jeppun21 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 This is an amazing tank!! Good job man Link to comment
treborzelev Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 The new guy http://s105.photobucket.com/user/velezr5/media/DSC_0009_zpsiyq6qh79.jpg.html'> Link to comment
VW_TDI_02 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Can someone tell me what the giant coral in the middle is?? Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Can someone tell me what the giant coral in the middle is?? Toadstool leather if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment
VW_TDI_02 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Toadstool leather if I'm not mistaken. Thanks. I was looking at the original post and googled the corals and couldn't find one that grew so much vertically. Could that be a result of insufficient light? I know my freshwater plants will act differently depending on the light; high light means lower, more compact growth while low light results in taller plants. Not sure if that's the same for corals or if this has something to do with the size of the tank. Slightly larger coral in a small tank making it look massive. Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks. I was looking at the original post and googled the corals and couldn't find one that grew so much vertically. Could that be a result of insufficient light? I know my freshwater plants will act differently depending on the light; high light means lower, more compact growth while low light results in taller plants. Not sure if that's the same for corals or if this has something to do with the size of the tank. Slightly larger coral in a small tank making it look massive. Yep, this one lacks sufficient lighting, and might also be the result of the anemone stinging it from behind. I think it's more of a lighting issue though. Link to comment
treborzelev Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 New reefers seem to put way too much into lighting parameters. Focus on water quality THEN move onto lighting. I had to frag this toadstool into 8 pieces just this week. Soft leather corals like this one can easily take up large portions of a tank (nano) and often times auto-fragment as well. Toadstools do typically get larger as time passes and this one was out of control ...look through my thread its only been about a year. Lighting should be about 150 par for most corals. My lighting, of course, is about 200 par. Also a little trick I used was spinning the rock the toadstool was set on so that it would wrap around the live rock. Eventually I still ran out of room and or changed the scape a million times so that the coral was out of the water most of the day. Link to comment
VW_TDI_02 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 New reefers seem to put way too much into lighting parameters. Focus on water quality THEN move onto lighting. I had to frag this toadstool into 8 pieces just this week. Soft leather corals like this one can easily take up large portions of a tank (nano) and often times auto-fragment as well. Toadstools do typically get larger as time passes and this one was out of control ...look through my thread its only been about a year. Lighting should be about 150 par for most corals. My lighting, of course, is about 200 par. That's one of the things that I noted and probably contributes to the way it looks in the picture. Like I said, slightly larger coral in a small tank makes that coral look a lot bigger than it really is. I've seen pictures of the fixture you're using but didn't happen to catch which fixture it is unfortunately. Would also definitely be interested in how you plan on fragging such a coral. Link to comment
treborzelev Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 That's one of the things that I noted and probably contributes to the way it looks in the picture. Like I said, slightly larger coral in a small tank makes that coral look a lot bigger than it really is. I've seen pictures of the fixture you're using but didn't happen to catch which fixture it is unfortunately. Would also definitely be interested in how you plan on fragging such a coral. To frag a toadstool I cut it up into pieces with a sharp object, making clean cuts. I also frag the coral in a bucket seperate from the display tank usually filled with water that I just cleaned out. Link to comment
VW_TDI_02 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 To frag a toadstool I cut it up into pieces with a sharp object, making clean cuts. I also frag the coral in a bucket seperate from the display tank usually filled with water that I just cleaned out. The tough part I'm unsure about is where to cut. Are you just cutting the top part or are you cutting into the shaft part of it? I know you can cut off chunks from the top but I wasn't sure what you would do about the stock. Link to comment
treborzelev Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 The tough part I'm unsure about is where to cut. Are you just cutting the top part or are you cutting into the shaft part of it? I know you can cut off chunks from the top but I wasn't sure what you would do about the stock. here is a nice video example. Or you can just use some scissors and just cut it up however you want depending on your tanks ability to support frags. Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Interesting thread. I hope your good luck with the fish will stay with you. Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Your new fish is very cute. How is it adjusting? Link to comment
treborzelev Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Your new fish is very cute. How is it adjusting? Great and so are my toadstool frags! I need to Frag this green leather soon. Link to comment
treborzelev Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Running the nanomag through my sandbed makes such a mess, does anyone else on here have any sandbed advice? 10000 views! Link to comment
treborzelev Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 I am afraid to frag this rose bubble in the display tank, but he is soo attached to the rock I dont think I could ever get him off of it without seriously hurting it (Ive tried) Link to comment
treborzelev Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=06a_1423193028 Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 your bristle worms creep me out....=P Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 How many fish do you have in there now? 5? Or is it 6 now? Either way, looks great. I hate the worms but the rest looks sweet. Link to comment
treborzelev Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 your bristle worms creep me out....=P How many fish do you have in there now? 5? Or is it 6 now? Either way, looks great. I hate the worms but the rest looks sweet. Im up to 5. The next purchase is looking like an arrow crab for the worms no one likes. Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Im up to 5. The next purchase is looking like an arrow crab for the worms no one likes. They just creep me out. lol. Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 How are the dragonets doing in such as small tank? What are you feeding them? Link to comment
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