The Propagator Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 My friend I am afraid you are color blind . I would say around 75% in that pic were propagated by me. Link to comment
firefishbrain Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share Posted July 13, 2006 I'll have to take your word for it, BTW, I like your green and orange avatar... LOL Link to comment
The Propagator Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Yup your definately color blind. My AV is purple and yellow. Link to comment
firefishbrain Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 I'm joking, your rics are really pretty, but they seem like you've done a lot of fragging Link to comment
justin81 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 WOW Propagator!! Nice ric tank! That's so awesome. I would love to buy some blues and oranges if you would ship! Link to comment
The Propagator Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm joking, your rics are really pretty, but they seem like you've done a lot of fragging Its all in the name. Hint hint. I grow colonies and frag them off, and I cut them also. Link to comment
fish n' pets Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 This may seem like a stupid question, but where does everybody get eggcrate material i see in so many propagation tanks? I just have no idea. (Maybe i am ignorant.) Propagator, your ric tank is AMAZING! How many gallons is that tank, and what lights do you have? Link to comment
firefishbrain Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 I jsut found out, yo ucan get it at a hardware store like home depot ore lowes or something biugger like that... Link to comment
The Propagator Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Yup. Lowes is where I get mine. I thinks its around $6.00 per section? Link to comment
fish n' pets Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Good, thank you! It was really bugging me... Link to comment
andre Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Got mine last week at Home Depot in the lighting section. 5 bucks and something cents for a huge piece, 2x4 ft I think. Link to comment
firefishbrain Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 sweet, I'm thinking of setting one up for a top of my 10g Link to comment
Stevej72 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 When buying eggcrate dont get the Silver or Gold ones the paint will come off in the water Link to comment
fish n' pets Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 So, it is in the lighting section? I went to Home Depot and looked all over the store, except the lighting section! Ah well, i'll go back later. So get only regular white? Link to comment
Raskal311 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 The Propagator are you letting the rics split naturally or do you cut them? Awsome system btw. I'm a huge ric fan but they dont split to often in my system. Link to comment
justin81 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Wow Rascal311! Nice set up. I might have to get one of those blue zoo frags from you next pay day. Do you discound n-r.com members? LOL! J/K Link to comment
MiNiReFeRx Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 OMG i love those blue zoos Link to comment
The Propagator Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 NICE SET UP RASCAL!!!! ( and thank you !) I do both actualy. I cut them and let the split on there own. Dose some Reef Plus and Iodine , and you will see huge growth rates as to what you see now in your softies especialy rics! We need to talk about some of those BLue zoo's btw Link to comment
Raskal311 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 thanks guys, The Propagator: I'm flying to FL on the 14th and hope to come back with 100heads of ric for culturing. I'll dont dose anything in my sytem, dont even do much water change. Maybe once every 6 weeks and the zoos seem to love it. 75% of my sps brown out but some do grow quite well. I do have 400watt of mh over them though. When I get he rics in I'll give the reef plus a try. Link to comment
The Propagator Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 You would only be doing your self and your rics a great service. You have a green house right? Thats the answer toyour sps browning out during the summer months. The colors come right back when fall and winter sets in. Try doubling the shades and keep on using your MH ( I dont know what kelvin or brand you use but I have had GREAT sucess using 14k hamiltons to BRING BACK and keep color in sps ) I buy 95 percent of my sps, lps, and zoanthids form a fella localy who has a greens house. During the summer they will brown out unless you shade them well and and rely on your MH for suppliment. Also I have sumbled ontoa great product recently for sps frag systems ( and reef tanks alike) "Arago-milk". It it just pulverized aragonite ( powdered ) with water. SPS soak it up like candy. TP BTW your AV is killing me LOL !!! Link to comment
tinyreef Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Also I have sumbled ontoa great product recently for sps frag systems ( and reef tanks alike) "Arago-milk". It it just pulverized aragonite ( powdered ) with water. SPS soak it up like candy. that product is one of the reasons i have never rinsed my aragonite sand of its dust, basically the same concept. it always seemed like a good application but i've never used it. have you ever thought of using sand and crunching it as a cost savings over aragamilk? i would think the grains are smaller than oolithic but i wonder if it's totally aragonite, how well does it dissolve? taking it further, i've thought about fluidized beds/CO2 water-fed, kinda like a fluidized calcium reactor to avoid "channeling" in a solid sandbed. i've never done it myself just a diy-thought i've had kicking around. you could also probably just go without the CO2 and just use it as a fluidized reactor, again the same basic concept as the aragamilk (crushed/crashed aragonite sand, maybe start with a half/half mix of typical aragonite and oolithic for collision/crushing purposes). obviously, you have the fluidized bed problem but you're not really looking for the filtration aspect from it but the calcium production. maybe UPS the fluidized reactor pump? Link to comment
tinyreef Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 ^^Huh????^^ nevermind. no way i'm gonna do a paint job drawing of that. *sigh* Link to comment
The Propagator Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Your over "tech'ing" a simple task. Yes all it is, is ground up pure aragonite. Why not just grind some up put it in a jug, and shake and pour when you want to use it? LOL! Link to comment
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