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02-29-2008, 08:13 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 428
|  Corals??
I am getting a biocube soon and was thinking about trying my hand at some corals, Ive never had any before. I want to put a pair of my clowns in there too so they would have to be compatable with them.
What would you suggest as a couple beginner corals?? and any advice in general??
It will be awhile until I actually add anything, I am getting the tank in the next week or so. But I thought it was worth thinking about so I can start researching 
thanks!
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
eel, lrg black lion
5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | 
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02-29-2008, 08:36 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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I have a 12 gallon nano-cube that I really like, as for corals, some nice zoas, or mushrooms would be a good place to start, also stuff like green star polyps, ricordia, basically most soft corals are easy to take care of, but if you like zoanthids thats a good place to start, just wear gloves if your gonna mess with them(fragging, which is very easy on zoas) cause they are toxic, so dont let any other furry pets near the water you fragged them in...from what I have read its some really strong stuff too.
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...AGA 46 gal. bowfront, coralife 192watt aqualight, koralia 4, aqua c remora w/maxijet 1200 and surface skim box,200watt heater, 40 pounds black aragonite reef sand, 50 lbs. LR...cycling at the moment...
...12 gal. Nano-Cube, heavily modded, becoming a QT/Hospital tank for the new 46 | |
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02-29-2008, 09:21 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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+1 Yea _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | 
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02-29-2008, 10:22 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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I like large hairy mushrooms  yea I said it 
Clowns will host in them too  _________ 
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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02-29-2008, 11:43 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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What you want is frogspawn.
Easy to keep. Low light tolerant.
Clowns love them.
Have fun! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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02-29-2008, 02:07 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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What type of light does it have???? | |
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02-29-2008, 02:59 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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what ever i want it too!!! actually, the light is burnt out so i have to retro fit a new one, what do u recommend? | |
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02-29-2008, 03:44 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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no elephant ear mushrooms,they will eat your fish.mushrooms green star polyps toadstool,zoos,xenia,leather corals,nepthia.mushrooms can be a great colorful coral thats very hard to kill.your fish will die before your mushrooms and you only need one or a few cause they reproduce well.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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03-01-2008, 01:56 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by wastemanagement  I like large hairy mushrooms yea I said it
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