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12/1/15

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3/28/15

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FTS 11/19/14

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Hey NR! Just thought I'd share my new build B)

Equipment:
PicO Aquariums 5g AIO
Stock pump (120 gph)
Nanobox Mini Tide with Coralux Storm controller
Hydor Theo 25 watt heater

Filtration:
ChemiPure Elite
Purigen
Filter Floss
5 lbs dry rock, from lfs

7 lbs live rock
5 lbs Live Sand, Arag-Alive!

Livestock:
1 Juvenile Clownfish
1 Small Clown

1 Small Tangaroan Goby

1 Mexican Turbo

1 Nassarious Snail

 

SPS:

Green ORA Birdsnest

WWC Northern Lights Monti

 

LPS:

2 Random Acans

1 Miami Hurricanes Chalice

 

Softies:

Rastas, Spidermans, Ring of Fires, Vampire Kisses,

Sunny D's, KO Nightmares, Tubb's Blues, 5 Color Rainbows,

Red Hornets, Purple Hornets, Random Green Zoas, Devils Armor,

Armor of God, Dragon Eyes, Eagle Eyes, 3 Random Shrooms.

 


I started cycling this tank Oct 1

Feel free to comment with advice or suggestions!

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itsyahboydanny

Got a frag pack from zen-reef, which turned out awesome!

I got frags of: ora green birds nest, vampire kisses, ring of fire, purple hornets, red hornets, 5 color rainbow, rastas, spidermans, tubbs blues

 

Also went to Bio-Reef in Jacksonville

I got frags of: sunny d's, ko nightmare, and wwc northern lights monti

 

Also took my first macro shot using a ollo clip macro lens for my iPhone!

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That's a lot of really nice zoas. How long do you plan on keeping them on the racks before placement? Looking forward to the fts with them in place.

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itsyahboydanny

That's a lot of really nice zoas. How long do you plan on keeping them on the racks before placement? Looking forward to the fts with them in place.

 

Thanks! I was debating what to do.

I can't decide if i should

 

put them with the whole plugs down there, but the rocks are small so It wouldn't look that nice..

dremmel the plug stem off and just leave them on the disk on the rock..

start fragging them off and glueing them onto rocks..

 

what do you think?

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Thanks! I was debating what to do.

I can't decide if i should

 

put them with the whole plugs down there, but the rocks are small so It wouldn't look that nice..

dremmel the plug stem off and just leave them on the disk on the rock..

start fragging them off and glueing them onto rocks..

 

what do you think?

 

definitely take the plug stem off and just let them cover the disks. less stress for them and once they overgrow the disc you wont even know it's there.

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itsyahboydanny

definitely take the plug stem off and just let them cover the disks. less stress for them and once they overgrow the disc you wont even know it's there.

 

Right, I was thinking the same, should I glue the disk down or just leave it sitting on the rock?

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I only leave the disk if they've grown on it. Otherwise I'd pop the rock/glue/eggcrate/whatever off of the disk. And definitely glue them unless you can really wedge them in. Snails and fish will knock them down otherwise. The glue and epoxy sandwich works great :)

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itsyahboydanny

I only leave the disk if they've grown on it. Otherwise I'd pop the rock/glue/eggcrate/whatever off of the disk. And definitely glue them unless you can really wedge them in. Snails and fish will knock them down otherwise. The glue and epoxy sandwich works great :)

 

All of them except for one has grown onto the disk so I think I'll just leave them on and cut the stem off the plug. Some of them have algea growing on the disk too idk if that will stop them from growing, should I just leave it be?

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itsyahboydanny

Your CUC should clean them up or you could do a peroxide dip.

 

Well I think my only snail died today lol I found it upside down. I guess I'll need to get another

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itsyahboydanny

sweet zoas, especially the hornets.

 

Thanks, I started popping them off the plugs, I got 3 glued onto the rock work so far. they actually pop off pretty easy, a lot easier than cutting the stem off.

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NorthGaHillbilly

I despise frag plugs, so I would definatly pop em off the plug and glue em down. That being said I would let them keep growing on the plugs and then remove some of the new growth if you plan on ever trading/selling some off

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itsyahboydanny

those are some good looking zoas, what frag rack is that?

Thanks! I got most of my frags and the rack from zen-reef.com, Tran is awesome and has amazing products!

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