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[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by BigRedsReefs10

Just do what bribo does :p. The lps and softies do just fine in the "clean" water, the biggest challenge IME in a fully mixed reef is getting the flow just right for everything.

Lol...ok, will read up on flow then. How about parameters? I know some corals require different levels of alk, calcium, mag etc. Is there a happy in between that all will do well with? This is the part that scares me with SPS lol.

Bribo!!!! what you do lolol.

[bribo12]

Nothing! Haha jk I keep my lps and softies on the sandbed and just jack my flow up. Leathers though tend to like higher flow I've noticed. But yeah my acans, hammer, torch, and Duncan's are on the bottom in moderate flow. I've noticed everything but these has adjusted to the high flow. My gsp and leptastrea are both in high flow.
Oh and all corals do fine in the same general calc/alk/mag levels.

[BigRedsReefs10]

Just an FYI I'm pretty sure jbj is having a sale right now on the nano cubes Dave

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by BigRedsReefs10

Just an FYI I'm pretty sure jbj is having a sale right now on the nano cubes Dave

SAWEETTTTT! Gonna go check it out. Thanks Red

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by bribo12

Nothing! Haha jk I keep my lps and softies on the sandbed and just jack my flow up. Leathers though tend to like higher flow I've noticed. But yeah my acans, hammer, torch, and Duncan's are on the bottom in moderate flow. I've noticed everything but these has adjusted to the high flow. My gsp and leptastrea are both in high flow.
Oh and all corals do fine in the same general calc/alk/mag levels.

Nice! thanks Bribo. Iwas worried about that since some SPS tend to be finicky from my understanding. Another reason I was worried is because my hammer just went to nothing and I had him on the sand bed in more of a moderate flow area.

My GSP and Polyps seem to like the higher flow. They are right under the return from my filter and get a lot of flow from it and they are doing great, same with my candy canes. Once I get some SPS I am gonna start with a monti cap as they are suppose to be easy and then work my way from there.

[bribo12]

No problem! Lol tell my tank monti caps are easy...I can't keep them alive. . But yeah they're a good starter or birdsnest or montipora digitata. Acros are a pain so get your feet wet with the easy ones. Once you can get those growing then try easier acros like stags or one of the ora aquacultured ones.

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by bribo12

No problem! Lol tell my tank monti caps are easy...I can't keep them alive. . But yeah they're a good starter or birdsnest or montipora digitata. Acros are a pain so get your feet wet with the easy ones. Once you can get those growing then try easier acros like stags or one of the ora aquacultured ones.

Hahaha. I heard birdnest were easy as well for beginner SPS, really nice looking as well. I have a feeling that the harder SPS will be way down the road. I was also told echonophilla were easy SPS for beginners too. What's your opinion on them?

[bribo12]

Originally Posted by DaveMc

Hahaha. I heard birdnest were easy as well for beginner SPS, really nice looking as well. I have a feeling that the harder SPS will be way down the road. I was also told echonophilla were easy SPS for beginners too. What's your opinion on them?

You mean echinophylia? Those are chalices and lps. They like lower light. I'm not a big chalice fan so I've never owned one but I believe they're pretty easy?

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by bribo12

You mean echinophylia? Those are chalices and lps. They like lower light. I'm not a big chalice fan so I've never owned one but I believe they're pretty easy?

That's it lol....pardon my spelling, half asleep I thought they were Sps....dang better study better it looks like.

Since they are LPS then I am sure I will give them a try then. Oh, I almost forgot.....my condy committed suicide When I came home from work the other day I had stopped by the LFS to get a sponge to cover the power head to keep him out of it. Well he decided to get back into it foot first this time before I got home with....wasn't much left of him.

Sad thing is he was doing so good...he had actually gained in size the little time I had him.

RIP Condy!

[bribo12]

That stinks . And yeah they get confused a lot of the time for sps but they actually have long sweepers that can come out of them.

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by bribo12

That stinks . And yeah they get confused a lot of the time for sps but they actually have long sweepers that can come out of them.

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06-03-2014, 12:47 AM	#112
bribo12 Aquarium Advice Addict     Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 9,729	Oh yeah definitely. Unless you want dead corals lol :p __________________ 20 Gallon SPS reef 29 Gallon FW "fat catfish" tank 20 Gallon Long Dart Frogs "Zig" and "Zag"

06-03-2014, 12:54 AM	#113
DaveMc Aquarium Advice FINatic     Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: TN Posts: 918	Uhmmm....no, no dead corals lol. __________________ 10G Nano Reef || 36G Bow Front Build "The sea was the cradle of primordial life, from which the roots of our own existence sprouted. "

06-03-2014, 01:05 AM	#114
bribo12 Aquarium Advice Addict     Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 9,729	Fair enough lol. __________________ 20 Gallon SPS reef 29 Gallon FW "fat catfish" tank 20 Gallon Long Dart Frogs "Zig" and "Zag"

06-03-2014, 08:24 PM	#115
DaveMc Aquarium Advice FINatic     Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: TN Posts: 918	Happy Early Father's Day...... My wife is so awesome! Since fathers day is coming up soon she decided to surprise me early. She wanted me to take her to the LFS I had been going to since she hasn't been there yet to look around since this was the place I got the chinchilla's she wanted. While we were there she was looking around at one end and I was looking around the other end of the store. You won't believe what she done. She got me a brand new 36g Bow front Aqueon Aquarium with a 200w heater for my new SW setup! She knew I was looking at something between 35-40g and seen this and bought it for me and had the clerk at the store load it up for her so I wouldn't see it until we got in the car. THEN....after we get home she hands me a bag and said here is the rest.... A BIG a$$ turbo snail and a Black Ocellaris Clown! I didn't have the heart to tell her she shouldn't have got the clown lol. So guess I will be doing bigger water changes now until I get the new one setup. Will post some pics shortly. __________________ 10G Nano Reef || 36G Bow Front Build "The sea was the cradle of primordial life, from which the roots of our own existence sprouted. "

06-03-2014, 08:25 PM	#116
bribo12 Aquarium Advice Addict     Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 9,729	Awesome! Congrats man, sounds like a good day for you __________________ 20 Gallon SPS reef 29 Gallon FW "fat catfish" tank 20 Gallon Long Dart Frogs "Zig" and "Zag"

06-03-2014, 08:36 PM	#117
BigRedsReefs10 Aquarium Advice Addict     Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 5,093	Nice, that's a good surprise I like her style. __________________

06-03-2014, 08:42 PM	#118
DaveMc Aquarium Advice FINatic     Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: TN Posts: 918	Originally Posted by bribo12 Awesome! Congrats man, sounds like a good day for you Yes it was and thanks! can't wait to get things going. Gotta get more rock and sand but shouldn't need much of anything else lol. __________________ 10G Nano Reef || 36G Bow Front Build "The sea was the cradle of primordial life, from which the roots of our own existence sprouted. "

06-03-2014, 08:43 PM	#119
DaveMc Aquarium Advice FINatic     Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: TN Posts: 918	Originally Posted by BigRedsReefs10 Nice, that's a good surprise I like her style. Thanks Red, me too haha. when I asked her why she got the clown she said, "Well ****, you need some color in that thing!" __________________ 10G Nano Reef || 36G Bow Front Build "The sea was the cradle of primordial life, from which the roots of our own existence sprouted. "

06-03-2014, 09:25 PM	#120
DaveMc Aquarium Advice FINatic     Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: TN Posts: 918	Okies, here is the tank. Still haven't opened it yet. Black Ocellaris Clown Turbo Snail __________________ 10G Nano Reef || 36G Bow Front Build "The sea was the cradle of primordial life, from which the roots of our own existence sprouted. "

[bribo12]

Oh yeah definitely. Unless you want dead corals lol :p

[DaveMc]

Uhmmm....no, no dead corals lol.

[bribo12]

Fair enough lol.

[DaveMc]

My wife is so awesome! Since fathers day is coming up soon she decided to surprise me early. She wanted me to take her to the LFS I had been going to since she hasn't been there yet to look around since this was the place I got the chinchilla's she wanted.

While we were there she was looking around at one end and I was looking around the other end of the store. You won't believe what she done.

She got me a brand new 36g Bow front Aqueon Aquarium with a 200w heater for my new SW setup!

She knew I was looking at something between 35-40g and seen this and bought it for me and had the clerk at the store load it up for her so I wouldn't see it until we got in the car.

THEN....after we get home she hands me a bag and said here is the rest....

A BIG a$$ turbo snail and a Black Ocellaris Clown! I didn't have the heart to tell her she shouldn't have got the clown lol. So guess I will be doing bigger water changes now until I get the new one setup.

Will post some pics shortly.

[bribo12]

Awesome! Congrats man, sounds like a good day for you

[BigRedsReefs10]

Nice, that's a good surprise I like her style.

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by bribo12

Awesome! Congrats man, sounds like a good day for you

Yes it was and thanks! can't wait to get things going. Gotta get more rock and sand but shouldn't need much of anything else lol.

[DaveMc]

Originally Posted by BigRedsReefs10

Nice, that's a good surprise I like her style.

Thanks Red, me too haha. when I asked her why she got the clown she said, "Well ****, you need some color in that thing!"

[DaveMc]

Okies, here is the tank. Still haven't opened it yet.



Black Ocellaris Clown


Turbo Snail