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11-12-2007, 04:27 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Joliet, IL Age: 45
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Please cut me some slack as I'm a total noob here and have a couple questions. I ordered a couple ricordia polyls from reeftopia, a single green ricordia and a double nuclei Orange ricordia, the site says "polyps have no shell or rock base however, will attach easily to rock or oyster shell. I also ordered a couple of coraline covered jewelbox oyster halves. My question is do I need to attach these myself? and if so how? Or do I just put them in the tank on the live rock, these are my first polyps and any info would be greatly appreciated. Also if I am doing the attaching myself, do I do it in a bowl of water after acclimation? Details would extremely helpfull as the shipment will be here via fed-ex in the morning. I know I've come to the right place after many days of reading here! This is the tank they will go in until the 28 g nano is ready.  | 
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11-12-2007, 04:35 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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i think that all you need to do is put the polyps on a shell where there is little or no flow and they will attach themselves, then you put them where you want. | |
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11-12-2007, 04:49 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl Age: 19
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I just glue mine with some ca glue (crazy glue). They do attach by themselves to the rock or whatever but mine float away once the flow hits them. _________ 90 gallon tank with center overflows, 44 gallon custom sump/fuge, Tek T5 retrofit 4x54 bulbs, Reef Octopus nw200 protein skimmer, Iwaki WMD40RLXT return pump (changed to panworld 100pxx),Knop c ca reactor, PA light house controller.
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11-12-2007, 04:51 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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They will attach themselves...They can be a bit more finnicky then other mushrooms..They prefer low to moderate light and low flow.... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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11-12-2007, 06:05 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Mine were on the sand for about a week. Once the hunkered down I put them where I wanted them.... Can't waite to see the HQI up and running..... | |
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11-12-2007, 06:16 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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How long before the HQI is running???? Can't waite to see what temp that beast runs at... | |
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11-12-2007, 06:37 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Joliet, IL Age: 45
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Should have er up and running this weel!! Woo-Hoo  | |
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11-12-2007, 06:45 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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sweet.... | |
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11-12-2007, 07:34 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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They should like aquaboy said, just give them time to attach themselves and out of the flow. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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11-12-2007, 08:20 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Joliet, IL Age: 45
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Thanks to everyone for the advice, I'll turn off one of the powerheads and give them time to do their thing. I'm hopin they will attach pretty quick, should I put near the bottom, mid level or up high to start? | |
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