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I've never seen any direct proof of blackworms causing anything. It's actually the opposite. Some of the most successful reef tanks feed blackworms as a staple. One great example is Paul B. The man has fish that are 20+ years old. His main diet? Blackworms. He attributes a lot of his success to them.

 

While they are not a saltwater natural food, that's kinda not important. It breaks down to nutritional value, and what the fish needs. Fat, proteins, ect. It's like feeding your CBB clam. It would never eat that it the wild, but we use clam as a big part of marine fish diets..

 

The worms actually don't foul out. They stay alive in the saltwater for a very long period of time. Trust me, before they ever get to die, they will be gone...lol...I have yet to ever see one hit the sand bed.

 

Btw maybe you are unaware that 50% of what we feed our marine fish doesn't come from saltwater. Mysis, Cyclopeeze, ect. All freshwater ;)

May need to add this to my feeding regimen, especially since I will be adding more fish to the new tank. As with anything you feed, I'm sure it is done sparingly. I never knew that about mysis, cyclopeeze, etc.

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Make sure the holes are open. It did the trick for mine.

 

Yea def a couple small holes in the container. Forgot that part!

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Sooo...I just bought a new macro lense...also ordered a avast marine porthole.

 

I've been holding back on posting pics..I really wanted everything to color up and get back on track. A lot of the cool gems I got are starting to look great. As soon as everything gets here I will "attempt" to take some good pics.

 

Also picked up some cool pieces today. Really excited about these

Rouge milli

PC superman

PC rainbow

And WWC somewhere over the rainbow

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Question for the wrasse guys. I was going to pick up a leopard wrasse over the weekend. I ended up passing on it. I think I rather have some color in the tank. What are some of the rarer reef safe wrasses? Something that could be the highlight of the tank!

 

I'm also looking for something that will school, or atleast for the most part stay together. I know chromis don't last long, and they fight a lot with each other, but I always enjoyed them in my other tank. I'm not a fan of cardinals.

 

Lastly I would like a tang for grazing, ect. I'm just paranoid. I always seem to have something come in with tangs. No matter if I qt or not. All my fish are healthy and I would hate to introduce something at this point. What tang do you guys think would set off the tank? Whatever I buy will be tiny. By the time it starts getting some size, moving time and upgrade will be around the corner.

 

I also have a nice size torch at my buddies. I think it will be nice to add a little movement to the tank. When I get the torch in, maybe I will think about some designer clown to host it.

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I'm also looking for something that will school, or atleast for the most part stay together. I know chromis don't last long, and they fight a lot with each other, but I always enjoyed them in my other tank. I'm not a fan of cardinals.

I've had no real issues with my Chromis, there is a dominant one for sure but no real aggression other than what is to expected in a group.

 

A Lineatus Wrasse would be sexy. ;)

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I've had no real issues with my Chromis, there is a dominant one for sure but no real aggression other than what is to expected in a group.A Lineatus Wrasse would be sexy. ;)

 

That's one of the possibilities on my list. Also high on my list is a pair of flame wrasses. I think they are awesome. I think I'm going to give the chromis a go in this tank. I had 3 in my other tank. I would love something taking up open space, schooling together.

 

Gem tang

Lol...I wouldn't put a gem tang in a 36 inch footprint. That's just cruel. Its a lovely fish, but if I was going to spend 3000.00 on something, it wouldn't be a fish.

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If I was going to spend 3000.00 on something, it wouldn't be a fish.

It would be coral?

 

I always liked Tomini Tangs.

 

When you figure out a sweet idea for schooling fish let me know. I want em too. If only chromis weren't such jerks, they would be awesome.

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It would be coral?

 

I always liked Tomini Tangs.

 

When you figure out a sweet idea for schooling fish let me know. I want em too. If only chromis weren't such jerks, they would be awesome.

Yup. It would def be coral ;)

I really can't think of anything else for schooling fish. I don't want little cardinals or anything like that. If I can get 3 chromis to behave I would be happy. They a pretty fish, school, eat well...only downside is the aggression. Some people get lucky and they keep em for years. I think I'm going to just give it a shot. I think the other fish can defend themselves.

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Question for the wrasse guys. I was going to pick up a leopard wrasse over the weekend. I ended up passing on it. I think I rather have some color in the tank. What are some of the rarer reef safe wrasses? Something that could be the highlight of the tank!

 

I'm also looking for something that will school, or atleast for the most part stay together. I know chromis don't last long, and they fight a lot with each other, but I always enjoyed them in my other tank. I'm not a fan of cardinals.

 

Lastly I would like a tang for grazing, ect. I'm just paranoid. I always seem to have something come in with tangs. No matter if I qt or not. All my fish are healthy and I would hate to introduce something at this point. What tang do you guys think would set off the tank? Whatever I buy will be tiny. By the time it starts getting some size, moving time and upgrade will be around the corner.

 

I also have a nice size torch at my buddies. I think it will be nice to add a little movement to the tank. When I get the torch in, maybe I will think about some designer clown to host it.

I'd say go for the leopard. They may not be super colorful, but the pattern is hard to beat. Leave the color for the other fish you put in the tank.

 

I feel yeah on the schooling fish. You have to get something, it is a must for any reef tank over 50 gallons imo. I agree too on the chromis and I am not much a fan of cardinals either. How about a small school of chalk bass? Or Anthias?

 

You don't want to try another bristletooth tang? They are such cool fish and would be fine whether you upgrade or not.

 

Edit: I meant that last statement as a question.

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Love that light fixture, Im going to build a Radion/t5 hybrid next..

I am in the works on one of these myself!

 

Sooo...I just bought a new macro lense...also ordered a avast marine porthole.

 

I've been holding back on posting pics..I really wanted everything to color up and get back on track. A lot of the cool gems I got are starting to look great. As soon as everything gets here I will "attempt" to take some good pics.

 

Also picked up some cool pieces today. Really excited about these

Rouge milli

PC superman

PC rainbow

And WWC somewhere over the rainbow

Nice new frags! A couple of those are on my short list (if I had the space :D )

 

You will like the porthole. I have one and it is one of the best birthday presents that I have ever received.

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I'd say go for the leopard. They may not be super colorful, but the pattern is hard to beat. Leave the color for the other fish you put in the tank. I feel yeah on the schooling fish. You have to get something, it is a must for any reef tank over 50 gallons imo. I agree too on the chromis and I am not much a fan of cardinals either. How about a small school of chalk bass? Or Anthias? You don't want to try another bristletooth tang. They are such cool fish and would be fine whether you upgrade or not.

The leopards do look awesome, but I like the coloration on the males. Unfortunately I don't think I could sustain 3 or even a pair. If I found one that was already a male, I would jump on it. If im not mistaken, once a wrasse switches over to male it stays that way. I was thinking about more anthias, I just don't want aggression to become a problem. My fathead is awesome, and I would hate for him to get bullied. Bartletts are mean suckers, maybe some dispars would work. I do like the blue/green chromis though. They are a classic fish, it's just hit or miss with them. I don't think I want another bristletooth. If I get a tang it's to help with grazing and algae. They don't do much for that. Mine didn't even touch nori.

 

Love that light fixture, Im going to build a Radion/t5 hybrid next..

Awesome!

I am in the works on one of these myself!Nice new frags! A couple of those are on my short list (if I had the space :D ) You will like the porthole. I have one and it is one of the best birthday presents that I have ever received.

I should have it in a day or 2! Excited. Now I just need the new macro lense.
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I am in the works on one of these myself!

 

Nice new frags! A couple of those are on my short list (if I had the space :D )

 

You will like the porthole. I have one and it is one of the best birthday presents that I have ever received.

 

 

Do tell more!

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Do you have D-Day in there? Can you take a closeup?

 

I was telling Jay at RR Canada how sweet RR USA's D-Day is and he cut me a free frag of something that isn't named or anything but is same species and is kindof purple with yellow higlights to see if I could color it up.

 

Said it could be same thing but doesn't know. Interested to see what the non photoshopped to radioactivity by RR USA photos look like in your tank.

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My dday was a goner when it arrived. I'm waiting for more frags to be available. To be honest, I don't see me doing much business with reefraft USA. Let's just say, consider yourself blessed to have the connection you have.

 

As pretty as some of these peices are, I've decided I won't let it get the best of me. As a collector, I am more then willing to spend some good dough on coral. What i won't do is support businesses with a certain "approach" to our hobby.

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Damn dude...lemme know next time you're going fishing. I would love to tag along. Although, last night would have been a definite no, and you know why!

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Picked up some frags today...my friend has such a amazing tank...I never get enough

 

Here's what I got Rouge millihttps://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14959452226/]14959452226_4e297b4a1d_b.jpg[/url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14959452226/]Untitled[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/people/123509535@N06/]touchofklasse[/url], on Flickr

 

A piece of WWC somewhere over the rainbow (this is still in his tank. Wanted to make sure it heals) https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14795771959/]14795771959_501d3bbcae_b.jpg[/url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14795771959/]Untitled[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/people/123509535@N06/]touchofklasse[/url], on Flickr

 

This is a pic of his hawkins...gives you a idea of how big his colonies are. https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14795771889/]14795771889_96dc967e23_b.jpg[/url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14795771889/]Untitled[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/people/123509535@N06/]touchofklasse[/url], on Flickr

 

He also has the PC superman and PC rainbow healing up for me. Will grab em in a couple weeks. Super excited to pick up these pieces!

 

Damn dude...lemme know next time you're going fishing. I would love to tag along. Although, last night would have been a definite no, and you know why!

For sure man
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So I have slowly weeded off zeovit for the last couple weeks. It pains me to say it, but things have never been better! I would love some opinions on what's going on.

 

Ive spoken to some other zeovit masters, and here's where I'm at. My tank was started with dryrock, and has been nutrient low from the get. I made sure to soak my dryrock for a week and test for phosphates which were zero. I was without fish for about 6 weeks and have never had more then 3 small fish. At the end of the day, the tank is young and has never had a huge bioload of nutrient import. Basically the tank is just too clean, and corals were starving.

 

That would obviously explain a lot of the problems I've been having. STN being the big one. Corals would be fine a few weeks, and then slowly start to go downhill, loose color, and some even Stn. I've tried lowering my start3 dosage, reducing flow in reactor, adding more food and aminos. Nothing seemed to do much though. I could go weeks without cleaning my glass. My rocks still look like new dryrock, which is pretty crazy!

 

I think zeovit is awesome at lowering nutrients, in my case too good...lol...the plan now is to let the tank mature a bit. Maybe in a couple months I will see nutrients creep up a bit and I will start it up again. I'm under the impression, that if I would have started this tank with quality liverock, i wouldn't be having this problem. I'm willing to let the tank and rock mature though, so no big deal. Pics tom as I'm finally happy with some of the colors.

 

If any other Zeoheads care to chime in, please do.

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New fishie...haven't seen one in a while, so I couldn't resist. He's already eating frozen. He went straight into the tank and started hitting the pods. Also demolished blackworms and mysis. Super happy with this guy.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14870641550/'>14870641550_48ec155607_b.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/14870641550/'>DSC_0781 by https://www.flickr.com/people/123509535@N06/'>touchofklasse, on Flickr

 

The pods don't stand a chance. This was literally 30 seconds after adding him to the tank. Never seen a fish do that. It didn't hide for a second.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/15034296076/'>15034296076_3575f3a59c_b.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/15034296076/'>DSC_0784 by https://www.flickr.com/people/123509535@N06/'>touchofklasse, on Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/15056943962/'>15056943962_9dd0f9a9ca_b.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123509535@N06/15056943962/'>DSC_0793 by https://www.flickr.com/people/123509535@N06/'>touchofklasse, on Flickr

 

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I had the same experience with zeovit. In the end, I was better off with not using it. The tank improved dramatically after I took it offline. It lowered the nutrients too much and gave me a weird algae on the sand.

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Awesome! He's the only fish in the tank now??

 

No he's not. There is a sunburst anthias, yellow coris wrasse, royal gramma, the tamarin wrasse, and a tomini tang in qt.

 

 

I had the same experience with zeovit. In the end, I was better off with not using it. The tank improved dramatically after I took it offline. It lowered the nutrients too much and gave me a weird algae on the sand.

 

Got ya. I didn't have any weird stuff on my sand, or rocks, but the tank is way low in nutrients. I mean the tank is 5 months old, and the rocks still look like new dry rock. That's not normal. I'm not even growing coralline. For now I plan to let the tank mature. All my param are where I want them. Today was the first time I actually had some phosphate...lol...how many reefers get happy about that. Tested at .03 on a Hannah ulr checker.

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