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05/28/2006, 07:14 AM
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New Larger Tank
Greetings All
I cant say Newbie as I have been playing with salt for about 9years, but I am about to move into a much larger system, that includes a lot of live rock and hopefully some corals. My question to you experienced reefers is what should I start with that wont suffer from inexperience with coral. My setup is as follows, 155gal Acrylic custom tank (built into the wall of our new home, really slick) Life Reef sump with protein skimmer runs very well used it on the old 90gal as well turns the tank over about 7 times an hour. Lighting= I have the 48' nova extreme t5 ( I know this limits me for starting out in the reef I am not going to have sps) 225 pounds of agrilive 200 pounds now cured fiji live rock Fish that will be moved when water is acceptable are 2 clowns 2 hippo tangs 5 assorted damsels 1 chocalate star I sand sifter some snails and hermits (I need more I know) Thank you appreciate any advice Rick |
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05/28/2006, 08:00 AM
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Location: Westchester County, NY
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You should be able to grow a variety of zoanthids on the upper areas of your rockwork. In fact, that's true of other corals as well like Pagodas and Blastomussa. The lower areas of the tank is where you may not have as much success.
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I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR |
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05/28/2006, 08:13 AM
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That choco star is not reef safe. Watch him closely if/when you start adding any corals.
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05/28/2006, 08:21 AM
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Bubble coral, an lps, LOVES lower light than I can give mine with mh, and there is plain bubble, pearl bubble, etc. I think lobo and blastomussa like lower light. Certain other lps tolerate lower light, and your uppermost levels might do all right for anything but acropora. You might take a look at some tree sponge, eventually, to give you the branchy look. Caution: must not be transferred out of water---air blocks its feeding ducts fatally.
Your system sounds really good, but I'd ditch the star. And do some research before adding sponge: some reef fish think it's delicious.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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