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05-16-2008, 11:36 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Ok so, I followed the advice I recieved here and went out today and bought some base rock to put in with my live and give my anemone something to climb in case he needs more light. (it's a long story, look in the Say hello forum if you want to hear my crying). Anyway, gonna be stacking some rock as we speak and will post pics soon! _________  55 G, with 40lbs LR, 40lbs live sand, Tomato clown, Sixline wrasse, Kole Tang,Frogspawn, zoas, sun coral, skunk cleaner shrimp, 4 astrea snails, 1 turbo, 13 hermits, 96wt T5HO lighting, Maxijet 600 (modified), Koralia 1, Emporer 280 filter. Born from my 20g on 6/8/08. Always a work in progress. | 
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05-16-2008, 11:47 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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looking forward to it. _________ 75gal hex, 2-40w T12 48", odyssea 48" 4x65w PC's w/ lunars, 50lbs LR, 80lbs LS, gold banded maroon clown, dog faced puffer, juvenile blue angel, 2 dominoes, 1-4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman gobie, lawnmower blenny, mano, purple chromis, striped grouper, mexican turbo, astrea and red foot snails, striped, red and blue legged hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, white and purple bubble coral(very little), red and green mushrooms, orange gorgonian, candycane  Tanks, No Thanks. We Free Dive! | |
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05-16-2008, 12:05 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Now the anemone is attached like crazy to the bottom of my tank. so I can't move him and he has sand like down in his mouth from me moving all the stuff around. Aquarium looks better with rocks in it tho. wainting for the dust to settle now. | |
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05-16-2008, 01:50 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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leave him be he'll move on his own if not happy there. | |
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05-16-2008, 02:11 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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be careful as to not set up the rock like a wall against the back glass of your tank!!! It isn't realistic and it will increase diffusion and advection
and it will also decrease water flow!! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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05-16-2008, 05:17 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 22
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im doing the same thing now too, would be nice to see how yours turns out, I will add pics of mine later when im done _________ Equipment: 55 gal, Remora Skimmer w/ maxi jet 1200 pump, 4x54w T5 lighting, 2 super actinics, 2 12,000K actinic white bulbs, 55+ lbs fiji live rock... Inhabitants: Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Tailed Damsel, Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Watchman Goby, 3 Chromis, Crocea Clam, Cleaner Shrimp, Astraea snails, Nassarius snails, hermit crabs, Zoa, Yellow Fiji Leather, Pineapple Brain, Mushroom, Bubble My Tank Thread  | |
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05-16-2008, 05:51 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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I Built a wall at the back half of my tank just make sure the first few rocks lie flat and stable, space them apart and when you stack them be sure to get loads of cave holes, you will have to lean a few against the back glass, i have 2 powerheads in my 55 and one points along the front the other points along and through the crannies of the back rock, for me this works great moves the detritus round in a circle motion, never settles, hope this helps, experiment, try moveing powerheads around, you will get it .......eventually lol..
see signature pic for the idea? _________ Hardware-55G Rena Display,Filstar XP3 Canister Filter, 200w Rena Heater, 1xKoralia 3, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Airline Protein Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Midas Blenny, 2xClowns, Neon Damsel, Blue Yellow Tailed Damssel, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple Mushroom's, Waveing Xenia, Button Polyps, Green Star Polyps, Toadstool Leather,  | |
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05-16-2008, 07:48 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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He is the tank after the addition of the rock... The LTA is like under an overhang in the back corner due to his previous location. I guess if he doest like it he will move tomorrow or something. So tell me what you think!
I'm pretty happy with leaving it for now.
Oh and the Xenia was a gift from a friend who said its like a weed in his tank and just wanted to see if he could frag it successfully. So for what its worth I thought it wouldnt hurt to give it a try.
Think I will leave it be for a few months and see what happens to the new rock and stuff. Thank again for the help. | |
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05-16-2008, 07:50 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Oh! forgot the picture. here it is! | |
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05-16-2008, 08:00 PM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Originally Posted by tarheel  He is the tank after the addition of the rock... The LTA is like under an overhang in the back corner due to his previous location. I guess if he doest like it he will move tomorrow or something. So tell me what you think!
I'm pretty happy with leaving it for now.
Oh and the Xenia was a gift from a friend who said its like a weed in his tank and just wanted to see if he could frag it successfully. So for what its worth I thought it wouldnt hurt to give it a try.
Think I will leave it be for a few months and see what happens to the new rock and stuff. Thank again for the help. | Very good idea!! Let things settle in and don't rush anything. Good choice on the base rock, it will become live rock in time and color up. In about 6-8 months you won't be able to tell the difference!! _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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