10 gallon reef for my daughter.

[that novice guy]

Yea if that's fine with you i would love the little feller id he dosent get him
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[calvo15290]

Inbox me


Andrew calvo

 

[jmann124]

You want me to inbox you?

 

[jmann124]

Got 5 gallons of fresh SW mixing and then I'll add 5 gallons from my tank and I got about 8lbs of LR. I gotta get about 7 or 8 more lbs of rock. One of the rocks, I think has a micro brittle star hiding in it. I bought the LR from calvo and let her pick out her first coral. She picked out an orange bam bam zoa. We put it in my 75g tank to hold until hers is ready. We only saw one polyp on it but this morning it has opened up and there is another small polyp. I don't think you can see the small one in the pick but here it's is.

 

[calvo15290]

Just wait a bit you'll get alot more that came up a out a week after I fraged it


Andrew calvo

 

[justgotwet]

You might want to check out a barnical benny , i think that would go well with a 10g tank.

 

[jmann124]

Thanks. I'll let her check one out.

 

[jmann124]

Got water mixed 8lbs of rocks in and about an inch of sand in the bottom. I have an HOB filter on right now with some sponge in to help clear out the cloudiness of the sand. We cleaned the sand but its still very cloudy.

She came running into the living room to tell me that tree was something red on a rock that disappeared when she walked in. I went to investigate and she has a small tube worm. She was excited about it.

 

[calvo15290]

Haha I remember whin I had Apsaga idk how to spell it but I was soo exited till I told someone at the critter and they handed me apasagia x and I was oh lol


Andrew calvo

 

[jmann124]

It's not aptasia.

 

[calvo15290]

I know but that was my first salt water excitement and I thank I have u that rock with a nice sized one did I?


Andrew calvo

 

[calvo15290]

No I didn't take any out my 10 gallon nvm


Andrew calvo

 

[jmann124]

I haven't seen any aptasia. The only thing I've seen is that red tube worm.

 

[calvo15290]

Those rocks have been Aptasa free for a long time just check everything before you do what I do is I dip my coral before I put it in the tank I don't want any pests


Andrew calvo

 

[jmann124]

Yeah I dip mine in a peroxide mixture.

 

[jmann124]

So the water has cleared up and the 175gph Powerhead is running.

I noticed that there are 2 corals on the side of one of the rocks. Someone please help me identify. They are right next to each other in the picture.

 

[calvo15290]

Kenyatree coral that big one I showed u buds alot


Andrew calvo

 

[jmann124]

Here's another pic with it opened up.

 

[calvo15290]

That is definitely a Kenya tree coral


Andrew calvo

 

[jmann124]

Here's a full tank shot. She did her first water test tonight.
Temp 76
Ammo .5ppm
Trite 0ppm
SG 1.024

I didn't have her check trates tonight. I will if the trites go up or in a few days. She still needs 5lbs or so of LR.