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Today marks 13months into this tank. So far, I’m pretty pleased.
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I haven’t really added anything for the last 3 months. Just really focus on the tank stability and focusing on negative bioload critters like clams and feather dusters.
9 clams and 4 coco worms, and lots of feather dusters in the tank. I almost did a clam table with 48”x30”x12”. Still thinking about it.
9 clams and 4 coco worms, and lots of feather dusters in the tank. I almost did a clam table with 48”x30”x12”. Still thinking about it.
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Tank looks amazing Nick!
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Joe,
I’m not sure I understand your question. Are you asking if the feather dusters require a more dirty water that some corals may not tolerate? I haven’t done anything specific to keep them. I see a lot of the tiny dusters on the rocks so I decided to get a couple of cocoworms to try. They live and seem to thrive so I got a couple more. So far so good. SPS are my first priority. Then the LPS. Everything else has to live or die with these. But the utmost important critter are my two giganteas but they don’t seem to care much for anything.
my parameters are
ALK-7.8-8.4
CA- 440ppm
MG-1400ppm
PO4-0.04-0.10. Has been on the higher end because of wrasse additions. I thought they wouldn’t add much but the one I got are huge. Working to get it down by increasing the CWC from 2G to 3G a day. Also running GFO now. Tested earlier today and it’s 0.06ppm.
NO3-undectable-10ppm. Has been in the undetectable range.
I’m not sure I understand your question. Are you asking if the feather dusters require a more dirty water that some corals may not tolerate? I haven’t done anything specific to keep them. I see a lot of the tiny dusters on the rocks so I decided to get a couple of cocoworms to try. They live and seem to thrive so I got a couple more. So far so good. SPS are my first priority. Then the LPS. Everything else has to live or die with these. But the utmost important critter are my two giganteas but they don’t seem to care much for anything.
my parameters are
ALK-7.8-8.4
CA- 440ppm
MG-1400ppm
PO4-0.04-0.10. Has been on the higher end because of wrasse additions. I thought they wouldn’t add much but the one I got are huge. Working to get it down by increasing the CWC from 2G to 3G a day. Also running GFO now. Tested earlier today and it’s 0.06ppm.
NO3-undectable-10ppm. Has been in the undetectable range.
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No butterfly fish! My CBB would destroy them
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Ohhhhh that was the question. Lol
Thanks Bryan.
Thanks Bryan.
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There are more worthy tanks than this.
I think this tank needs another 10-14 months to be worthy of anything. I like to start from frags but I don’t think much of them until they’ve grown out a couple years. It also test the endurance of the person who’s keeping them. Reef keeping has always been a marathon and a struggle to me. I’ve ended up either changing out the tank and/or moving.
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Yes, sorry. I should have said "Is there any livestock one has to avoid in order to keep feather dusters?"
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I guess if you stick with “reef safe” fish, it’ll be okay. Any with reef caution is a gamble.
The tough part of this hobby is with a small tank, you can’t really keep a lot of the larger and more colorful fish(angels) but when you have big enough of a tank to keep these fish, now you have to trade off what corals you can keep. You can try to cheat but nature will always win. That angelfish you think never touch anything will one day eat a couple grand of your most prized coral.
I do miss all the angels I had in the last tank but I also remember all I was keeping in that tank was acroporas, a couple of euphyllias, and the two giganteas. And a lot of my acros lack the polyp extensions.
Sticking with just reef safe fish, I’m able to keep stuff like these and they do make the tank more diverse.
I honestly didn’t think this sun coral would live. No direct feeding anything for me. I just don’t want something that depends on it.
I also didn’t think these elegance would live for this long.
The tough part of this hobby is with a small tank, you can’t really keep a lot of the larger and more colorful fish(angels) but when you have big enough of a tank to keep these fish, now you have to trade off what corals you can keep. You can try to cheat but nature will always win. That angelfish you think never touch anything will one day eat a couple grand of your most prized coral.
I do miss all the angels I had in the last tank but I also remember all I was keeping in that tank was acroporas, a couple of euphyllias, and the two giganteas. And a lot of my acros lack the polyp extensions.
Sticking with just reef safe fish, I’m able to keep stuff like these and they do make the tank more diverse.
I honestly didn’t think this sun coral would live. No direct feeding anything for me. I just don’t want something that depends on it.
I also didn’t think these elegance would live for this long.
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I’m not sure how much the refugium is doing do the bioload but the free food it provides to the tang is a big plus.
Blue Hynea Macro is one prolific grower and the tangs love it.
Blue Hynea Macro is one prolific grower and the tangs love it.
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Clams.
Maxima clam at the highest point on the rock.
Maxima clams on the rock just above the sand. I don't see any difference between them. They grow pretty much at the same pace.
Maxima clam at the highest point on the rock.
Maxima clams on the rock just above the sand. I don't see any difference between them. They grow pretty much at the same pace.
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Some pics from tonight's top down.
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