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Australia's Spiciest 34 Litre Nano: DIY frag rank (bottom of pg 6)


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So after much procrastination, I finally started a thread. The tank has been up and running for 6 months, and I haven't really been documenting the tank much, but there is no better time than the present, so here it is.

 

Livestock list:

 

2 Trachys

 

A bunch of Euphyllia

 

Goniastrea

 

plating pavona,

 

green mushroom

 

purple chalice

 

Duncan

 

Some people eater zoas

 

Multiple green palys

 

Chalice (tri colour)

 

Kypronite Candy Cane frag

 

Mini Trochus Snail

 

Money Cowrie

 

Current FTS : 12/3/16 (swap first two numbers around for Americans)

 

11/13/16

 

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11/4/2016

 

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10/24/16:

 

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10/16/16:

 

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pappadumplingz

Looking good :). Are you going to add more rock at all?

Soon, but atm I can't because of the Platygyra. The frag stand happens to float, and long story short, the trochus snail I have, which has since been moved into a breeder box w/ my clownfish, has knocked over the stand a few times, resulting in the platy falling onto the small chalice I have. Surprisingly, the smaller chalice won the battle.

 

A few pics of the aftermath

 

The platy has sustained a fair bit of damage

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Unlike the chalice

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I see, yes, chalice corals can pack a punch. I have witnessed the sweeper tentacles they send out stretch quite a distance and deal some serious damage.

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pappadumplingz

I see, yes, chalice corals can pack a punch. I have witnessed the sweeper tentacles they send out stretch quite a distance and deal some serious damage.

This one doesn't seem to have the sweepers that I have heard of though. Might be because it is a frag but I have no clue why. My Duncan fell on it and any flesh touching the chalice got burn't straight off.

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This one doesn't seem to have the sweepers that I have heard of though. Might be because it is a frag but I have no clue why. My Duncan fell on it and any flesh touching the chalice got burn't straight off.

Oh the sweepers are definitely in there ;). They will come out of the tiny little mouths (eyes) that you can see on the piece, in your case, it looks like green mouths on a purple body. I'd definitely recommend keeping it away from the more sensitive corals.

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pappadumplingz

Oh the sweepers are definitely in there ;). They will come out of the tiny little mouths (eyes) that you can see on the piece, in your case, it looks like green mouths on a purple body. I'd definitely recommend keeping it away from the more sensitive corals.

I'll keep that in mind. But before I mess with anything, I want to get some arm length gloves, cause from what I have heard about palytoxin, I'm not taking any chances. Gonna finish my water change in a bit. Had to do one because of all the floating crap from the fighting corals.

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I'll keep that in mind. But before I mess with anything, I want to get some arm length gloves, cause from what I have heard about palytoxin, I'm not taking any chances. Gonna finish my water change in a bit. Had to do one because of all the floating crap from the fighting corals.

As long as you wear glasses when fragging them, zoas are pretty easy to deal with lol. Yes, they can be toxic, some more so than others. I literally handle them bare handed (always have) and wear glasses when I cut them because I can't see that great without them. You really only have to be careful if they have an open wound, if you are just shifting them or placing them in the tank you will be fine without the gloves.

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I'll keep that in mind. But before I mess with anything, I want to get some arm length gloves, cause from what I have heard about palytoxin, I'm not taking any chances. Gonna finish my water change in a bit. Had to do one because of all the floating crap from the fighting corals.

 

You live in the land of killer animals and are afraid of a zoanthid :o:P Just like posted wear glasses and all should be good. I cut into mine all the time and have had no issues at all. Just don't lick your fingers..........

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You live in the land of killer animals and are afraid of a zoanthid :o:P Just like posted wear glasses and all should be good. I cut into mine all the time and have had no issues at all. Just don't lick your fingers..........

I can step on a spider, I can't do sh*t about neurotoxin.

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jedimasterben

Well, considering that there is no zoanthid that contains palytoxin, you're safe. Only true palythoa (which have a rough, sandy texture to the polyps) contain palytoxin. Quit being a wimp. :D

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Just looked at the clownfish, and saw some white spots on it. I think itsgot ich. Not sure why though. I haven't tested my water in a while, but I don't think it's that because all the corals are open, I change the water regularly, algae is under control and my firefish is happy. It might have to do with the fact it has been in a breeder box for so long. I haven't moved it because I don't have the resources to set up another tank, so the stress from that might have caused the ich. Any ideas on why it appeared? I will probably just set up a quarantine with the bits and bobs I have lying around though.

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jedimasterben

Ich is a parasite, not a disease and it is not due to water quality. Some fish can 'fight it off' but sometimes it will take over and kill them. It will always be living in their gills, however, unless treated in a hospital tank. I wouldn't stress out over it at this point.

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pappadumplingz

Ich is a parasite, not a disease and it is not due to water quality. Some fish can 'fight it off' but sometimes it will take over and kill them. It will always be living in their gills, however, unless treated in a hospital tank. I wouldn't stress out over it at this point.

You seem to be right, I think the ich might have been caused by adding the trochus snail into the box, which fouled up the water in the box a bit. Now it seems that the ich is going away, since I have a bit of flow going into it. I'm still gonna set up another tank though, just for the sake of getting the thing out of the breeder box.

 

Looks good......I love the minimalist scape.

:^ )

Thanks! I really want to track down some Aqua mags though to add some more depth. I'm planning to add a small rock arch so I can mount some of the euphyllias,
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You seem to be right, I think the ich might have been caused by adding the trochus snail into the box, which fouled up the water in the box a bit. Now it seems that the ich is going away, since I have a bit of flow going into it. I'm still gonna set up another tank though, just for the sake of getting the thing out of the breeder box.Thanks! I really want to track down some Aqua mags though to add some more depth. I'm planning to add a small rock arch so I can mount some of the euphyllias,

Ya, I love the magrock things.....an arch will look great....and fish seem to love swimming under and around them.

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pappadumplingz

Set up the tank for the clownfish, and it seems to be doing okay. It's being filtered by a small bag of purigen, but I'm cycling a marine pure cube, so I don't have to rely on the purigen in the long run.

 

Here is a photo of the tank (sorry for crummy photo room has trash lighting)

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Maybe put a large diameter piece of PVC in there also to give him someplace to hide when he is stressed. Make sure its PVC for potable water, not waste water though, the latter can leach chemicals.

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Maybe put a large diameter piece of PVC in there also to give him someplace to hide when he is stressed. Make sure its PVC for potable water, not waste water though, the latter can leach chemicals.

I'm probably gonna do just that, it's just that I need to find the time to go to Bunnings to get it.

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I'm probably gonna do just that, it's just that I need to find the time to go to Bunnings to get it.

They are open until 9 every night except Sundays ;). I practically live at my local haha.

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pappadumplingz

Cute! I should drop some purigen in my QT tank. There's carbon in there now :)

If you aren't running any bio filtration, purigen is great, since it removes organic compounds from the water, thus halting the nitrogen cycle, and it's rechargeable, so you don't have to keep buying more.

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If you aren't running any bio filtration, purigen is great, since it removes organic compounds from the water, thus halting the nitrogen cycle, and it's rechargeable, so you don't have to keep buying more.

 

 

Carbon will do the same, just not to the same extent. But the QT has a chunk of marine pure and seeded floss in it; there's even pod life in there. :) I have a bag of dried out purigen sitting in my closet that I might reuse..

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pappadumplingz

Carbon will do the same, just not to the same extent. But the QT has a chunk of marine pure and seeded floss in it; there's even pod life in there. :) I have a bag of dried out purigen sitting in my closet that I might reuse..

 

It might outcompete the marine pure though, making it inert, so if the filtration in the quarantine tank is sufficient, I'd just leave it.

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