Cali Kid Corals

Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

Joost_ said:
xcaret said:
gimmito said:
Leave it to Mark to put his stamp on the subject. :D

...and you wonder how this thread got to 100 pages !
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...and still no water :D

Will Joost be able to turn around "laps" in the inaugural dive?
Oh, and important to ask too, having a 1000 post count and the Giants on top, Are you shooting for 2000 post count and no water?
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The tank is like 2' short at 6' long so guess I'll have to use my fold in half skills I acquired from using the bus.
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:D
 
On a side note I'm picking up a tunze 6100 or 6200 that I'll put in a tunze rock for the right corner and possibly a tunze wave box. I think I'll have around 30,000+ turnover rate in the tank.
Any advice on sand ? I was going to pickup a variety of sizes from Chris at Aquatic Collection #3-#5, mix in some live aragonite, & seed with a couple of cups from my RSM. Also, Jestersix recommended getting a bag of smooth coral rubble rock, anybody use it & know where to get it ?
 
CAS was getting some rubble out of the big tank and giving it away, maybe contacting Rich or Matt to check if they still have some up for grabs?
 
I regretted putting sand into my acrylic tank. Really difficult to keep the lower part of the acrylic clear of algae without accidentally getting a grain or two of sand embedded in the magnetic cleaner and adding new scratches to the viewing surfaces. And my tank is only 5' by 2' by 2'.
 
99sf said:
I regretted putting sand into my acrylic tank. Really difficult to keep the lower part of the acrylic clear of algae without accidentally getting a grain or two of sand embedded in the magnetic cleaner and adding new scratches to the viewing surfaces. And my tank is only 5' by 2' by 2'.
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What size sand are you using Christina ?
 
gimmito said:
Joost_ said:
Also, Jestersix recommended getting a bag of smooth coral rubble rock, anybody use it & know where to get it ?
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Calcium reactor media (the coral skeleton kind) ;)
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I think it's suppose to be smooth somehow and not like calcium reactor media.

Can you elaborate Jestersix ?
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I actually added some to my own tank recently and got mine from CAS. I don't think they have any left though, I haven't seen any recently that is. Try contacting Matt though instead of Rich since Matt was the one in charge. The rubble is very smooth, not the typical calcium reactor media. I know Sanjay uses it in his tanks so maybe ask him what kind he uses?
 
I've seen the rubble rock that Sanjay uses, and I believe it is similiar to calcium reactor media. I'll shoot Jestersix a pm to find out exactly what it is. How's it working out for you ?
 
gimmito said:
On a side note I'm picking up a tunze 6100 or 6200 that I'll put in a tunze rock for the right corner and possibly a tunze wave box. I think I'll have around 30,000+ turnover rate in the tank.
Any advice on sand ? I was going to pickup a variety of sizes from Chris at Aquatic Collection #3-#5, mix in some live aragonite, & seed with a couple of cups from my RSM. Also, Jestersix recommended getting a bag of smooth coral rubble rock, anybody use it & know where to get it ?
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I have a lot of leftover rubble. (dry)
Some of it is fairly smooth, some not.
What size?
 
I would say an 1" or so on average. I'll be at Aquatic Collections on Friday around 5:30 to pickup some tunzes from a buddy. LMK if your available to checkout the rubble.
 
See what happenes when you have been in the hobby a LONG time? Seems they don't import it anymore, some issue with CITES somehow. I've had some I picked up from a few different places but doesn't seem to be any vendors still selling this.

EDIT: After checking with some old timers, a buddy told me that Two Little Fishies ReBorn media is the same stuff - you might wanrt to check that out!
 
gimmito said:
xcaret said:
CAS was getting some rubble out of the big tank and giving it away, maybe contacting Rich or Matt to check if they still have some up for grabs?
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As long as I don't have to go scuba diving for it.
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Material was being taken out from the shallow clam area so you'd need your red Speedo suit only.
 
jestersix said:
See what happenes when you have been in the hobby a LONG time? Seems they don't import it anymore, some issue with CITES somehow. I've had some I picked up from a few different places but doesn't seem to be any vendors still selling this.

EDIT: After checking with some old timers, a buddy told me that Two Little Fishies ReBorn media is the same stuff - you might wanrt to check that out!
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Thanks Johnny for looking. :)
 
xcaret said:
gimmito said:
xcaret said:
CAS was getting some rubble out of the big tank and giving it away, maybe contacting Rich or Matt to check if they still have some up for grabs?
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As long as I don't have to go scuba diving for it.
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Material was being taken out from the shallow clam area so you'd need your red Speedo suit only.
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That my friend is a bad look no matter who's wearing it. ;)
 
gimmito said:
I've seen the rubble rock that Sanjay uses, and I believe it is similiar to calcium reactor media. I'll shoot Jestersix a pm to find out exactly what it is. How's it working out for you ?
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I'm using a really thin layer on top of my sand bed, before I had trouble with the mp40 over 70% but now I can put the mp40 on full blast without a sand storm.
 
Joost_ said:
gimmito said:
I've seen the rubble rock that Sanjay uses, and I believe it is similiar to calcium reactor media. I'll shoot Jestersix a pm to find out exactly what it is. How's it working out for you ?
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I'm using a really thin layer on top of my sand bed, before I had trouble with the mp40 over 70% but now I can put the mp40 on full blast without a sand storm.
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