cvcdrk's 29g Mini Reef
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Smitty
Reef pro
Yes, you can try spot feeding it, and see how it does.
little_fish
Moderator
I think that is actually a duncan coral, one of my all time favorites
I just fed the tank. It closed up a tiny bit when I sprayed it with some mysis shrimp. Looked like this:
Now it's looking exactly what it looked like before.
Little_fish do you have any suggestions on flow/light intensity area (marineland reef capable leds) or basic care? Do you feed ours anything special to promote growth?
Now it's looking exactly what it looked like before.
Little_fish do you have any suggestions on flow/light intensity area (marineland reef capable leds) or basic care? Do you feed ours anything special to promote growth?
little_fish
Moderator
I would put them at a medium flow and medium light, no real special care required. Once established, they grow like gang busters.
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
It's deff a Duncan coral. When I first got mine they didn't open up for almost two weeks or so for some reason. I moved them around a bit and found a spot where they are happy.
Smitty
Reef pro
+1 to both ladies...now that it's open, we can tell it's a duncan. That's my all time favorite coral also.
The good news is that it is already budding two smaller heads on the main tube thing. I see the little tentacles forming. Very cool stuff. It's growing so fast!
The weird news is that today after I fed the tank (and spot fed it a couple pieces of mysis) it started to expel what looked like a freaking hairball. I took a pic....is this its waste or something I should be worried about?
The weird news is that today after I fed the tank (and spot fed it a couple pieces of mysis) it started to expel what looked like a freaking hairball. I took a pic....is this its waste or something I should be worried about?
little_fish
Moderator
its just taking a nice after meal poop :)
Remember, everything poops and if it doesnt, its not alive or its about to not be live anymore
Remember, everything poops and if it doesnt, its not alive or its about to not be live anymore
Yeah that's what I figured. It just looked so weird! haha
Well today I did some major maintenance. It started as just going to do a 4 gallon water change...but I went to walmart and bought extra water and ended up doing an 8 gallon water change instead.
I bought some krazy glue too, and used that to secure some of the rocks better....then I realized that I wanted to make a couple of changes to the aquascape and that turned into more changes and I ended up building the whole archway below on the right side out of rubble using the glue. It turned out really well and I am really happy ith it.
I secured both corals. The Dragon's Eye in the same spot and the Duncan in it's new home. They're both unhappy with me...as is the rest of tank for moving so much stuff around and the water change...so please forgive the cloudy water and closed up stuff.
Pics of new aquascape (hopefully permanent):
Left side of tank:
Right side of tank:
From left and from right:
New Archway which I built from just tiny pieces of rock leftover in a drawer:
And the new archway (not easy to secure with the glue!) on the left with the duncan's new home (bottom left, closed):
Obligatory FTS:
Well today I did some major maintenance. It started as just going to do a 4 gallon water change...but I went to walmart and bought extra water and ended up doing an 8 gallon water change instead.
I bought some krazy glue too, and used that to secure some of the rocks better....then I realized that I wanted to make a couple of changes to the aquascape and that turned into more changes and I ended up building the whole archway below on the right side out of rubble using the glue. It turned out really well and I am really happy ith it.
I secured both corals. The Dragon's Eye in the same spot and the Duncan in it's new home. They're both unhappy with me...as is the rest of tank for moving so much stuff around and the water change...so please forgive the cloudy water and closed up stuff.
Pics of new aquascape (hopefully permanent):
Left side of tank:
Right side of tank:
From left and from right:
New Archway which I built from just tiny pieces of rock leftover in a drawer:
And the new archway (not easy to secure with the glue!) on the left with the duncan's new home (bottom left, closed):
Obligatory FTS:
little_fish
Moderator
very cool!
Tang77
nomadic reefer
Looks good cvc, I like your aquascaping choices...alot of great spots for future frags too.
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
I really like your new aquascape! It looks awesome and creative :)
Thanks to both of you!
If anyone is interested, this quarters' issue of Reef Hobbyist Magazine has some really great articles in it and it can be read, in full, here:
http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/downloads/pdf/version23.pdf
I wasn't sure where to post this so I figured I would just leave it here in case anyone else would like to read it. There's a great article about anemones one about a 10 year old reef tank that is incredibly stable and the last article is about the coral colony known as "the unknown".
If anyone is interested, this quarters' issue of Reef Hobbyist Magazine has some really great articles in it and it can be read, in full, here:
http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/downloads/pdf/version23.pdf
I wasn't sure where to post this so I figured I would just leave it here in case anyone else would like to read it. There's a great article about anemones one about a 10 year old reef tank that is incredibly stable and the last article is about the coral colony known as "the unknown".
little_fish
Moderator
I am mentioned in that particular issue :)
Tang77
nomadic reefer
I just got a chance to read your article, thats really cool Hannah!! Thanx for posting the link cvc your right that is a good issue.
