Cheaper is better build

mainereefer · Feb 21, 2021

Picked up a rainbow hammer coral today if it opens before lights out I will get a picture

mainereefer · Feb 27, 2021

Got my big polyp blastos back!! The original colony I got from wild shipment almost 20 years ago...

mainereefer · Feb 28, 2021

mainereefer · Mar 7, 2021

So my mccullochi killed the Springer dotty back ‍

Sebastiancrab · Mar 7, 2021

mainereefer said:
Been a long 6 years out of the hobby. So I'm slowly getting back to aquarium life. So I'm putting my build here.
I amazed the price changes in 6 years a head of frogspawn that used to sell for $10-$15 is now $50-$80 as example.

So I'm setting up the cheaper is better tank. I am only putting things I can get a great deal on in this setup...

24g biocube. (Had kicking around about 10 years)
175w mh (have had to long to remember)
Black live sand ($15)
Marco rock ($2 #)

Mccullochi clown ($35)
Spotcinctus Clownfish ($35)
Springer dottyback ($20)

Quadricolor bta ($40)
Highlighter bta ($20
Pink tip green bta ($30)

Blastos 5 frags ($19 raffel)
15 polyp red blasto ($30)
20 polyp purple pe paly ($20)
Green florida ric ($5)
Rainbow hammer 2 head ($45)
Blue discomsa ($3 each)
Bright orange discomsa ($5)
Rhodactis (brown) ($15)
Rainbow incinerator paly ($15, 12 polyp frag)
Torch coral ($10 raffel)
Oxide polyp (free with raffel)
Scarlet reef crab ($2)
Cleaner shrimp ($20)

Where are you buying your coral for those prices?

mainereefer · Mar 7, 2021

wherever I find them... double head hammer and mccullochi came from petco... local reefers....... lfs bargain bins....

My favorite is to go to different reef clubs.... different areas around the country have corals that are saturating that area.... easy to find them on Facebook

mainereefer · Mar 27, 2021

Sooo time for an update... somehow my cat kicked the light from my betta tank into this tank all corals are fine fish however ended up with velvet or something all 3 died within a week.....
Not sure how or why???
All corals were and are fine the shrimps and snails are all good.... now the wait atleast 45 days now untill I can move this tank into the bigger tank..

Bigger tank you ask?? Lol I am in process of setting up a 40b and my friend the other day asks if I want his 125g ‍

now I just have to convince wife 125g dosnt cost much more than a 40g.... wish me luck with that...

Oh yeah I put the 300w viparspectra over the 24g untill I setup new tank
I also picked up another acan yesterday... cant have fish so coral it is
$5 acan frag pic is after it was in the tank for 10 min

mainereefer · Mar 28, 2021

Acan is starting to open and a pic of my orange disco shroomie

mainereefer · Apr 18, 2021

Told myself jo coral untill tank upgrade then discount frag section at lfs ‍♂
Pic as usual sux... green outer rim then red,gold,teel,blue with purple mouth