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05-15-2008, 04:12 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Just wanted to say hello to all the great minds out there. I am new to reefkeeping and attempting to have a go at it. I have a 20g tall tank with a emperor 280 filter with biowheel. Korellia 1 powerhead, Nova Extreme 24" t5 fixture with 24 wt 10,000K HO bulb, and 24 wt 460mm Actinic HO bulb, 3lbs of live rock, 1 Tomato Clown, and a new addition of a long tentacle anemone.
Whats next? What did I do wrong? better to look stupid here than kill innocent fishes.
Oh! attached is a pic of my LTA and clown. Sorry about the quality I have a horrible camera.
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05-15-2008, 04:15 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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More Watts, More LR other than that lookin good assuming you already cycled and your gonna put more corals. _________ 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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05-15-2008, 04:17 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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Whats next? What did I do wrong? better to look stupid here than kill innocent fishes.
| no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who ask questions. just kidding ask away... | |
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05-15-2008, 04:20 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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LTA's need strong lighting, you might encounter some problems with it. Did you finish your cycle? Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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05-15-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Tank was up for about 6 weeks before I added the fish and anemone. LFS guy who sold me on the light told me it would be great. Figures.
Anyway, can I add more watts by getting new bulbs | |
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05-15-2008, 04:26 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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Originally Posted by tarheel  Tank was up for about 6 weeks before I added the fish and anemone. LFS guy who sold me on the light told me it would be great. Figures.
Anyway, can I add more watts by getting new bulbs | depends on the ballast, chances are the ballast was made for those bulbs so if you want more watts you'll have to upgrade, but if ballast specs suggest more wattage then get different bulbs. | |
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05-15-2008, 04:27 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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Originally Posted by tarheel Tank was up for about 6 weeks before I added the fish and anemone. LFS guy who sold me on the light told me it would be great. Figures.
Anyway, can I add more watts by getting new bulbs | did your water params spike? | |
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05-15-2008, 04:29 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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6 weeks? A cycle can last up to 12 weeks, oh boy. | |
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05-15-2008, 04:41 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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The tank has been up for about 3 months now and the clown was added first at about 6 weeks, 3 hermit crabs, 3 snails next all doing fine, I started the tank with live substrate per LFS instructions and had a damsel that I gave back when I got the clown cause it was mean as a snake. I test for KH, PH, No2, No3. and had a spike a while back but have had no nitrate/nitrites since. I just added the new light and the anemone last week. So I discoved the forum and here I am.
How much live rock do I need? | |
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05-15-2008, 05:15 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Like Luna said cycle up to 12 weeks with a mechanical filter, if your only filtration relay on the emperor it might take even longer, try adding some phos-sorb and maybe some bacteria,
has the anemone move from where you placed it? maybe is not getting enough water flow where it is.
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