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SmyrnaReefer · Feb 24, 2012

i know where you can get hydnophora and green toadstool.........Me!

11f150 · Feb 24, 2012

SmyrnaReefer said:
i know where you can get hydnophora and green toadstool.........Me!

Im willing to buy from mtrc people, so if you have nice stuff for sale let me know! Im not set 100% to that list I posted, Im open to alot of things.

SmyrnaReefer · Feb 24, 2012

i have lots of stuff inteh frag tank, some stuff is normal stuff and some stuff is nicer pieces, depends on what you like..... just let me know when you think your ready....it stuff ill be taking to the swap in april

Dowtish · Feb 24, 2012

I got both pink and green birdsnest, Xenia, green star polyps, and frogspawn available.

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eric31887 · Feb 24, 2012

I just bought a 6 bulb current nova extreme pro what can I reall not keep in the tank? And I am looking for a new skimmer? I also have 19 frags coming Tuesday so I would be willing to trade if possible!

11f150 · Feb 24, 2012

Ill be in contact with a few of you when my tank is ready. Probably going to be another 3-4 weeks

11f150 · Mar 4, 2012

Well my tank has been up and running for a month. Just finished testing my water and Im not getting any nitrite showing at all yet. I have between 5 and 10 ppm for nitrate. There may be a little ammonia but it may be at 0. Im getting tired at looking at a empty tank!

Dowtish · Mar 4, 2012

Did you ever see ammonia spike high?

11f150 · Mar 4, 2012

Well I really didnt test it the first 2 weeks I had it cause I was waiting on my kit to get here. But Im guessing it went up then. Why is there a problem?

Dowtish · Mar 5, 2012

No problems. You probably did have ammonia in those first 2 weeks. And your nitrites were probably just getting started around that time. More than likely you are good to go.

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gmoney243 · Mar 5, 2012

yea i would still start slow and add a couple small fish and thats it. you tank still wont have massive ammounts of bio bacteria to handle a lot of bioload the rock will have produced very little. i would have added something like a sixline wrasse or a cheap clown after about a week. and a full tank of corals takes time to grow unless u buy colonies .. in which case you want a well established system before u go down that road .. and even for your first corals stay away from most sps thay just wont make it exept for maybe birdsnest. i would start with some softies like mushrooms and zoas just to make sure stuff is going to live before our fragswap that way u wont have a big nasty suprise after buying a ton of corals and loosing them due to some issue your not aware of where as if you toss in some mushrooms/zoas and they die you know youve got problems.

Otter_rs · Mar 5, 2012

gmoney243 said:
yea i would still start slow and add a couple small fish and thats it. you tank still wont have massive ammounts of bio bacteria to handle a lot of bioload the rock will have produced very little. i would have added something like a sixline wrasse or a cheap clown after about a week. and a full tank of corals takes time to grow unless u buy colonies .. in which case you want a well established system before u go down that road .. and even for your first corals stay away from most sps thay just wont make it exept for maybe birdsnest. i would start with some softies like mushrooms and zoas just to make sure stuff is going to live before our fragswap that way u wont have a big nasty suprise after buying a ton of corals and loosing them due to some issue your not aware of where as if you toss in some mushrooms/zoas and they die you know youve got problems.

^agreed^ please take heed to these suggestions. Remember, corals are animals that require much better water quality than fish. I would stick with star polyps, mushrooms, or the leather as first corals. Zoas can be finaky sometimes if you don't know what they need.

11f150 · Mar 13, 2012

Heres a quick update. I have 2 fish and a pulsing xenia that I didnt pay very much for. Everything seems to be doing really good. The fish and coral have been in there for 4 days.

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Dowtish · Mar 13, 2012

NICE! Tank is coming along. I recognize that frag disc and rubberband method on the xenia. Did you get that at the critter?

Just some fore warning: Unless you want that xenia all over the entire tank, you might want to isolate it on a rock in the sand.

11f150 · Mar 13, 2012

Dowtish said:
NICE! Tank is coming along. I recognize that frag disc and rubberband method on the xenia. Did you get that at the critter?

Just some fore warning: Unless you want that xenia all over the entire tank, you might want to isolate it on a rock in the sand.

Yep its from the Critter, you know who sold it to them? I got a good deal on it so thats why I wanted to try it out. I think it looks pretty cool too. Ill have to figure out a place for it because I dont want it all over my tank. The guy said to keep it pretty far up for for good lighting and water movement though.