300 gallon "Outside Corner" Reef

[Gregcoyote]

Bought a new red headed wrasse and four more tuxedo urchins today. I now have about 8 of these urchins and they are very cool.

 

[Dary421]

Bought a new red headed wrasse and four more tuxedo urchins today. I now have about 8 of these urchins and they are very cool.

Has the trigger expressed any interest in those urchins?

 

[Gregcoyote]

They are all downstairs in the frag tanks. Unless the trigger figures out how to climb stairs, they are safe. I have little doubt they would become snacks to the trigger.

 

[Dary421]

They are all downstairs in the frag tanks. Unless the trigger figures out how to climb stairs, they are safe. I have little doubt they would become snacks to the trigger.

Lol.... He'll find a way!!!!
Ps... Any special lighting fir urchins?

 

[Gregcoyote]

Nope. They seem to take care of themselves. They like pink algae.

 

[Keithhjs]

I like my tuxedo urchin too but it tends to knock stuff around lol. Steals frags if not secured lol.

 

[Gregcoyote]

One of mine is wearing a small mushroom like a hat.

 

[Triggersgalore]

Did you introduce all your tangs at once?

 

[Gregcoyote]

No. The three yellows were added about 10 years ago. The sailfin about four years ago, the kole about three years ago and the hippo a year ago. I have a clown tang growing up in the frag tank. They spar now and again but no one gets hurt.

But I do the following:

They have lots of swimming room and room to escape if a tiff breaks out.

I keep them all very well fed, lowers aggression.

They have several sleeping caves and places to meditate, if fish meditate.

 

[Triggersgalore]

Ok cool thank I am doing a 240 gallon reef and I want it to be exactly like yours someday.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Thank you. Just stay at it.

 

[Triggersgalore]

Sorry for all the questions! Haha but how many corals can I introduce at one time?

 

[Gregcoyote]

I would do it pretty much one at a time. Allows you to keep it simpler. Too many and crazy stuff can start to happen. Also get a feel for what can co-exist and which corals need room around them.

 

[Mebbid]

I would do it pretty much one at a time. Allows you to keep it simpler. Too many and crazy stuff can start to happen. Also get a feel for what can co-exist and which corals need room around them.

But one at a time is sooooo slow

It just sucks that one at a time is good advice

 

[Triggersgalore]

Ok thanks for all the info.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Lol ,one of my favorite fish.

 

[Triggersgalore]

I have a 3 foot one!

 

[Gregcoyote]

Just bought a GFI water meter. With this, I can remove exactly as much water as I want to for a water change without dumping it into buckets to measure it. I do 40 gallons at a time. This should allow me to eliminate the old water dump barrel as I can now dump the old saltwater down the drain. And know how much I have dumped.

 

[Keithhjs]

Just bought a GFI water meter. With this, I can remove exactly as much water as I want to for a water change without dumping it into buckets to measure it. I do 40 gallons at a time. This should allow me to eliminate the old water dump barrel as I can now dump the old saltwater down the drain. And know how much I have dumped.

Nice pick up. Bet that wasn't a cheap gadget.

 

[Gregcoyote]

It wasn't too bad at $165