jestep
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Water in a tank would be my take on it. I'm not using lights because doing that while cycling is just an invitation for unnecessary algae.
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Chaeto Chock Full of Brittle Sea Stars and Amphipods
jestep replied to George Monnat Jr's topic in Free
I could definitely use a bunch of brittle stars. I have 3 refugiums that could use them. I could trade a recovering frag of pink somethings zoas. -
I was referring to the Gig 'em's explanation. Over time you end up with many micro and macro organisms, as well as matured bacteria populations. It takes time for these to build up but contribute to a healthy tank because of the functions that they perform. I don't think any of these would directly affect the health of the anemone.
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The 6 months to a year suggestion is mainly so the tank is more stable and has a better diversity of life in it. In my experience BTA's are more indestructible than many coral. But, when they get stressed out they tend to split, which is not a desirable trait for me. If you have experience keeping tanks and think you can keep one reasonably stable right out of the gate, I wouldn't see any problem with adding one fairly quickly. You still will want to make sure the tank is fully cycled and may want to wait for a few of the earlier algae stages that we naturally get, to pass.
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I think you're ok. I'm assuming that "good rock" means that it was cured or from an existing tank. You most likely just had a soft cycle which is basically just an ammonia spike from exceeding the biological capacity that existed in there. Luckily once you have established bacteria, it reproduces much more quickly to meet the demand. I would keep an eye on it, but my guess it that you wont have any more ammonia or nitrite.
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Same thing here. Also works well for manual dosing when a bottle is getting low. You can just suck it out of the bottom of the bottle with the airline tubing.
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Used to be a little. Down to a single mini blade MCX heli.
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I got the purple candelabra and gold plume. They are both doing well, fully polyp extension pretty much all the time. Have not noticed any fighting with other coral. The candelabra's are off by themselves but the plume is right near other coral and they still look healthy and happy.
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Have you had the parent colony for a while?
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How long have they been on the plug? I've had tubbs a few times in the past and they melted every time.
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I don't think so but they start rattling, grinding, or cease up when they're going out. If you search around it's pretty common for them to fail on the dry side after a few years.
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I've got a micro bearing puller if anyone ever wants to replace the dry side bearings in a MP40. I think it will work for a MP10 as well. It's basically a $30 fix for very good quality replacement bearings vs a new Dry side from ecotech @ $250. If you're in warranty I would contact ecotech since it's pretty easy to break the motor magnets even if you know what you're doing.
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Very pleased thanks for organizing the whole thing. Flexible coral are throwing me for a bit of a curveball in a hard coral dominant tank. I'm going to keep the site bookmarked. They threw some really cool rock anemones on there yesterday.
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Make sure you guys dip these. I pulled the biggest amphipod I've ever seen on a frag off one of these. I did an iodine dip and then dipped the base plug in peroxide. The iodine didn't phase him at all. This was not a 1/4 - 1/2 one that we all commonly see. Not sure if it was safe or not, but wasn't going to take a chance.
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Too much light or too warm to quickly would be my guess. In my experience unless they're huge, BTA's tend to split when they are mad or stressed. Stable tank params and you're going to need to feed them. Since they expelled all of their zooxanthellae they must have food for energy as they won't get it from the light until they recover.
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It does have BTA-like shape and texture on the tentacles. It's in bad shape if it's a BTA.
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Condy would be my first guess.
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Most glass shops will cut glass if you want to do a glass one. Just let them know what your doing and that tolerance is important. You don't need them beveled but they can grind the edges so they aren't sharp. Measure well.
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Should be fine, but I have no problem if something comes up and you have to hold onto mine.
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Value is zero IMO.
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Actually plumbing (tubes, hoses, etc.) are zero. Fitting are actual cost.
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It's supposed to be fair market value for used stuff. That's a bit subjective but as long as it's in the realm I don't think anyone is going to argue.
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Just placed mine. purple candelabra, gold plume and a spring stunner chalice. $65 total. If anyone wants to swap frags in the future, I definitely want a bottlebrush, and a purple plume.
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Anyone know where I can get some 1/2" john guest elbows locally? Does lowes carry them?
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The photosynthetic is the only reason I want to try them. I've seen the feeding regimens for normal gorgs and NPS tanks, and it's not in the cards for me. Good to hear that they can be propagated like a normal coral. I've got some wild SPS that are doing well, but they're really temperamental and extremely aggressive I have one sps frag that uses chemical warfare so much, I can't keep anything within 4 or 5 inches of it. It took out several sps frags, a blasto, a candy cane, and started messing up a scoly before I figured out it was the coral and not some other pathogen.
