vibe Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 ********Tank Rundown********* Set up on January 3rd, 2005 Tank size: -10 gallon Filtration: -emperor 280 w/ Bio-wheel and carbon filter Lighting: -2x40 watt PC moonlite hood fixture (1 atinic bulb, 1 10,000k bulb) Rock/Sand: -12lbs of cured LR (Haitian/Tonga/fiji mix) -20lbs of LS (2 inch sandbed) Inverts/Clean up crew -15 blue legs (one hitch hiked) -9 astria snails -2 nassarius snails -red/pink coco worm Fish: -six lined wrasse (Zeppelin) -orange striped prawn goby (Floyd) -2 PJ Cardinals (no names yet) Corals: -yellow cup coral (the eye-catcher) -teal zoos -yellow eyed, yellow skirt zoos -green rim, blue center, orange mouth zoos (favorite) -green rim, light blue center zoos -fluorescent green zoos -green polyp toadstool leather frag -pink trumpet frag -green star polyp frag -purple w/ blue spotted shrooms -teal w/ neon blue dotted shrooms -red favia (was brown) -green hairy shrooms -green pavona -green montipora -pink w/ purple polyp seriatapora -bright teal moon polyps -green striped shrooms Casualties: -peppermint shrimp (executed by wrasse) -1 nassarius snail (murdered by wrasse) Parameters: -pH=8.3 -Am.=0 -Trates=0 -Trites=0 -Salinity=1.026 Link to comment
vibe Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 i was told that these are some kind of turbinaria. we call them moon polyps here for slang. beautiful coral none the less. this piece was carried over from my last ten gallon setup. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 blastamosa frag. i picked this one up from pet world for $29.99. it was all brown when i got it. now its starting to color up. the polyps are turning red with what seems to be a slight tint of purple in the centers. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 That LPS (doesnt exactly look like a blasto to me) has got some potential dude! Hopefully it will keep coloring up and you'll end up w/ something really nice. If I squint my eyes, it almost looks like acanthastrea lordhowensis. haha. but when I open my eyes, it looks more like favia. regardless if it colors up nicely it will be a beautiful centerpiece! great find! Link to comment
crunk Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 wow! your tank has changed so much, it always looks better. can you get anymore closeups. Link to comment
Shorty5198 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 That tank is saweet. Its lookin real nice and clean. that rockwork is really good too. I agree with tigah,looks like some kind of favia, but i could be wrong. Link to comment
crunk Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 everytime i see your yellow cup, it makes me want. my lfs had a small one for $25 and i was going to get it, but luckily the guy asked if i really wanted it because it wasn't healthy. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 if its not healthy, then you should bargain and say that you will take it for 20. then you can revive it in your tank back at home. 25 isnt that bad, if your lights are stronge enough, you could probably save taht coral from dying. im low on money right now, so im slowing my additions. i already added a lot for on month so im gonna let things grow out for a week or two. however, im on the prowel for fish now. i need to find another fish to put in here. im thinking about taking the clown fish out of my 29. hes a great fish and he hosts to everything. it will be great to see him swim through my hairy shrooms:D .what do you guys think? also i think my last fish addition is going to be a hectors goby or a court jester goby. what do you guys think? Link to comment
crunk Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 i think you should skip on the clownfish because everybody has one (including myself) and it would make your tank not look as exotic. couldn't think of a word. Link to comment
crunk Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 do you think it would survive with 96 watts? i've never had one so i don't really know how to care for one correctly. it's a beautiful blue with bright green polyps too. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 omg! if i saw a cup coral with those colors for 25 dollars....i would buy that in a heart beat. Link to comment
crunk Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 really, i'll probably go back and get it in a day or 2. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 im still on the hunt. im going to go to the fish store tomorrow and see what i can find: . hopfully my lfs's will pull through and get something cool. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 in addition, i ahve done some research and in fact the coral is a favia. it gets more colorful everyday! hopfully this will be a constant. Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Nice tank, Vibe! The valley effect works out nicely. I also like how your getting a nice variation of coral, LPS, soft, zoas. Keep us updated. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 well, the fish store pulled through. i got some nice frags and a nice fish. so here are teh pics. first pic is my new lil buddy. orange striped prawn goby Link to comment
vibe Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 neon green pavona (my lights do not do this coral justice, good thing im upgrading to MH;) ) here i am glueing the frag onto a rock which my lfs gladdly gave to me: Link to comment
vibe Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 and here it is in the tank Link to comment
vibe Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 and some small frags that i picked up. 10 bucks for both of these Link to comment
vibe Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 those were green mouth zoos, and here is the other frag i got. green button, with another polyp that hasn't opened yet: Link to comment
crunk Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 wow, $10 for both of those. my lfs was going to sell me to frags of zoanthids for $4 each and they had about 5-10 polyps on them. then the guy asked why i didn't just buy the colony for $15, so i did. Link to comment
crunk Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 lol, and that's pretty much my life story. Link to comment
vibe Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 lol crunk. what do you think of the goby? you dont see those in a nano everyday;) . Link to comment
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