New Member and his 10 gallon

[mr.x-ray]

holy hell! 1200g? Did you buy that shark? J/k

Clarification. Its going to be ~12 banks to start. Each with 2x50 gallon tanks=100 gallonsx12banks=1200g. Each bank will have its own sump. Probably another 50g each. I know a guy with 2x700's that wants to move one out, so we'll see where that goes for the big DT. Either that or I might get a couple of Oceanic RR210's to start.

[palmer373]

id prefer 1 1200g tank rather than 20 50g tanks lol

[asuttles]

Good for stocking, and arranging stuff buisness flow wise. He could always do a nice persoanl large DT if he ever wanted to. Good luck with everything xray!

[asuttles]

kenya and ricordea I picked up from fanatics today, ricordea doesn't have a lot of color right now hoping it improves he's not very happy.

[F-15 crew chief]

Very nice corals i think i seen you there haha

[palmer373]

wow Tim has great kenyas. quick question, can someone explain whats a ricordia, i have a slight idea but its just not cutting it. sooooooo many types of coral i get confused.

[asuttles]

Their technically an anemone it lacks a true skeleton. Any mushroom or ricordea is a Corallimorph, are all very closely related and I think pretty much all of them get a long fine photo synthetically a lot of the ricordeas will bud and multiply faster with occasional feeding. That's whats pictured first as you can tell.

[palmer373]

oh ok so do they open up or just look like bubbles? in the pic is that what itll always look like? oh and p.s. i got a kenya from Tim for FREE cuase i wasnt sure how corals would do in my system and in 2 weeks it has dubled in size. i noticed growth within 2 days after using a bit of DTs phyto. great stuff got it from Eric.

[Brian]

"system and in 2 weeks it has dubled in size." palmer373

-Thats probably not growth in 2 days but just the kenya getting used to your system, it can sometimes take weeks for them to fully extend.

[palmer373]

"system and in 2 weeks it has dubled in size." palmer373

-Thats probably not growth in 2 days but just the kenya getting used to your system, it can sometimes take weeks for them to fully extend.

thats true but ive noticed a knew limb that wasnt there. i guess it doesnt matter

so buddy what else to do plan or would like to add to your coral list? are you gonna put some fish in there and if so do you have a few picked out?

[asuttles]

lot of people there when I picked this up but yea you probably saw me. @ palmer I just picked up a sixline wrasse today pics to come later. As for other inhabitants

Green star polyps once I get around to getting a hold of joe.
More mushroom corals
possibly montipora
a osc or perc clown (with that I obviously want some sort of anemone for it to host to)
dunno other then that

[asuttles]

SIXLINE

[palmer373]

wow amazing! i have a few questions for you:
1) is that tank big enough for a sixline?
2) may i ask where you got it from and for how much??
3) is that the only fish that is currently in that tank?
4) what are sixlines good for? i know they look nice just curious if they are pest eaters and or cleaners or something.

thanks and good luck with your tank its coming along nicely!

[asuttles]

It's actually kinda a debate I dunno if it's a big one or not but some people have had success with them in ten gallons and some would like to see them in larger tanks.
My thinking: If someone else can do it, why not give it shot if this was a rare or expensive fish I would not leave it to chance.
They should eat flatworms and copepods, theres a lot in my tank right now so instead of doing some chemical way to get rid of them I got the wrasse.
18.99 at petco, normally I'd rather do ACF or reef for livestock purchases but much cheaper at petco this fish was.
Only fish as of now.
As I said before my tank has a bunch of flatworms right now ( I honestly don't think they have been bugging the corals or I would have noticed something by now) and copepods which I am hoping the wrasse will eat if not I will try to put it on some flake/frozen diet.

[palmer373]

sweet ive seen some cheep SW fish at petzoo that i wanted to get but i dont wanna trust there reefing capabilities and if i dont buy from them they wont take more fish outof the ocean cause they wont need more lol . should i risk getting a fish from petzoo? oh forgot, dont you need a cover cause wrasses like to jump?

[mr.x-ray]

You don't have to put an Anenome in there for the clowns. They will be fine without. My Tomato's actually are hosting in a big Zoa colony. However if you do decide to put one in, I would put it in first before you put any other corals in. It will move around until its happy in one spot. And if it comes in contact with any corals, the coral will lose. And later if you changed something like the lights or flow, the bugger WILL move to a new spot and sting anything it comes by. Not to much of a concern if it was small and the tank was big, but your not working with much room.

[asuttles]

i've got some mesh i'm gunna try to put up for any jumping incedents, as of right now it's really shy and is checking out all the liverock caves and such so I'm not to worried. I didn't even know petzoo carried marine livestock I'll have to go over there sometime.

[aquariumreef]

I personally wouldn't suggest going to pet zoo for marine fish. Often, when I do go there, I find most of their marine livestock dead or dying. And some of there prices are a little high. If you did want some cheap,healthy fish,go to Sergyeos store. I got 10 hermit crabs and 2 snails for just over a dollar each there, and their doing fine! PM him if your intreasted in going, its worth the time!

Sean

PS: Sorry for going off topic!

[palmer373]

I personally wouldn't suggest going to pet zoo for marine fish. Often, when I do go there, I find most of their marine livestock dead or dying.

I was wondering why those fish looked a little funny lol.

[Flash]

6 line wrasses are great. I spent about 3 months of looking until I found the one I liked. It was the most colorfull and active six line out of all of the ones I had seen and spent about 2 hours watching him before I got him. Think it was $28. I didn't realized until a few days after I bought him just how hyper he was. Also, I think its got A.D.D. It won't sit still for a picture.

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