hammondegge

here is a thread about Southdown and alternatives.

http://www.maast.org/index.php?name=PNphpB...light=southdown

Chances are that you will not be able to find Southdown or Yardright in Austin unless someone has a stash in thier garage. CaribSea special grade from a LFS will be the easiest to come by.

you will not need to purchase any live sand, though if you have the opportunity it is benefitial to grab a cup of sand from other's tanks, the more the better, to diversify your fauna. i can spare a cup.

i dont believ the small amount of silica sand on your rocks will harm anything. best to knock most of it off if it is loose. use aragonite sand in your fuge, not extremely deep but up to 6 inches would be ok.

oh and thanks for the offer on the concrete. i should be ready to do mine fairly soon. i will need it in a month or two.

that looks like fun ace. what made you decide against a candy red metal flake finish????

how does it sound?

put some sand in the fuge now to start the seeding. you should have enough bacteria in your rock to handle the transition

what did you use to make the rock? how bout some pictures?

i've got some really bright green ricordia yuma, metallic green hairy mushrooms, lots of violet and orange centered zoas with bright green skirts, teal centered zoas with purple skirts, metallic blue zoas with bright red skirts(very limited right now) and some RPE's. also some interesting palythoas that are a kind of orangy brown with a green metallic sheen that glow under actinics.

hey joe,

have you ever tried to transplant them after they have established in sand or mud? i have tried twice and lost them.

i'll take some, are you still looking for lps, softies only?

i'll take one Clint. is that an old pic or did the mushrooms come back

You can isolate it with some success in areas of low to moderate flow. An island of rock in the sand, or a finger or peak surrounded by zoas or GSP can work. though you have to find something to surround the GSP happy3.gif If the xenia is in higher flow (sps tank) then it can drop polyps and spread around the tank. If this happens you may still be able to control it with some attentive gardening. I found that it just grows too fast for my reef tank so it, and the anthelia, are banished to the seahorse tank.

how about a 70gal cube with center overflow and return, viewable from 4 sides. 30x30x17. lit with a single 250w pendant or a lumenarc lined hood

how much is too much? tard.gif

it's the bananas toothy9.gif

confused2.gif errrrrr ARC!!!!!

good luck with the move Rob and Welcome to Maast blob7.gif

mine grew up in a 40 and a 55. she is about 3.5-4 inches now and does fine in the 55. she will be moving into a bigger tank later this year. i wouldnt want to keep her in the 55 for long over 4 inches.

me? no.

howdy tex

i love Cinque Terra...good choice huh? it's so photogenic. i have some of the exact same shots from about 1998

i'll take two, if you still have them. are you going to the meeting tomorrow?

Welcome to ARC! blob7.gif

maybe it's a Zombie coral

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I have an old rock that came with the tank that looked like a dead maze brain but every once and a while something that look like the things in the picture pop out of the rock. Does that mean that it is still alive?!

probably spaghetti worms

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/worms.htm

frogfish

enablers happy3.gif

you've done a great job building a low maintainance system. step back and enjoy it. let it do the work for a while. take a dive trip. glasses10.gif