Zuatrapatuarte's 29G

[zuatrapatuarte]

Ok, here is my tank. As you can see there aren't any powerheads in there, I'm waiting on one to be shipped.

Two Ocellaris Clownfish
One six line wrasse
One Coral banded shrimp

20 lbs of dry rock and 10 of live rock, now all live

25 lbs of sand

 

[Smitty]

Looking good. :)

 

[AnthonyTheNewbie]

Looks good :)

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

Thanks guys.

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

I decided to get my first corals today. A fire torch and a Lobo.
(hope I got the names right)
They haven't open up much yet, it has been about 7 hours since I put them in the tank, I hope they do well in ma tank.

 

[Civicdemon]

Be Very Careful with that coral banded shrimp. It will eat your fish if it gets the chance. i woke up one morning to my old one eating one of my fire fish.

 

[AnthonyTheNewbie]

What type of lighting do you have? And sorry if this is a dumb question, but did your tank cycle already?

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

Hey Anthony. I have a odyssea t5 24 watts X4 and yes the tank is 7 months old.

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

Thanks demon, I'll keep an eye out.

 

[AnthonyTheNewbie]

Sounds good bud. Get some Zoas in the tank, they look great :p

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

Alright, that's the plan. I just want to see how these corals do first before I buy any more.

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

So it's been a week since I bought these two corals. The torch looks like it's doing great but the Lobo looks somewhat pale. Any suggestions?

 

[jamespias]

It may just take some time to get its color back. It looks like you have moved it lower in your tank from your first picture post of it. I'd say that as long as it stays open and plump it should get its color back with time. A lot of people feed their lobos as supplement to what they get from their zooxanthelea. Maybe that could help the guy out...Only a week is not a lot of time in a coral's life though, and many corals can loose some of their coloring on a move.

 

[zuatrapatuarte]

It may just take some time to get its color back. It looks like you have moved it lower in your tank from your first picture post of it. I'd say that as long as it stays open and plump it should get its color back with time. A lot of people feed their lobos as supplement to what they get from their zooxanthelea. Maybe that could help the guy out...Only a week is not a lot of time in a coral's life though, and many corals can loose some of their coloring on a move.

Hi James. Yes I moved it down as I read that it could help. Thanks for the info.