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Calawah · 03-12-2008, 08:46 PM

Well the tank has finally cleared enough for me to take some decent pics! There's one of my tank and two of the cup corals that came with my live rock.

The tank is a 58 gallon w/ an Aqua C Remora HOT protein skimmer, 1 modified tunze turbelle nanostream 6045 PH, and 2 194W PC fixtures. I also have an Odyssea all-in-one MH/PC fixture, but I need to change the bulbs and ballast before I run it.

I do have some questions about the cup corals. What do I need to do to keep them healthy while the tank goes through the cycle? I tested the water today (60lbs of LR went in 2 days ago, 7lbs went in 4 days ago) and I had 0 Nitrates and Nitrites, and 1PPM ammonia, so it looks like things are humming along as they should in the beginning of the cycle. Are these guys doomed by the nitrates to come? Do I need to feed supplements to them in any way? What are they? They look more like anemones to me, but are they LPS, or softies? Or neither? Any info about them would be great.

Thanks so much!

03-12-2008, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Calawah Astrea Snail Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 55 Karma: 134	1st Tank Shots and Cup Corals Well the tank has finally cleared enough for me to take some decent pics! There's one of my tank and two of the cup corals that came with my live rock. The tank is a 58 gallon w/ an Aqua C Remora HOT protein skimmer, 1 modified tunze turbelle nanostream 6045 PH, and 2 194W PC fixtures. I also have an Odyssea all-in-one MH/PC fixture, but I need to change the bulbs and ballast before I run it. I do have some questions about the cup corals. What do I need to do to keep them healthy while the tank goes through the cycle? I tested the water today (60lbs of LR went in 2 days ago, 7lbs went in 4 days ago) and I had 0 Nitrates and Nitrites, and 1PPM ammonia, so it looks like things are humming along as they should in the beginning of the cycle. Are these guys doomed by the nitrates to come? Do I need to feed supplements to them in any way? What are they? They look more like anemones to me, but are they LPS, or softies? Or neither? Any info about them would be great. Thanks so much!