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Hi, thanks for including me in your forum.
I've been into reefing for about two and a half years. I have a 70g mixed reef setup, and am contemplating setting up a 60g FOWLR tank.
I live in the rural city of Bendigo, in SE Australia. It's quite a challenge being a reefer here, when the nearest marine LFS is a hundred miles away. On top of that, Melbourne has been in strict COVID lockdown since July, so I can't go there anyway.
My tank has a yellow tang, a royal dottyback, a couple of assessors, an ocellaris clownfish, a black and white clownfish, and a blue-green chromis. The CUC consists of trochus snails, turbo snails, and strombus snails. By way of corals, I have some hammers, torches, on open brain coral, a duncan, an eagle eye zoa, a plate coral, a few morphs, a turbinaria and a couple of lobos.
I have some problems. The tank is infested with both vermetid snails and aiptasia. I've given up on the snails, and am trying to kill off the aiptasia as I see it. There is a lot of it, though. I don't think that either outbreak is bothering the corals too much, but they sure do make the tank look ugly. I did have zombie snails, a sand-sifting star and a chocolate goby cleaning my sand, but they all appear to have passed away, so I need to get my sand cleaner. Finally, I need more rock. and then more corals to go on that rock. (Who doesn't?). That's a longer term project, as I am bleaching and then curing some dry rock that I have.
I've attached some photos, hopefully good enough to give you an idea. Some of them are not that clear; sorry.
Super nice tank, welcome to the group.
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Greetings, not sure if I missed in the posts, but G'day. Hope you stop by often. I have some Vermetids, no Aiptaisa. Aiptaisa sounds like it can be managed, I gave up on the vermetids. Some get encrusted over, others seem to just pull back. Again, welcome
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Hi there!
Im also new to the forum (and back into reefing after an 8 year hiatus!).
Im in Victoria too, but the other end! Im in Mount Eliza and dont want to brag but my LFS is a 5 minute drive - Bunarong Aquarium.
Nice to see some Aussie reefers on here!!
Im also new to the forum (and back into reefing after an 8 year hiatus!).
Im in Victoria too, but the other end! Im in Mount Eliza and dont want to brag but my LFS is a 5 minute drive - Bunarong Aquarium.
Nice to see some Aussie reefers on here!!
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That's a great LFS from all accounts. My go-to is the Deer Park Aquarium, which went fully marine not so long ago. Good news for you yesterday, with lockdowns ceasing!.
Welcome to the family.Hi, thanks for including me in your forum.
I've been into reefing for about two and a half years. I have a 70g mixed reef setup, and am contemplating setting up a 60g FOWLR tank.
I live in the rural city of Bendigo, in SE Australia. It's quite a challenge being a reefer here, when the nearest marine LFS is a hundred miles away. On top of that, Melbourne has been in strict COVID lockdown since July, so I can't go there anyway.
My tank has a yellow tang, a royal dottyback, a couple of assessors, an ocellaris clownfish, a black and white clownfish, and a blue-green chromis. The CUC consists of trochus snails, turbo snails, and strombus snails. By way of corals, I have some hammers, torches, on open brain coral, a duncan, an eagle eye zoa, a plate coral, a few morphs, a turbinaria and a couple of lobos.
I have some problems. The tank is infested with both vermetid snails and aiptasia. I've given up on the snails, and am trying to kill off the aiptasia as I see it. There is a lot of it, though. I don't think that either outbreak is bothering the corals too much, but they sure do make the tank look ugly. I did have zombie snails, a sand-sifting star and a chocolate goby cleaning my sand, but they all appear to have passed away, so I need to get my sand cleaner. Finally, I need more rock. and then more corals to go on that rock. (Who doesn't?). That's a longer term project, as I am bleaching and then curing some dry rock that I have.
I've attached some photos, hopefully good enough to give you an idea. Some of them are not that clear; sorry.
