RandomLetters Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 Damit N00b Mistake, Reading up shows Carnations are "extrodinarily Hard to keep" I would bring it back but its just going to die there... Link to comment
RandomLetters Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 Hey thank you very much for your reply, Yea Sun Corals are nocturnal and require direct feeding which i dont mind at all I've seen the spray bar idea before, I'd love to do it but I don't want any more equipment in my tank. Link to comment
birdman204 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 The kents is so-so food, try to substitute cyclop-eeze or DT's in it's place depending on what product you are using. The dendro is a phytoplankton feeder. To give it's best chances , spot feed it phyto when it is open. The sun coral eats meatier food like the mysis you suggested, turn off the pumps, and feed often for the best chance of survival. Before buying anything, I try to look at a book at the store before I buy if they have any reference books. 4 line wrasse Link to comment
The_Barbe-Hatten_Project Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 yeah.. i know how it is...nice picture... Link to comment
RandomLetters Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 Yea my work was out of DT's When the Kent stuff run's out or its experation date is up ill definately switch to DT's. Link to comment
ghostbear29 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 that spray bar idea sounds good, anyone know the size we need? Also that wrasse is kickin'! What do you this about a yellow anthias? IS that too much fish for a 16g.? Link to comment
bobbyb323 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 What's with the hair algae? Link to comment
birdman204 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 looks like a newer tank, going through it's "cycles" , and I don't mean cycling..... The hair should subside soon with proper husbandry. Link to comment
impur Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 What happened to the urchin in the first set of pics? Link to comment
ghostbear29 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 ya know, thats what I was wondering. What happened to the "ball of spikes"? Maybe too much bio load for the 16? I wonder. I just have a blue chromis and hermit and snails in mine. I am gonna wait a few weeks just to be sure before i introduce anything else. Link to comment
RandomLetters Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Heh he was too big for the tank what ever i had in there for frags he would find a way to knock over, He went back to my work (lfs) and was sold the same day to someone with a much bigger tank Link to comment
RandomLetters Posted July 31, 2004 Author Share Posted July 31, 2004 I'd Say he's improved eh Direct Phyto feeding every other day. Link to comment
RandomLetters Posted August 14, 2004 Author Share Posted August 14, 2004 Redid the rock work, Definately like it better this time around: Just a little update: The orange monti frag is pretty much dead I was right on assuming my 96w wouldn't be enough, everything thing else is doing great some things arent open because i just turned on the lights 10 mins ago. the little green hammer frag on the top right is doing great the number of polyps have atleast doubled in number. The carnation still slouches a bit sometimes but it seems to be doing good. Link to comment
Withers Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 nice tank. i would think that 96 watts would be sufficient for a monti frag, just maybe not enough to keep it orange, it could be that its because your tank is still fairly new, and some parameters could be fluctuating. that last pic looks like a tubinaria (sp?) to me. Glad you got your hair algae under control, i've been battling it in my tank for almost 6 months now :| ghostbear, there are many different species of anthias, a lot of which are yellowish, but none of which are suited to nano tanks. they need to be in groups, or at least in pairs, otherwise they have a dismal success rate. Jason Link to comment
ghostbear29 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Thanks vics skimmer. No one else seems to give quite the answer I was looking for. Sorry for the hair algae, Iv'e noticed brown masses covering the LR and some of the glass, hopefully the turbo and the margarita will consume most of it. I think I have waaaay to nutrient rich water. Gonna do a water change today. All other H2O params are cool.....thank god. 16g. Bowfronts are kickin!!! Link to comment
2muchreef4u Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 just put a turbo snail on the rocks that have hair algea, once he's done consuming that, move him to another (if you want to speed-up the process). it should be gone in less than a week. I swear by turbos, however, they do get huge. i have a couple of orange montis that i got from someone that turned brown when it was still at his posession. now, they've actually regained their color and are growing under my 96w quad. but my tank is only 8g so maybe the ratio of water volume to watts may have helped. though i dose phytoplnkton as well. Link to comment
ghostbear29 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Where did you get the spiderman? thats classic. Well, I added more of a cleanup crew to mine but wondering how long for Randoms to clear up? Also, did you check for what in water with these algal blooms? Everybody's is looking great! Link to comment
minireef75 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 that silly spiderman had me rolling..i've seen it before but it must be me getting giddy at 3am..thanks 2much I have a 16 bow that I bought the other day..I wanted to know..does it distort the view at all..you know from the curve? Link to comment
jackass Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 not bad but i dont really like it .. i dont want to be mean but its not my taste. -ben- Link to comment
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