Coral reefer
Past President
So is this something you would recommend to others?
Cruz Mc5’s family reef tank
- Thread starter Cruz Mc5
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Coral reefer
Past President
That's why I was asking. So you wouldn't recommend it then?
Cruz Mc5
Guest
Tank is still just chugging along. I added a cleaner shrimp and quite a few snails as I was getting well into the diatom phase. The snails have done really well on getting things cleaned up and the shrimp is a character.
Also started feeding LRS. The fish all seem to like it, the shrimp LOVES it, and will scramble to grab some big pieces right out of the baster. The acans seem to love the food as well, and our first one has started sprouting 3 new heads.
And so far the clowns are doing well together. All 3 sleep in a ball in the tank every night. So far, so good. And the Anthias are all nice and active and eating well.
We have 4 crabs in a qt, and we also picked up a fire fish from Neptune’s that is in a 20 long in my sons room so we can make sure he’s eating and looks healthy.
Also started feeding LRS. The fish all seem to like it, the shrimp LOVES it, and will scramble to grab some big pieces right out of the baster. The acans seem to love the food as well, and our first one has started sprouting 3 new heads.
And so far the clowns are doing well together. All 3 sleep in a ball in the tank every night. So far, so good. And the Anthias are all nice and active and eating well.
We have 4 crabs in a qt, and we also picked up a fire fish from Neptune’s that is in a 20 long in my sons room so we can make sure he’s eating and looks healthy.
rygh
Guest
Which LRS package?
And did you find any available locally?
Coral reefer
Past President
Glad to hear it's going well. Keep it up!
Cruz Mc5
Guest
LRS nano reef frenzy was all I could find. I got it at Neptune’s last weekend. That was the only LRS food they had.
And thanks! I’m pretty happy with the start, but I’m bracing for some sort of disaster/challenge that I know is coming.
Kensington Reefer
Supporting Member
trios can work
the subordinate male will sneaky stealth attack to add his "share" to the spawn
better genetic diversity
the subordinate male will sneaky stealth attack to add his "share" to the spawn
better genetic diversity
Coral reefer
Past President
What percentage of the time would you say they work if you had to guess?
Cruz Mc5
Guest
Did another round of testing yesterday.
Nitrates - 2.5
Phosphate - .02
Calcium - 410
Alkalinity - 8
Magnesium- 1485
And then I added 4 new corals ( 1 acan, 1 lobo, 1 candy cane, and an encrusting coral) and a Red Sea serpent star fish.
Here’s a new FTS
Here’s Acan Island
Here’s the hammer, candy cane, and the Lobo is in the sand.
And here’s the toadstool along with the encrusting coral.
Nitrates - 2.5
Phosphate - .02
Calcium - 410
Alkalinity - 8
Magnesium- 1485
And then I added 4 new corals ( 1 acan, 1 lobo, 1 candy cane, and an encrusting coral) and a Red Sea serpent star fish.
Here’s a new FTS
Here’s Acan Island
Here’s the hammer, candy cane, and the Lobo is in the sand.
And here’s the toadstool along with the encrusting coral.
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Cruz Mc5
Guest
Well, we added 2 garden eels today. And we have a few fish waiting at LTK to get through observation. 2 pink spot gobies, 2 Benghai cardinals, 2 chalk bass, 1 royal gramma, 1 carpenter wrasse, and 1 hawkfish.
The garden eels seem to be settling in nicely. They’ve chosen their temporary spots and are coming out to get some food already.
The garden eels seem to be settling in nicely. They’ve chosen their temporary spots and are coming out to get some food already.
Coral reefer
Past President
I thought they need super deep sand bed?
Flagg37
Guest
I think that measurement keeps getting lower and lower. I think I was told 12” the first time I asked. It finally got down to 5-6” and now you were told 3-4”. I almost got a few but I had some much more aggressive fish (Achilles tang) that probably wouldn’t have let them out to eat.