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Roskoreef 03-23-2015 04:24 AM

the more sand that leaves, the cleaner and happier everything is, almost all types of algae are dissapearing, small brown/green patches on rock and sand, and the glass is finally not needing a clean everyday..

here are some awesome new corals i found today..

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psfrdda8er.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psvbiv8lon.jpg

and my new favourite.. huge rainbow monti

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psd0zljnax.jpg

Roskoreef 04-04-2015 09:20 PM

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psocrncigd.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psm3xny1ld.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...pso35dd1vg.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psptfiodfn.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psgelywcle.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psmmfvqad6.jpg

Roskoreef 04-06-2015 04:07 AM

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psz8qpwmvv.jpg

Roskoreef 04-07-2015 03:28 AM

these crabs are awesome.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...ps64ozrnhj.jpg

be fannin with the fans...

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2jbivvb1.jpg

made time and got rid of the sand, re did all the rockwork, nightime fell and dosed coral snow.. update tommorrow when the dust clears, a new tank!

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psvepaumm8.jpg

kien 04-07-2015 04:18 AM

wow, hard to imagine that you just set this tank up two months ago! You're motoring along !

I would keep an eye on that Red Coris Wrasse. He may be fine now, but they do tend to to get quite destructive as they age. They naturally love invertebrates :sad:

Curious, do your two mandarins eat prepared foods are have you determined that you have a large enough pod population for them?

Roskoreef 04-07-2015 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 944274)
wow, hard to imagine that you just set this tank up two months ago! You're motoring along !

I would keep an eye on that Red Coris Wrasse. He may be fine now, but they do tend to to get quite destructive as they age. They naturally love invertebrates :sad:

Curious, do your two mandarins eat prepared foods are have you determined that you have a large enough pod population for them?

the madarins were doing fine, lots of pods after feeding dt's phyto and getting lots of pieces of rock and coral from tanks with fat mandarins.. until i had dosed with polyp lab for some ich releif, but after a few days of treatment i would see dead pods floating around. a few weeks later and only one mandarin remains, i think food was limited and the fought it out, they fought anyway anytime they saw each other..should have had only one.

as for the wrasse, hes angry about the sand leaving.. hope he doesnt take it out on the crabs.

Im convinced the routine zeo dosing, daily water changes and good lighting has made it possible in 2 months...loving every minute.Although my wallet is thin for some reason...

kien 04-07-2015 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Roskoreef (Post 944278)
Although my wallet is thin for some reason...

Daily water changes and fully stocking your tank in 2 months will tend to do that :lol:

Snappy 04-07-2015 07:14 AM

That is a pretty aggressive start for being up such a short time, I hope your success continues. Just a word of advise - I would be careful where you put the rainbow monti as it can quickly out grow & over grow many of your other corals and be a pain so I recommend giving it it's own area away from the other sps if possible. (you'll thank me later):biggrin:

Roskoreef 04-07-2015 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Snappy (Post 944287)
That is a pretty aggressive start for being up such a short time, I hope your success continues. Just a word of advise - I would be careful where you put the rainbow monti as it can quickly out grow & over grow many of your other corals and be a pain so I recommend giving it it's own area away from the other sps if possible. (you'll thank me later):biggrin:

Thanks, i havent glued or permantly placed anything yet, ill make sure to keep those rainbows away.. in your experience are all montis going to encrust over acros?, or specifically rainbows? do some acros win?

Roskoreef 04-08-2015 02:32 AM

new scape:

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psp9mxjfv3.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psgg2fxs7w.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...pssnhnmcop.jpg


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