Alexander1312
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Still, probably pretty good stuff that comes from them. And I personally would start my tank with live rock and this.
Patrick's 81G - the last dance
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Still, probably pretty good stuff that comes from them. And I personally would start my tank with live rock and this.
Kensington Reefer
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yup!
I’ve got fish older than some of our members!
How many remember that brand of HOB where you had to star the siphon for the u-tubes and use GLASS floss for media?!
finalphaze987
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I hope it's good stuff..its part of what I added to my tank early on lol. I will say tho, the quantity recieved is quite small.
That one was the green plastic one right? I can't recall the brand, but starting the siphon everytime sucked....literally
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RandyC
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GARF was before my reefing time, but if you need a frag of GARF bonsai, let me know.
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finalphaze987
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Mann that colony is beautiful! Truly one of the pieces that had people early on aspiring to keep SPS. I'm glad these OG pieces are still around and we'll cared for.
I have a batch of fish that will be going in soon that I know will have an impact on the nutrients, as well as a kalk pump coming back from Geo that ill be getting dialed back in for the next couple weeks, but once everything is confirmed stable again I'll hit ypu up..
Thank you @RandyC !
I would also love a small frag of this at some point if possible? No rush at all.
PjFish
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Wonder if anyone in Bar is using miracle mud? Leng Sy of Ecosystem is still moving alot mud he's been on several podcasts over the last few years! The original Leng Sy Purple rimmed Monticap is still popular and available that goes way back!
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finalphaze987
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The Leng Sy cap is an awesome piece...hard to beat that purple rim and it fetched a high price tag when it first came out. I lost my colony to a battle with nudis back then.
Then the setosa came out and that was all the rave lol.
I added some mud to my frag tank. Haven't added any more corals to it, since the ick or velvet outbreak. I'm trying to not touch it at all until fallow period is over with.
finalphaze987
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Second QT batch done. Anthias are hard as hell to keep from killing each other.
I started with 1 male blue eye lyretail and 9 females. In addition to these I threw in a royal gamma and a midas blenny.
First couple days, everything was fine...fish eating and all getting along. By day 3, the male goes postal and takes out all of his childhood trauma on the gamma and midas. Like, all day....relentlessly..maybe he wasn't fond of the copper hitting 2ppm.
Poor guys didn't stand a chance..the females jumped in with him and they met their end by the 5th day.
A couple more days pass and I start to notice the pecking order becoming apparent while feeding them. 10 became 9, then 9 became 7..anything longer than 14 days in copper would have been too much. Appetites were on the decline and all looked weak.
I decided to hold them a couple more days without copper and ran a prazi treatment.
Threw them in the DT on day 16 and the tank turned to wrestlemania...the male lyretail made a beeline for the tangs. While the hippo was getting punked, the nicle sized scopas held his own and brought the heat...those zebrasomas are built different..
I didnt realize how much of a little A-holes lyretails are. Glad the male and 6 others made it. Itll be the last time I try to do that many fish at once..daily WC sucked.
I started with 1 male blue eye lyretail and 9 females. In addition to these I threw in a royal gamma and a midas blenny.
First couple days, everything was fine...fish eating and all getting along. By day 3, the male goes postal and takes out all of his childhood trauma on the gamma and midas. Like, all day....relentlessly..maybe he wasn't fond of the copper hitting 2ppm.
Poor guys didn't stand a chance..the females jumped in with him and they met their end by the 5th day.
A couple more days pass and I start to notice the pecking order becoming apparent while feeding them. 10 became 9, then 9 became 7..anything longer than 14 days in copper would have been too much. Appetites were on the decline and all looked weak.
I decided to hold them a couple more days without copper and ran a prazi treatment.
Threw them in the DT on day 16 and the tank turned to wrestlemania...the male lyretail made a beeline for the tangs. While the hippo was getting punked, the nicle sized scopas held his own and brought the heat...those zebrasomas are built different..
I didnt realize how much of a little A-holes lyretails are. Glad the male and 6 others made it. Itll be the last time I try to do that many fish at once..daily WC sucked.
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Kensington Reefer
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@finalphaze987
No need to purchase the (overpriced) male anthias
Get a group of females, the dominant will turn male
Good luck to the remaining members
May they live long and bring you happiness
No need to purchase the (overpriced) male anthias
Get a group of females, the dominant will turn male
Good luck to the remaining members
May they live long and bring you happiness
finalphaze987
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I should have done this, looking back on it in hindsight...probably would have save me on some of the aggression issues and watching the eventual transition would have been cool.
Kensington Reefer
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Yes, that too!