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[OffTopic]

Welcome to R2R and amazing looking tank! Nice job

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!! Great looking tank!

 

[Big G]

Welcome to R2R! Really nice color in your tank. Awesome

 

[PDR]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[BluTang85]

Hello, and welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[SPR1968]

Great looking tank and pictures and welcome to R2R!

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Sunny Goold]

Awesome - welcome it’s good to have you here [emoji4]

 

[reef lover]

Welcome to r2r!! In your newly aquired tank i see anemones, sinularia or green Kenya, some palys,a couple mushrooms.
Also a bubble.coral and green star polyps.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Thanks for sharing your tank and welcome to the forum!

 

[Ruben's Reef]

!!! Welcome to R2R !!! Nice looking tank.

 

[Reefer Deez]

Hello and welcome to R2R
It's a pleasure to have you here with us

 

[cracker]

welcome Harte

 

[Harte]

The green tree looking corals are nepthea. They look very happy. Below that on the gravel those button looking corals are either zoanthid or palythoa. To the right of that the coral that sorta resembles grass is green star polyps I believe. The white fleshy coral might not be a coral at all. Its closed up and I'm having a hard time making out the pic, but I think it may be an anemone. Condylactis perhaps. Great looking tank and some hardy corals. Enjoy! Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks Bullnose. Appreciate the info. Here is a close up of the white fleshy coral/anemone. There are three others outside that cluster and one has yet to open since the move.
I attempted to recreate the live rock structures from the tanks original setup so everything would have similar light and flow. Unfortunately after transferring the substrate and refilling the tank with its original water, visibility was less than 3" for the first hour. By that point, everything had been in coolers for 3+ hours.: I felt the quicker I could get the rocks/coral back in, the better it would be for the corals. As soon as I had 6" visibility, everything went back in the tank.
Here are a few more pictures of the fleshy corals/anemone

 

[Harte]

Welcome! Pretty nice that you’re starting off with an aged tank, covered in Coralline(good stuff) and some healthy corals. Most importantly no nuisance algae that I can see from the pictures. Sometimes, the most frustrating phase for beginners is the cycling of a tank and a lot can go wrong. You’re fortunate to bypass all of that...

Thanks, I’m very excited to have the opportunity to start with a mature ecosystem

 

[Harte]

The green tree looking corals are nepthea. They look very happy. Below that on the gravel those button looking corals are either zoanthid or palythoa. To the right of that the coral that sorta resembles grass is green star polyps I believe. The white fleshy coral might not be a coral at all. Its closed up and I'm having a hard time making out the pic, but I think it may be an anemone. Condylactis perhaps. Great looking tank and some hardy corals. Enjoy! Let us know if you have any questions.

Bullnose, Looking at online pictures of Condylactis, They all seem to have coloured tips. These critters are white through and through. Could it be a health issue with the Condylactis or could they be either anemones? The gentleman I got the tank from said they hadn’t moved Since being placed in the tank and he doesn’t recall what they were being that they had been in the tank years and years, Thank you again for the information you provided

 

[Bullnose]

Bullnose, Looking at online pictures of Condylactis, They all seem to have coloured tips. These critters are white through and through. Could it be a health issue with the Condylactis or could they be either anemones? The gentleman I got the tank from said they hadn’t moved Since being placed in the tank and he doesn’t recall what they were being that they had been in the tank years and years, Thank you again for the information you provided

Hey Harte, sorry just saw you asked this. Did you ever figure it out? I've personally never owned a Condylactis so I couldn't really provide that kind of detail. The ones I usually see for sale have purple tips. They're really common I'm sure some here should be able to narrow it down for you if you haven't already. How's the tank going?

 

[JasonK84]

White bubble tip anemone

Welcome to R2R!!

Great looking tank!

 

[Harte]

Hey Harte, sorry just saw you asked this. Did you ever figure it out? I've personally never owned a Condylactis so I couldn't really provide that kind of detail. The ones I usually see for sale have purple tips. They're really common I'm sure some here should be able to narrow it down for you if you haven't already. How's the tank going?

Bullnose, thanks for your reply.
The tank is great. Decided on the direction of my tank/hobby and I am beginning to create more of a reef tank... more corals, minimum fish.
I now have 7 fish and I will keep the number steady for the foreseeable future.
I just bought some new lighting. I found a local gentleman who sells coral frags as his hobby/side business and purchased from him two mint condition (used for 4 months 1200 hours + -) Ecotech Radion 30w G3 pro’s with the tank stands and the reeflink wifi as he upgraded to the G4 pro. I didn’t plan on it but I couldn’t pass up the deal since everything was less than the cost of a new single Radion 30w G4 pro before taxes.

My only issue to date is I am getting a nitrate spike (0 to 12.0 +++ within 24 hours) every 4-5 days. I think I may be feeding the tank too much but I am learning slowlyyyyy....
I have made enquires however no one else has suggested any other alternatives as to why the spike. I have been doing a 10 - 12 gallon water change the moment I notice the spike which seems to be maintaining everything in a healthy and happy environment. That’s 15 + % of the tanks volume.
Any thought as to why I am getting the Nitrate spikes every 4-5 days?
Thanks again for your reply, hope you and yours had a great thanksgiving,

Cheers,

Harte

 

[Harte]

White bubble tip anemone

Welcome to R2R!!

Great looking tank!

Thanks Jason