Tank Journal Archive

[Priscacara]

I like your sump setup, will work great imo .

 

[Kavi]

Thanks :)

 

[Kavi]

Got some soft coral frags from @Rob, coralline covered live rock pieces from @macca_75 yesterday. Thanks heaps for that n the advice guys. Now all em in the tank hopefully all goes well. Here are some more pics.

 

[Kavi]

Hopefully they all attach to the corals, I have tied em with strings of net.

 

[Priscacara]

Those frags will fill out nicely! I don't think you will have any problems with the xenia fixing to the rock, mine had a piece on the glass from about 5cm away.

 

[Kavi]

Those frags will fill out nicely! I don't think you will have any problems with the xenia fixing to the rock, mine had a piece on the glass from about 5cm away.

How long did it take?

 

[Joshwaaaa]

my advice would be to take the xenia off the main rock structure and give it it's own little rock away from the rest. It is very invasive and fast growing, will take over large amounts of rock nearby and apart from pulling a rock out and drying it out is can be very hard to remove.

Incase you cant tell, I'm not much of a fan of it, after it took over a lot of my nano

Give soft corals a week or so to attach

 

[Priscacara]

The bit I tried was attached in about 4 days I think, I left the band on it a bit longer just to make sure. I agree with Josh it spreads really fast and can take over onto more rocks quickly.

 

[Kavi]

Thanks for advice guys. Looks like two corals have attached, will give it some more days to make sure. Now I have got a major brown algae problem, had to find out the hard way that to always use RO water. Looking at buying a RO unit early next year. Phosphate 0.5 and nitrite 40. Must have been high all this time but the algae only started since I turned up the lighting. Any advice on that?

 

[chimaera]

Just a tip on attaching the softies ... make sure the elastic bands aren't too tight. If they are, that part will just turn to mush and die off.

 

[Aspidites]

I have even had Xenia polyps drop off and colonise the main rock work of my old tank. The gap between Xenia island and main rock work was 20 - 25 cms! That stuff is crazy

 

[Kavi]

Hmmm....looks like this stuff is 2nd to aptasia, but at this point I d like to see it grow where ever and I ll be da happiest man. They r still the same size....

 

[Aspidites]

Cause it grows so well you can always frag it and swap it at your LFS. Easy way of getting variety in your tank.

 

[Priscacara]

Its usually just a pale color but it provides movement and is very easy to keep, I love mine and it really hasn't caused any hassles in the tank. Mine took a couple of days to settle in properly but as long as it has some flow that isn't too strong it should do well.

 

[Scuba Rich]

Looks good mate, hope all those bits grow happily in 2013..

 

[Fishy]

Got some soft coral frags from @Rob, coralline covered live rock pieces from @macca_75 yesterday. Thanks heaps for that n the advice guys. Now all em in the tank hopefully all goes well. Here are some more pics.

Nice lippies on Miss Tang !

 

[Kavi]

Nice lippies on Miss Tang ! - Yes I only noticed it in that pic now, she has put on a bit weight since then.

 

[Kavi]

Got a peppermint shrimp yesterday, abt 3cm guess wht i paid? $40. I only saw it the day i added to the tank havent seen him since worries me if my maroon clown ate it :(

 

[Fishy]

Got a peppermint shrimp yesterday, abt 3cm guess wht i paid? $40. I only saw it the day i added to the tank havent seen him since worries me if my maroon clown ate it :(

They sometimes go and hide then come out in a few days time. They also do the same when they moult. Clown wont go near the shrimp!

 

[Kavi]

They sometimes go and hide then come out in a few days time. They also do the same when they moult. Clown wont go near the shrimp!

Happy to hear tht... :)