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03-12-2008, 08:46 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle
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|  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!     | 
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03-12-2008, 08:50 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
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I think they look like Apstasia(sp) to me? I could be wrong though, I'm not great at ID'ing stuff.
Your tank is going to look great though. The sand and aquascaping look great!!!
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Marty
72g Bow Front, 2x250w MH (10 hrs), 4x65 Act (14 hrs), 6xDual Moonlights (10 hrs), 300 gph from cannister filter and powerhead, Prizm hang-on protein skimmer, 50 lbs LR, CC Bed
Yellow Tang, 2 Clowns, Bubble Tip Anemone, 2 Yellow Tail, Humbug, White Spot, Ornate Goby, Emerald Crab, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 2 Blue Legged Hermits, 15 Scarlet Hermits, +Snails with no names (margaritas, turbos, astraeas) | |
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03-13-2008, 01:13 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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no not aiptasia!
check this site out mate - it should be able to help you Welcome to Saltcorner. _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | |
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03-13-2008, 01:17 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Nice! _________  | |
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03-13-2008, 01:28 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Sweet pics!!!!!!!! | |
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03-16-2008, 10:08 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle
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So, I think I clicked on every photo on the saltcorner web site, to no avail! They kind of looked like a couple of the species there, but no definitive matches. The site is a great resource though, thanks for the link. | |
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03-16-2008, 10:09 AM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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i saw them with orange tentacles at my LFS! they are not pests, if only i remember their name! ugh! | |
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03-16-2008, 10:18 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Great looking tank!
Gonna be a real beauty once you get it loaded up. Go slowly.
Catch ferry and come by and see me if you want some kenya trees...my tank is overgrown with them. 
Good luck.
Scott
(Silverdale, WA) _________ 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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03-16-2008, 10:41 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle
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Cool, thanks Scott. I will definitely take you up on that, I live about 5 minutes away from the Fauntleroy ferry, and I drive through Silverdale all the time for work.
I'm planning on waiting at least a month before I add any corals. The tank seems to have stabilized a bit, I had 30ppm nitrates on Wednesday and 0 yesterday. I've put some caulerpa in the refugium, so it must have soaked some of the nitrates up!?!?
I added 17 snails yesterday, 10 Astrea, 4 Nassarius, and 3 Cerith.
I was also planning on ordering one of these before I put in any fish: Detritivore Products Page
Does anybody have some opinions on the benefits or drawbacks of these kits?
I am trying Dr. Ron's DSB style in my tank, and this looked like the best package I could find. | |
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03-16-2008, 10:58 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Sweet pics, thanks for sharing. _________ 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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