Mantis Cube

[justinl]

for a long time ppl were stumped by this coral. however, recently, feeding coral became a big thing. since then there have been a few rare scattered reports of success with this coral. it is thought that they usually die because they need to be fed several times a day. otherwise they slowly starve. for the bad track record in tanks, i have completely avoided them and avoided doing any further research on them... here's a good site though.

 

http://www.goniopora.org/index.htm

 

btw, im on canreef too (justinl)! do you use a different username on there (just a guess, hurley?)?

 

edit: if even marinedepotlive (a vendor!) is hailng this coral as hard to keep, it really must be bad.

[Jared]

heres a couple more shots, the only downside to this setup is that the side facing the bulkheads has alot of flow and i can not think of any coral that will accept that kind of flow

 

the long branch with frogspawn isnt staying in the tank, i have one head around back that im going to keep

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jared]

haha im hurey. how could you guess that i dont think i post anything about this tank on there

 

 

sorry for being a picture whore but heres my buddy

 

 

[irishtexan]

Looks really good! Yeah it will be pretty hard finding a mantis, but you have a chance.

 

I would say go with a harlequin pair. They are really cool and would really stand out. Or you could also do like 5 sexy shrimp which are equally as cool. Your decision though.

 

 

-texx

[megan]

I think this is my new favorite tank. I am going to keep watching this one. Absolutely amazing design and scaping. I love what you are doing with this!!!

[Jared]

thanks, im glad to hear that people are interested in this:)

[hecsrt-4]

Nice tank, I actually just picked up a mantis today. I will try to post pictures tommorow, but not if I get to go see Transformers!

 

Not a picture whore, we love pictures its better than trying to use your (what's that word) Imagination LOL. Thank God for TV

[Jared]

i might get some neat thing to watch in the tank until the mantis i want is available,

so far my stocking list is

 

three stripe damsel

5 zebra hermits

 

three different zoa colors

frogspawm

GSP

flower pot coral

hairy mushroom

buton polyps

[surftaco]

what kind of light are you using?

 

i wonder if I could use that for my frag tank

[Jared]

just using a coralife 50/50 pc bulb and all these corals are opening up great

[surftaco]

just using a coralife 50/50 pc bulb and all these corals are opening up great

 

 

does it screw into that lamp?

[Jared]

yeah just like a normal house hold bulb, but instead coralife used pc bulbs, works great for soft corals, but growth will probably be a lot slower, which is what im looking for because i don't want anything to outgrow my tank ha ha, but soon im going to get a 70 watt halide

[surftaco]

yeah just like a normal house hold bulb, but instead coralife used pc bulbs, works great for soft corals, but growth will probably be a lot slower, which is what im looking for because i don't want anything to outgrow my tank ha ha, but soon im going to get a 70 watt halide

 

 

right on. looks good

[Jared]

thanks

id say my lighting setup is the main downside to my setup, but to keep the cost down it was the only option i didnt want the light hanging over the edge or sitting on the tank, if i see a good deal on a viper 70 watt im going to grab that and make an awsome light fixture

[xdannyx_]

amazing!!

[Jared]

thanks

 

so are there any corals that will accept alot of flow? i really don't like the back being so bald, well its okay for now but when i move the tank to an area where you can walk all the way around it, its going to look funny

[DudE31]

is the intake for the canister filter covered lol ?

[Jared]

yeah thats what that strainer is for, the open one is the return

[Jared]

heres a shot at my Top off system i created, for the time being it makes it a lot easier but i hope soon i can get a dosing pump so i dont have this ugly thing over my tank

 

 

i moved around some corals today and put one of the frogspawns in place, if i don't sell the bigger one i think im going to attach it beside the other one

 

 

this is what it looks like from far away, it needs to be moved to a room with more space

 

 

and the ugly side, maybe once i get MH lighting i can put some sps corals in the high flow area

 

 

heres a shot of my zoo's they have a nice pink sparkle

 

[ReadyReefer]

You would have to research them but I think a staghorn crab would be neat in that tank.

Here is a link

 

EDIT: forgot to mention that this is probably the cleanest tanks I have seen. I also love the coral selection.

[Jared]

thats an interesting crab, im giving the mantis idea another week and if nothing shows up i might make it a pom pom crab paradise and maybe a cleaner shrimp

[hecsrt-4]

I still think a mantis would look awesome in that tank.

 

I just picked up this mantis, I couldn't stay away they are so interesting

[Jared]

still no mantis, but i have moved and got some new corals and redid the rock a little

what do you think?

 

[BJK2]

I thought you could take some type of metal ductwork and attach it around your light, paint it... and wallaaa you have a nice way to create a hanging hood type setup by attaching it to the light fixture.. I hope that is an ook explantion.

[Jared]

im actually ordering a viper k2 70 watt halide lamp for this tank