
Picked up some of the purple seaweed & garlic extract and have been feeding the tang a combination of this & pellets.
I've also hooked up my UV Sterilizer for preventative measures.
So my coral stocking looks like this:
Toadstool mushrom
Green tipped torch
Pink tipped torch
Green eye zoa Frag
Large orange eye zoa
Spiderman Red zoa frag
Large green zoa rock
3 Kenya tree's
1 Purple mushroom
Small Favia Brain frag
Maze Brain
Fingernail sized Frogspawn frag
1 large unknown coral
1 small unknown frag (I forgot their names...sorry)
1 mixed zoa frag
Yellow polyps that have split 4 times in 4ish weeks
Hopefully all of these corals continue to do well and take hold for when I switch to the new tank. The next investment will likely be the reefmaster test kit, followed by the protein skimmer (typhoon or terminator). I want to get familiar with the reefmaster test kit and start taking care of the dosing for keeping things under better control between water changes & once the skimmer gets installed.
Picked up a fist size Maze Brain, Spiderman Red Zoa frag, it has about 12 polyps on it, I asked how much it was and said it was free
some orange zoa and a large rock covered with green zoa's.Picked up some of the purple seaweed & garlic extract and have been feeding the tang a combination of this & pellets.
I've also hooked up my UV Sterilizer for preventative measures.
So my coral stocking looks like this:
Toadstool mushrom
Green tipped torch
Pink tipped torch
Green eye zoa Frag
Large orange eye zoa
Spiderman Red zoa frag
Large green zoa rock
3 Kenya tree's
1 Purple mushroom
Small Favia Brain frag
Maze Brain
Fingernail sized Frogspawn frag
1 large unknown coral
1 small unknown frag (I forgot their names...sorry)
1 mixed zoa frag
Yellow polyps that have split 4 times in 4ish weeks
Hopefully all of these corals continue to do well and take hold for when I switch to the new tank. The next investment will likely be the reefmaster test kit, followed by the protein skimmer (typhoon or terminator). I want to get familiar with the reefmaster test kit and start taking care of the dosing for keeping things under better control between water changes & once the skimmer gets installed.
Dan,
Pictures MAN Pictures.
I know how you feel, I bought a sponge and it arrived looking ok but started melting away. I've since relocated it to a darker part of the tank and good water flow and it MAY make it yet. All I can do is wait and see.
Good luck with the rest of the heads.
Pictures MAN Pictures.
I know how you feel, I bought a sponge and it arrived looking ok but started melting away. I've since relocated it to a darker part of the tank and good water flow and it MAY make it yet. All I can do is wait and see.
Good luck with the rest of the heads.
They seem to be doing just fine, one of the 3 remaining Kenya tree's doesn't appear to be doing too well. It closed up a week ago, one 'branch' turned brown, I clipped it as soon as I saw it, I noticed some of the polyps on it are turning that dark brown color. The LFS tested my water and said all is well.
