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#631
February 27th, 2008, 04:19 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
not too bad for only 4 months, huh?
-Doc Current Aquarium(s) Description: 210 gal "Shark Reef" With Angelfish and 90 gal reef tank Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: long enough to know I have a lot to learn 
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#632
February 29th, 2008, 10:45 PM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
So, today, I did some changing of my corals, since I had to do a massive cleaning due to a Purigen explosion of stench and filth (see a different post for all the details). I noticed that my open brain is only opening up a little bit and the color is during brownish-green-grey. That tells me that it is not getting enough light on my sandbed. This is a problem since I hear it is not safe to place in the rockwork due to the expanding and contracting nature of the coral. What to do? I rigged a flat spot out of three different rocks near the top of the reef, hoping that it will stay level and not fall off. What do you think? will it work? does it expand and contract evenly or does it vary, pushing against different spots of rock, slowly working itself off where it is positioned? No clue, I have never had this coral before. Ideas?
-Doc Current Aquarium(s) Description: 210 gal "Shark Reef" With Angelfish and 90 gal reef tank Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: long enough to know I have a lot to learn
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#633
February 29th, 2008, 11:43 PM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
Thats a mighty good question Doc.
Any chance you could use something to make kinda like a mini sand bed up in the rock?That would give the coral something soft to lay on at least and lessen the chance of it tearing.
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Hunt hard,shoot straight,kill clean,apologize to no one. Current Aquarium(s) Description: 75gal. reef,NE T-5s 432 watt ,CSS65 skimmer,Pro-Clear 125 wet/dry with mag5 return Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Little over a year Other Intrests: Hunting,camping,fishing
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#634
March 1st, 2008, 04:49 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
I think placing it on a flat rock would probably work. It's worth a shot, at least. Hopefully your brain will get healthy soon!
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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#635
March 1st, 2008, 04:59 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
I think Yote has a great idea with the adding some sand on top of your flat rock so that the brain may think it is the normal sand bed.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 46g bow front Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 8 months saltwater, 2.5 years freshwater Other Intrests: Tennis, Video games, Working out, Drinking, Movies
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#636
March 1st, 2008, 05:22 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
I moved it about 6 hours ago. It expanded to three times what it was on the sand bed, so lighting did seem to be the problem. T-5 just don't penetrate all the way down there for its lighting requirements. It seems pretty snug where it is and I will leave him there for a few days to see what happens.
-Doc Current Aquarium(s) Description: 210 gal "Shark Reef" With Angelfish and 90 gal reef tank Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: long enough to know I have a lot to learn
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#637
March 1st, 2008, 05:29 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
How about putting some sand in a shallow tupperware container and placing that on a rock? That way the sand won't get blown all over the place.
Good to hear it's doing better. Pretty weird though, they don't have super high lighting needs or anything.
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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#638
March 1st, 2008, 08:10 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
I don't know. It was not hydrating on the bottom and the metallic green turned into a dull greenish brown. Not cool. You know me, weird stuff just seems to happen to my tanks that can't be explained.
-Doc Current Aquarium(s) Description: 210 gal "Shark Reef" With Angelfish and 90 gal reef tank Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: long enough to know I have a lot to learn
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#639
March 1st, 2008, 09:58 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
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Are you sure its not getting enough light?I kept several different brains on the sand bed with similar lights with no problems whatsoever.Maybe its time to feed it once in awhile.I believe a flat rock may work for the brain.
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#640
March 3rd, 2008, 05:45 AM
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Re: Dr Marco's Reef Build
How do you get that coraline?? Your tank is a month older than mine and i have minimal little splotches of purple. Anyways Love the tank man, great job.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 20g Reef Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Since Oct 07 Other Intrests: Rock climbing, drag racing, paintballing.
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