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SECTER1
06-07-2006, 03:15 PM
My first corals
Frogspawn
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g121/SECTER1/P6070009.jpg

small Hammer
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g121/SECTER1/P6070011.jpg

Pic of tank with more rock
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g121/SECTER1/P6070012.jpg
DaChrisDude
06-07-2006, 03:28 PM
Woot Woot!! Congrats and welcome...to the Dark Side! lol.
lucubrator
06-07-2006, 04:09 PM
Nice looking aquascaping.
You should really look into skimming from the surface of the tank, and/or aiming a powerhead upward. That film you see makes gas exchange difficult, and living hard for the fishies and corals.
Looks good otherwise.
SECTER1
06-07-2006, 04:18 PM
Nice looking aquascaping.
You should really look into skimming from the surface of the tank, and/or aiming a powerhead upward. That film you see makes gas exchange difficult, and living hard for the fishies and corals.
Looks good otherwise.


I don't know what you mean by skimming from the surface.
lucubrator
06-07-2006, 04:23 PM
Get a good sized butter tub, or similar reef safe container, like the 2qt (I don't really buy butter, so I'm guessing on the size), then press it down into the water so that there's just a thin layer of water flowing into the tub. When you do this, you'll pull the gunk that's accumulated on the surface into the tub, and you can flush it away. Repeat until the water's surface looks clear.
They say that you can also do this by laying a paper towel on top, and throwing it away, but I've never really seen that work.
SECTER1
06-07-2006, 04:28 PM
In the pic you can see there are two maxijets on the left side...The one on the bottom use to run flow behind my rocks but since I re did it all that gap was closed. The bigger one up top was putting to much flow in the tank (did not know until I put that frogspawn in) so I disconnected it and moved the smaller one up and put the little flap on it to point it up...looks lik eit did the job...;) Thanks!
Therapy
06-07-2006, 04:33 PM
what kind of lights do you have? Should that frogspawn be closer to surface? Just wondering cause I have my frogspawn at the top of the tank under 14K MH lights, but thats just me.
jwelch87
06-07-2006, 04:41 PM
Welcome and it was nice to have meet you and your family. Good luck
Joe
SECTER1
06-07-2006, 04:54 PM
what kind of lights do you have? Should that frogspawn be closer to surface? Just wondering cause I have my frogspawn at the top of the tank under 14K MH lights, but thats just me.

2x96 PCs...I don't know where he should be I just liked him there. He seems to like when the light comes on:)
swissfish
06-07-2006, 08:21 PM
I have my froggy under 220W PC in the middle of my 80g tank and it is doing great. I have more heads than I started with.
crstjohn
06-07-2006, 08:56 PM
I have a frogspan at the bottom of my 65g tall. Seems to be doing well under 3-96w pc's. Checkout my tank on the members tank for a pic. Good luck. BTW your frogspan looks lonely:(
SECTER1
06-07-2006, 09:11 PM
I have a frogspan at the bottom of my 65g tall. Seems to be doing well under 3-96w pc's. Checkout my tank on the members tank for a pic. Good luck. BTW your frogspan looks lonely:(

More corals or fish?....If fish, I have a shot out for clowns on the wanted adds....shipment comes in tomorrow for almost evryone so I am sure I will have clowns by fri.
lucubrator
06-07-2006, 09:18 PM
More corals or fish?....If fish, I have a shot out for clowns on the wanted adds....shipment comes in tomorrow for almost evryone so I am sure I will have clowns by fri.
It's a bit of a drive for you, but david m has captive bred clowns all the time. Maybe it's just me, but my wild caught clown seems to want a bigger tank all the time, while her CB mate is content in the tank.
MrKrispy
06-08-2006, 08:17 AM
Tank looks good! Lots of room to start filling in.
mramc3
06-08-2006, 01:00 PM
Nice aquascape. What kind of fish are you planning to keep?
SECTER1
06-08-2006, 01:19 PM
Nice aquascape. What kind of fish are you planning to keep?


Right now I have a yellow tail damsel and a lm blenny.. I am looking for a pair of clowns which means (from what I heard) the damsel might be looking for a new home. I want maybe 5 fish so if the damsel stays that I might have to make the fith one a special one;)
SECTER1
06-08-2006, 01:20 PM
Tank looks good! Lots of room to start filling in.

Thanks! I take hand outs:D