Anguilla82
Fish Herder
whats wrong with the bightly coloured ones?
i've got some little bright pink ones that look like their shells are covered in corraline.
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whats wrong with the bightly coloured ones?
i've got some little bright pink ones that look like their shells are covered in corraline.
jtnova13
Fishaholic
yah! what's wrong with them? Mine are brown.
jtnova13
Fishaholic
Just bought some new stuff:
Skunk cleaner shrimp
Hammer Coral
I placed it on the substrate, because anywhere else seemed to have too much flow. Will it do ok under 4x54w actinics? or should i kick the MHs on as well? I currently have htem off because i don't have any SPS coral and the tanks been getting to 80F+ with a 4-6 hour photoperiod.
The pictures aren't great, but once i get my dslr lens back I can take better ones!
Still waiting out the ich episode.
Skunk cleaner shrimp
Hammer Coral
I placed it on the substrate, because anywhere else seemed to have too much flow. Will it do ok under 4x54w actinics? or should i kick the MHs on as well? I currently have htem off because i don't have any SPS coral and the tanks been getting to 80F+ with a 4-6 hour photoperiod.
The pictures aren't great, but once i get my dslr lens back I can take better ones!
Still waiting out the ich episode.
rabbut
I don't bite, all that often...
I'd swap two of the Actinic tubes for Whites personally. Hammers don't like light directly from a Halide, and they need more White light than just Actinics 
jtnova13
Fishaholic
can they be acclimatized to MH light? The tank is 2 feet tall. Alternatively i can put it under the lip of a rock or something.
I have it on a 4 hour photoperiod split twice in the day (2 hours and then 2 hours later) to keep heat down and then 10 hours under actinics.
Which white bulbs would be the best and should I swap out 2 on 1 side, or a blue on each side?
I have it on a 4 hour photoperiod split twice in the day (2 hours and then 2 hours later) to keep heat down and then 10 hours under actinics.
Which white bulbs would be the best and should I swap out 2 on 1 side, or a blue on each side?
Buddyboy67
Fish Herder
Position it to one side and not directly below the halide and you'll be fine...once thought neccessary, blue light is mainly for our viewing pleasure and corals need white light for their symbiotic algaes to produce food and survive..any marine white tubes of 10000k and above will be fine
jtnova13
Fishaholic
good to know! i knew actinics were just to bring out the colors, but i thought they at least got some benefit from it!
I'm gunna swap out two of the blues for whites!
I'm gunna swap out two of the blues for whites!
jtnova13
Fishaholic
Update!
Went to the LFS and bought the following new additions:
2 false oscellaris clowns who have already paired up. (i am trying to get them to host by taping pictures of clowns hosting anemones haha)
pink long tentacle plate coral
Also swapped out 2 actinics for UVL actinic white bulbs.
I have a question, though. Do I need to spot feed my plate coral? I feed brine shrimp to my clowns and it seems like some of it gets to the plate coral... How do I spot feed?
Pics to follow!
Went to the LFS and bought the following new additions:
2 false oscellaris clowns who have already paired up. (i am trying to get them to host by taping pictures of clowns hosting anemones haha)
pink long tentacle plate coral
Also swapped out 2 actinics for UVL actinic white bulbs.
I have a question, though. Do I need to spot feed my plate coral? I feed brine shrimp to my clowns and it seems like some of it gets to the plate coral... How do I spot feed?
Pics to follow!
Morri
Fish Herder
If the plate coral is a fungia I usualy just squirt some mysis at the tentacles and let him feed himself for some reason my shrimp leaves the fungias food alone.
jtnova13
Fishaholic
Would brine shrimp work? I haven't seen my cleaner shrimp go anywhere near the plate coral, he usually stays at the top. Do you just mix the shrimp in with some tank water in a dropper or what?
Morri
Fish Herder
Mine takes brineshrimp as well I just sieve the food as normal then suck it up with a long pippette and squirt it at the tentacles not sure if it is needed but mine looks great puffed up all the time 
Buddyboy67
Fish Herder
spot feeding a couple of times a week really helps them along...bet your shrimp will start to pay it attention when it's feeding,lol.....
Good idea with the clown pic too...a mate showed his a video of hosting clowns, don't laugh, for a few days and it worked a treat !!
Good idea with the clown pic too...a mate showed his a video of hosting clowns, don't laugh, for a few days and it worked a treat !!
jtnova13
Fishaholic
haha a video would be awesome, i'll have to get one and hook it up to an lcd monitor!
Ok cool, i'll squirt some brine shrimp a couple times a day into it!
Ok cool, i'll squirt some brine shrimp a couple times a day into it!
jtnova13
Fishaholic
I just noticed hundreds if not thousands of little bugs which I assume are amphipods? all over my rocks! mmm fish food
jtnova13
Fishaholic
Update with pics!
Hammer frag
One of my hitchiker mushrooms... i must say they are pretty for hitchikers.
Plate coral, I've never seen a pink one with white tips, so i bought it
Toadstool frag, can't wait til it gets huge
skunk cleaner shrimp
hitchiker zoas. They look better in person, i can't seem to get a good pic of them.
The clowns won't stay still for long enough for me to get a good pic, but here's the mandatory FTS:
Hammer frag
One of my hitchiker mushrooms... i must say they are pretty for hitchikers.
Plate coral, I've never seen a pink one with white tips, so i bought it
Toadstool frag, can't wait til it gets huge
skunk cleaner shrimp
hitchiker zoas. They look better in person, i can't seem to get a good pic of them.
The clowns won't stay still for long enough for me to get a good pic, but here's the mandatory FTS:
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