Crazyforcordoras 1St Reef Tank!

[crazyforcordoras]

ORA green birdsnest, thats going in for sure. Really beautiful! Thanks!



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[crazyforcordoras]

Moved all the blue legs and the EBH to the invert tank. Astrea has decided to clean the powerhead for me. I will be getting scarlet reef hermits soon, because now i have no hermits in the tank. I need Ricordia! They are ao expensive! I will get some...

 

[56jman]

Just wondering if you recommend sea cukes for a 29g, are they good for you???
I think that they are very fasinating.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Make sure you get the sand sifting variety. Then you must make sure they have plenty of sand. They onlyneat sand, and will starve if ther is too much rock. They are fairly cheap, both of mine were 8$. They Are good for me, and if tou can get the right ones, they are awesome. Ill try to post a pic soon. Oh yes, make sure you have sand as the substrate, not aragonite.

Here it is, sand sifting variety, carribean. If you look in the top of the photo, the gray lump on the rock is the atlantic one.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Heres some more pics

Astrea on glass

GSP with Cherub angel, Falcos Hawkfish, and Ocellaris Clownfish

Full Tank Shot

 

[56jman]

Would this be good???

http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+502+707&pcatid=707
http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+502+712&pcatid=712
And do you need to give it supplemental feeding when they are bigger???

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Sorry, those cukes get too big. In a 29, i would say no bigger than 8 inches. The bigger they are, the more sand they must consume to stay halthy. Both of mine are about 4 inches long. Try this one? They will only eat stuff on the sand. Dont add one until the sand is full of organisms. To test, simply ruffle up the sand. If a lot of bits and pieces come up, you can add a cuke.

Sea cucumber

 

[56jman]

Thanks my tank is like that right now . Will they clean the sand of diatoms and other colors???

 

[crazyforcordoras]

They wont eat diatoms but are very helpful sand cleaners. I used to have a diatom problem and i had to remove the diatoms so they could sand sift.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Hello all, a quick update.

My aquaclear 110 power filter came in, and i will have iton the tank within the next few days. I have to move my tank out, and will be taking out some water, corals and 2 of my fish. I dont mean move to a diferent area, just slide it out a few inches. All animals are doing good, gsp spreading already.


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[lljdma06]

Hello all, a quick update.

My aquaclear 110 power filter came in, and i will have iton the tank within the next few days. I have to move my tank out, and will be taking out some water, corals and 2 of my fish. I dont mean move to a diferent area, just slide it out a few inches. All animals are doing good, gsp spreading already.


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It's interesting how you have to adjust for the size of the filter, isn't it? That thing is huge! I love it, it's working great in my 8g. I've had two significant chaeto pulls already.

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[crazyforcordoras]

Cool. This thing is a lot bigger than i expected.! It fits on my tank exactlywith no space left. Glued itlast night and should be installing within the next couple days.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Hey, quick update.

Yesterday, i went to a petco like 30 minutes away from me, and guess what? They had Corals! My loal petco has a tiny SW section, and local petsmart dosent. This petco has duncans with like 5 heads for 35$, and Blastos for only 12$. Not to mention they have montis, acros, and Ricordia!

On another note, tank is doing fine, havent added anything in a while.

 

[lljdma06]

Hey, quick update.

Yesterday, i went to a petco like 30 minutes away from me, and guess what? They had Corals! My loal petco has a tiny SW section, and local petsmart dosent. This petco has duncans with like 5 heads for 35$, and Blastos for only 12$. Not to mention they have montis, acros, and Ricordia!

On another note, tank is doing fine, havent added anything in a while.

Please dip any coral in either RO water or an actual coral dip before you add it into the tank. Even with quality corals from hobbyist, I still do this. I dip and I still get beasties coming through. Some beasties survive anything.

In Miami, there's so much competition from local marine stores, that the big chains have a very meager selection of SW supplies. My local petsmart even downgraded their Marine section. I can't even get salt there anymore.

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[crazyforcordoras]

Wait, so i dip the coral in fresh RO water? And my petsmart never had saltwater, it stimks, but i still have Petco.