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    anyone have a planted salt tank?

    in General Discussion

    We have a 65 with several types of macro as nutrient export. No filters, skimmers. I am wanting to be seahorses in it eventually. But you have to go extra super duper slow b/c the skimmer is your backup. Without it any rushing and you could crash it.

    Per Anthony Calfo 6500K is the best spectrum for macro to grow. He recommends MH but for the seahorses the heat is a major issue. But if you are doing other small fishes you could probably do it.

    Most pipefishes are wild caught and are very difficult to train onto frozen. So you are constantly supplying live food.

    As traveller7 said unless you want dwarfs seahorses need more height. But if you want dwarfs you again are dealing with a must have constant supply of live food issue.

     

    Good luck!

    MAC News 3rd Qtr.

    in Conservation & Sustainability

    Interesting.

    Makes me feel bad that I'm always looking for the cheapest price. A lot of people are working to get these animals to me and I need to be more aware of that and stop complaining about a $20 price tag on a fish. We are privileged to be able to have these tanks. I knew how expensive they were when we started this hobby. How can I be so elitest to think I should be able to obtain these animals at bargain basemenet prices when people lose their lives to try and support their community.

    Local Magrooves? Whats in your fuge?

    in General Discussion

    Riley,

     

    Our 65 is filterless, skimmerless. We use red and green gracilaris, dragon's tongue, mangroves, and some maiden's hair for nutrient export. We also have about 150lbs of live rock and about 120lbs of live sand. This is not a new idea, Eric Borneman has been advocating this for quite a while. You should read some of his articles and/or books. They really give you a lot of ideas of how many gazillion ways there are to set up a tank. It seems that people get into believing there is only one 'correct' way. Experiment, do what you think might work, that's really what this hobby is all about. Pushing the limits and learning.

     

    We also run European style on our 135 gallon reef. We have a three chamber sump with the first being a skimmer, the second a fuge, the third a return pump. It has chaeto and caulerpa for nutrient export. Our reef has a 6 inch sand bed and about 300lbs of rock. We also keep our temperature between 82 and 84 which most people are in full panic if theirs gets that warm. :biggrin:

     

    If you ever want to see them you are more than welcome. We also have a 55gallon spiny blue lobster species tank.

    Yellow Gorgonia?

    in General Discussion

    Jody,

     

    If you want it to survive you'll have to start spot feeding. Try using oyster eggs, cylopeze, rots - anything smaller than your normal frozen/flake food. I would start spot feeding it everyday - make sure you turn off the powerheads. Once the cyano goes away you can wean it off and maybe only feed it twice a week.

     

    Let us know how it goes.

    Yellow Gorgonia?

    in General Discussion

    Jody,

     

    Your parameters are right on. And since you are only getting cyano on the gorgonian that fits.

     

    You definately have a nonphotosynthetic gorgonian though. And it sounds like its getting way too much light. Put it in a shady spot with the same amount of flow first and see how it does. Don't want to change more than one variable at a time.

     

    What are you feeding? How often? Tank feedings or are you spot feeding? How long have you had it? Have you ever moved it? When did the cyano first appear? Any changes to the tank around that time?

     

    Maybe Bemmer can chime in here. She has one of these.

     

    Tim,

     

    You crack me up. :lol:

    yuma fragging vs any other type of mushroom fragging

    in Propagation and Breeding

    Theoretically, could regular/ricordordia/frilly mushrooms be propagated the same way as the yumas?

     

    also.. instead of gluing, is there another way to attach frags?

     

    Thanks for any help :)

     

    Yep. Just use a sharp blade and you can cut it into quarters (or more I've heard). You can use any netting type material to hold it onto a rock or rubble until it adheres on its own (I like the wedding type stuff they sell at Michaels).

    Yellow Gorgonia?

    in General Discussion

    Jody,

     

    Are you getting good polyp extension on this gorgonian? Do you get polyp extension at night, during the day, both, sometimes?

    What kind of lighting is it under? Since it is likely nonphotosynthetic it may be getting too much light. It may also be getting too much flow. Something could be causing tissue degradation which may be why the cyano is only on this coral.

    $20 Feed timer

    in Do It Yourself

    I was gonna make one for the seahorse tank so I could spot feed gorgonians. Just wanted to make sure everything was still going good. My last few diy projects have been a lot of tweeking this and that.

     

    Thanks!

    Introducing 3 Tangs in a 90gal

    in General Discussion

    That is a lot of tangs for a 90gallon. But if you insist on keeping them then jason has the right idea. Rearrange all the rock (major changes are necessary) then put the yellow back in in the middle of the night. Your best chance is to wake the yellow up to move him so he'll be good and disoriented and hopefully not attack your other two. If this doesn't work you'll have to get rid of the yellow or the other two otherwise the yellow will continue to attack until he kills them.

    Fun with Linear Actuators

    in Do It Yourself

     

    I don't think I will be putting suicide doors with linear actuators on my minivan anytime soon.....hey that would be pretty trick on your ride......or even better yet, Jenny's new ride :idea:

     

    Oh yeah! That would be great!

    Culture Station

    in Propagation and Breeding

    You mean like Adam last name unknown? ;)

     

    I modified Dwayne Sapp's DIY station. I split my pod and brine shrimp population once. Now I just feed half of all containers to our reef on saturdays- some may say overfeeding I say no such thing. Basically a 50% water change in the containers. Everybody seems pretty happy with that.

     

    What kind of culture disk did you get? Did you get them from Florida Aqua Farms?

     

    Jenny

    Culture Station

    in Propagation and Breeding

    Yeah seahorses and hopefully dragonets babies and watchman babies.

     

    Most breeders substitute home grown phyto with algae paste from reedmariculture. I use 3600 Nano.

     

    I can give you some rots, when you are ready.

     

    For my clown larvae I use rots and frozen cyclopeeze, no pods or bbs.

     

    Good luck.

     

    Algae paste eh? Thanks for the tip.

     

    Thanks for the offer of rots. I really appreciate that. I'll let you know when I am ready.

    Culture Station

    in Propagation and Breeding

    It is officially running and we have lots and lots of babies. We have pods and brine so far. Next home grown phyto and rotifers. I wanted to make sure it worked on the hard to crash species before attempting what a lot of people say are the tough ones.

     

    Just wanted to share cause I'm excited.

    Home made reef rocks

    in Do It Yourself

    Hey Pat,

     

    Those look nice!

    I made some using cement and rock salt. The salt was supposed to make it lighter but they still weigh a freakin ton. Also the ones I formed didn't look so hot but when I gave up... the cement and salt I left in the bucket looks great! Go figure.

     

    Did you do 1:1 cement and crushed coral? What did you use to form them?

    I want to give it another try and yours look great! I'll try doing it your way.

     

    Thanks!

    Jenny

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