+brian.srock Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'm in the same boat although further behind than you but it's hard to think of a coral theme to go in there. You just need to go to the store and let the eye candy to the picking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gott Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I would go with mostly cloves and zoas and rics rather than many corals which grow out into the water column much because they would enhance the pleasing balance of the 'scape you have now. I have always found that I'm happier with the aquariums in which I started planning coral placement as soon as I got my aquascaping down, even though changes happen along the way as I find this or that which steals my attention. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Any updates on your pico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just a couple I guess. I found a hitchhiker stomatella in there a couple days ago. I'm thrilled about that!!! I have a ton in my 8 gal and they do an excellent job of keeping everything clean. He totally cleaned up any diatoms I was having. On the other hand though, I'm getting some gha starting to sprout up all over. Trying to not get frustrated with that. I knew this could be a problem using that old live rock I had. So I need to decide what I'm going to do about that. I put in a bag of chemi-pure elite last night and I'll start water changes too. I have been saving frags and I'm anxious to get them in, but when I worked on looking up fmv for them I realized the coral budget doesn't go very far! So no big changes, just regular tank cycling stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yeah i want to by some nice pieces this week but if i do then there goes my budget. I saw some GHA on a shell and i took it immediatley!!! Can't stand that stuff cuz its all over my 55. Cool beans on the snail score.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Maybe a little GFO in your fuge since phosphates don't affect your cycle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Maybe a little GFO in your fuge since phosphates don't affect your cycle ? That's what I was thinking. Doesn't the chemi-pure have some gfo in it? I thought I read that somewhere. I should find out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 chemipure elite has GFO in it. I believe the standard one does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Good point. Great minds ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 One word: Tang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 mmm delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Ma'am can I ask you a few questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 A tang is a great idea! I'll just get a baby one and move it into a bigger tank I'm going to set up in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Here is my fts for February. A couple days ago I grabbed a striped hermit from my 8 gal and dropped him in here to see if he'd eat the gha. I figured since there is absolutely no other food he might go for it. Woke up the next morning and it's almost all gone! I'm so relieved. I was thinking I'd scrap all the rock and redo a similar arrangement with dead rock. There is still a little gha left, so I'll wait until he's done and let it sit a while before adding corals to make sure it doesn't come back. Hopefully with the gfo in the chemi-pure elite and water changes, the algae will be done. I also have the refugium up and running with cheato. Hopefully that'll help too. I'm getting anxious to put something interesting in here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Looks really good. I like the way those bml lights look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Looking good Kim. Didnt know that was you at the meeting. I would have introduced myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thanks! It would've been great to talk to you. Since there was only one person there I didn't know, I know who you are now, so I'll say hi next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 lol yeah i was the Grizzly Adams there. I didn't find out till after you left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefer74 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Come on now. Throw some stuff in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 I've been waiting for the fts to be due to post updates, mostly to see if things were going to survive. Everything is looking really good so far and only the sps and one eye of rah are very recent additions. The others have been in there for almost a month and are showing growth. Maintenance has been a breeze, just a little water change about every week and top off at some point every day. I'm running the light over the hob filter at night and off during the day when the dt light is on.The stomatella and stripped hermit keep things really clean. There is a piece of gha in the back corner on the napthea that I'm leaving for the hermit to eat. Every once in a while I put in a tiny bit of food for the coral and cuc. Plus it adds some food for the cheato in the fuge. There is a tiny dendro I put in the cave. The skeleton got shattered when I fragged it so I was really concerned it would die. After about a week it started extending it's polyps out enough for me to feed it. I feed it a pellet or 2 every other day or so. It extends fully now, maybe more than when it was on the mother dendro! Okay here are the pictures...the dendro wasn't open until lights out so it's an ugly flash pic for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 That dendro picture is upside down. Weird. It's inside the cave of the rock with all the zoas on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I love how clean and open the tank feels kim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 I love how clean and open the tank feels kim! Thanks! That's why I like it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not much has changed since I added the corals. I'm seeing growth everywhere except maybe the birdsnest. It's still putting out it's polyps but has lost most of the green color. These pictures were taken tonight after the light had already been off a while, so that's why most of the corals are closed up. I had removed a small rock that was growing all sorts of algae that the hermit wouldn't eat, and that lead to a small avalanche that messed up the part where the leptoastrea was sitting. It's on the sandbed for now and when I get a chance I'll try to get it back up on the big rock pile. I'm still considering adding a small fish, but not sure what yet. That would be the last addition as I've pretty much used up my budget coral-wise It's been nice to just sit back and let it grow out! The dendro has really recovered well! It's almost always out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Everything's look great. Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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