rdriggett
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I'm slowing WAY down and implementing as much of the advice from BAR as I can! See my recent journal update below.
Ryan’s 40G first reef
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I'm slowing WAY down and implementing as much of the advice from BAR as I can! See my recent journal update below.
H2OPlayar
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Stop calling me Shirley!
PjFish
Supporting Member
Some of the best long term BAR advice is within the first 5-6 pages. Most of that foreseen advice mentioned has become reality now in the tank as with many tanks. The later pages seem to be Q&A reactions which is great and helpful but not to be discouraged in the hobby..Thanks for your tank journal !!! Hopefully other hobbiests that are experiencing the same issues will take in some of the advice !.
How's that Koi pond ?? Wondering if you tossed in any mosquitoe minnows? They eat the larva before they have a chance to fly..
rdriggett
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I was just confused by it as I do love reefing and am trying to provide the best habitat I can for my aquatic animals.
I appreciate the apology, happy reefing!
PjFish
Supporting Member
Well played!! that's one of my peeves 'loving too much" !! hard to keep the hands off and dry at times instead of just letting it roll when it should
grizfyrfyter
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Personally, I would wait.
Ragglefraggle
Guest
So the funny thing is his koi pond isn't a mosquito factory but his swimming pool is. I kid you not, the pool is more green than the fish pond. 3 seconds in there and you'll probably be patient zero for a disease named after you haha
grizfyrfyter
Guest
I've seen Kenya tree drop branches from brushing against it. If you don't fish them out, they will attach and grow anywhere.
Ragglefraggle
Guest
But looks like the new clown has already paired up
I would get some GSP. GSP is super cool looking, grows relatively fast, and it's super hardy. Just keep it on its own island so you don't have to worry about getting it off your main rocks in the future. It's not hip, outside of huge fields of it, but F that noise it's still very cool looking.
Xenia also looks awesome. It's constantly moving. However, I pulled it all out of my main tank once I learned the little pieces it occasionally drops can grow more Xenia, thereby spreading like dandelions. So that's a risk, but probably low.
Clove polyps also are cool. I don't know if they can propagate in the water column.
Zoas are the next obvious choice. They can look amazing. You just need to be cool having a potentially lethal toxin producer sitting in water in your house in an earthquake zone.
Most of those aren't lps, but keep in mind if you just keep them on islands you can use them to mess around with coral while the tank stabilizes, and then if you want you can always pull them out and trade them for other stuff.
Xenia also looks awesome. It's constantly moving. However, I pulled it all out of my main tank once I learned the little pieces it occasionally drops can grow more Xenia, thereby spreading like dandelions. So that's a risk, but probably low.
Clove polyps also are cool. I don't know if they can propagate in the water column.
Zoas are the next obvious choice. They can look amazing. You just need to be cool having a potentially lethal toxin producer sitting in water in your house in an earthquake zone.
Most of those aren't lps, but keep in mind if you just keep them on islands you can use them to mess around with coral while the tank stabilizes, and then if you want you can always pull them out and trade them for other stuff.