surftaco Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Hello everyone here it is! Finally have it all setup! Day 1 Day 7 Today I went and purchased some live rock from my LFS ( Niceville Pets ) thanks Mephix! Here it is up close. Took me an hour of farting around to get it to look this way ! I love this piece! After snapping the first macro out popped this yellow feather duster! I also had a few hitch hikers that came along. 2 cool snails and a tiny little crab in a spiral shell. What should I be doing with it now? Testing everyday? What should I be on the lookout for? Any advice would be great! Id also like to thank everyone who has answered all my questions and have helped me on the way! Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 Oh man. What do I feed the feather duster? Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 phyto plankton how often? Link to comment
Jackopus Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Sweet setup... I have a nanocube 24g dx, now after seeing some of the smaller ones, I am looknig deeper into the wallet. they look fun Link to comment
lgreen Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Oh man. What do I feed the feather duster? nothing. just leave it be. be wary of advice were people just "phyto plankton" and provide no explanation. sure they eat phytoplankton, but your tank has plenty of gunk they can eat on right now. adding a ton of extra food is going to make algae explode everywhere. Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 nothing. just leave it be. be wary of advice were people just "phyto plankton" and provide no explanation. sure they eat phytoplankton, but your tank has plenty of gunk they can eat on right now. adding a ton of extra food is going to make algae explode everywhere. thanks green! Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Looking good Surf. No need to feed. (it) Looks like you got great hitchhikers (unlike me who only got macro ) and plenty of places to put coral. Is that a thermometer probe in the display? Tip: toss it in among your rubble in chamber 2, just don't smash it. You don't have to test everyday, but you can (I tested every 3 days) I guess you took my idea, but it's supposed to be with Chris B's book, not SW for dummies (how is that book btw?) Good Luck, pm me if you have any ques. Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Looking good Surf. No need to feed. (it) Looks like you got great hitchhikers (unlike me who only got macro ) and plenty of places to put coral. Is that a thermometer probe in the display? Tip: toss it in among your rubble in chamber 2, just don't smash it. You don't have to test everyday, but you can (I tested every 3 days) I guess you took my idea, but it's supposed to be with Chris B's book, not SW for dummies (how is that book btw?) Good Luck, pm me if you have any ques. Sweet good idea! It will be hidden when I get my LR rubble! Its a really good book. Has a ton of really cool info on fish and inverts! Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 WOW! Day 8 I peered in my tank today and booo-ya! look what sprouted. I believe its a mushroom coral of some type. Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 do mushroom corals spread? Link to comment
DudE31 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 yes they will spread eventually ... after your tank has matured a bit and they get established ... or once it grows a bit you can propagate/frag them Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 yes they will spread eventually ... after your tank has matured a bit and they get established ... or once it grows a bit you can propagate/frag them nice! Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 Great pics, keep them coming! Thanks Yoho! Link to comment
OneHump Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Where did you get that rock? I got a whole lot of nothing in mine. I'm jealous! What's next? Is a Clown going to magically sprout out of one of those rocks? Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Where did you get that rock? I got a whole lot of nothing in mine. I'm jealous! What's next? Is a Clown going to magically sprout out of one of those rocks? I know right? LOL I saw this on my rock today. Its some type of sponge. I purchased my rock at my LFS. The rock was sharing the tank with there coral. The LFS is located in Niceville Florida. Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Great looking tank so far! thank you Brian. Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 You get hitchhiker coral... I got stupid algae (kicks dirt) Looks good! Link to comment
surftaco Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 You get hitchhiker coral... I got stupid algae (kicks dirt) Looks good! LOL! Thanks GV! You have been a great help. Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 No problem, glad to see everything is working out well for you Link to comment
Josh'sNano Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hey Surf Taco... you live in Ft Walton Beach? I just moved from there. If you need a hook up at a LFS just let me know. I know the managers at Petland and FishBiz and would be willing to see if I can get you hooked up. Is this your first tank? Link to comment
surftaco Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 Got some Xenia in my tank now check it out! My cleanup crew consists of: 1-Red Hermit 1-Blue Hermit 3-Turbo snails 1-micro hermit Assorted sizes of Bristle worms approx 5-7 of those guys. Should I add some other stuff to the CUC? I have plenty of algae. Link to comment
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