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The Propagators 100g mixed prop tank.


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NEENER NEEEENER NEEEEEEEEEE NER !!!! :lol:

 

Whats sad is you live on the west coast and I am in Ohio you have access to the REALY "cool" stuff LOL!

 

Kent Cora-Accel

Kent Micro-Vert

Kent Concentrated Iodine

Kent Strontium and Molybdenum

Kent essential ellement

B ionic parts 1 and 2

Seachem Reef Plus

Sea Chem Reef Carbonate ( rarely)

Seachem Reef Plus

 

 

Calcium stays around 460-475.

DKH/ALK stays around 13 - 16

PH is a very stable 8.3 - .4

Temp stays around 80 deg F

 

 

 

 

 

Pro, look at the 3rd to last pic ;) its a frag from the mother colony.

Its actualy much greener like the mother colony. I had to use a different camera setting because its closer to the halides in the pic.

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Oh and I use Oceanic sea salt ONLY.

I change 12 gallons of water once a month now.

 

I did go almost 7 months with no water change at all though.

FULLY STOCKED.

 

I freaked out every time I thought about it so I started doing it again LOL!

 

I had no adverse effect what so ever though with no water changes.

 

IF YOU HAVE A TANK UNDER 29G and are thinking of trying this DONT DO IT !!!

 

It wont work for you.

;)

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LOL! I told you so. :lol:

 

I am an addict !!! AAAAHHHHH !!!!

 

 

But seriously My ultimate goal is to open up a coral green house that houses one of the largest varieties, and numbers of coral in the country.

 

BUT thats ones a LOOOOOOooooooong ways off from now LOL!

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You stopped a kid from throwing a rock at it and recaulked a 100g tank.... that's priceless. That tank is awesome, looking at all those frags never gets old. I think I actually like the eggcrate look over the natural reef look. The tank feeds the fish, gotta love that. Take more of those time-lapse photos, I like to see how much you can get them to grow. Put them in an animated .gif. :)

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I'll keep one back for you EZ. :)

 

You stopped a kid from throwing a rock at it and recaulked a 100g tank.... that's priceless. That tank is awesome, looking at all those frags never gets old. I think I actually like the eggcrate look over the natural reef look. The tank feeds the fish, gotta love that. Take more of those time-lapse photos, I like to see how much you can get them to grow. Put them in an animated .gif. :)

 

 

Yeah it was a PITA but it turned out ok.

 

No dedicated fish room yet. Just a basement full of tanks and other crap.

LOL!

A fish room is on the list though.

 

I dont have very many time lapsed photos, but I'll start a new series with what I have now.

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all those pics make me want to move so that I can have access to that many corals. I bet you have more corals in one tanks and definately your home then there are in eastern Canada. There is one good store in Nova Scotia that carries quite a bit but you even make them look like a garage hobbyist selling his leftovers.

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Wow! Awesome prop tank! B) Approximatley how many frags do you produce per month do you produce? The reason I ask is I'll be setting up a prop tank around that size in the near future.

Daniel

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It takes a while for a good size colony of any given coral to grow out in order to frag from.

Acropora,,, Ehh I would say I get around 1/8th" growth every two - three weeks.

 

Zoanthids, Those bastages sprout new polyps each week almost !

 

Paly's , around 1 to 2 polyps per 3 - 4 weeks. (most all palys are slow growers)

 

Ecrusting gorgonian. I KID YOU NOT at least 1/2" per WEEK.

 

Yellow polyps, at least 2 polyps per week.

 

Acans, around 2 polyps per month or so.

 

Digitatas, about 1/4" a friggi'n week! LOL!

 

Since I aminto propogation , as well as selling frags, I try to stay away from things that grow to slowly, unless its somthing I am going to keep stricly for my self and watch it grow.

 

Thanks for the compliments guys and gals! You are to kind!!

 

 

TP

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