Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[living_tribunal]

They will get absolutely massive. Like 3+ inches, and just bulldoze your frags. At least that’s what my LFS told me, and showed me some really impressive specimens! Said they only keep them in their larger tanks. Yours seems destined to be quite the sea monster with that kind of work ethic!

I think he will be going to the display for sure after qt in that case. These things are nuts. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire frag rack is spotless in the morning.

Maybe like 2-3 trochus and that crazy slug thing will be enough for the frag tank.

 

[living_tribunal]

I’ve got a rock right now I’m letting get taken over. I have some orange mini zoas (they had a name but who cares...they are orange) some yellow mini zoas (more common) green palys and a red mini acan. I want to put one more species on it (blue hornets would be amazing) and just let everybody duke it out for the available real estate.

incidentally, I have sooo many pictures of that rock! It’s also my Magellan memorial garden. I’m kinda sentimental, and my very first coral was a stowaway (green paly polyp) that came with my urchin, part of my first purchase when I went CUC before fish. His name was Magellan. I’ve got an entire thread on here dedicated to him, poor guy was a direct casualty of glass cleaning. I had the rock too close to the glass and was using a long handled glass scraper...he moved after I had started, and when i went back over that spot I accidentally poked him with the corner of the scraper. Tried to nurse him back to health (over a period of months, thought I had succeeded!) but eventually the spot that got poked rotted away and he died soon after...Now I have Magellan the Second hard at work! This guy is even more thorough, it’s incredible.

Beautiful tank!

 

[Magellan]

I think he will be going to the display for sure after qt in that case. These things are nuts. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire frag rack is spotless in the morning.

Maybe like 2-3 trochus and that crazy slug thing will be enough for the frag tank.

I’ve seen over and over that you should have about 1-1.5 CUC members per gallon. I added a few at the time until my tank started to stabilize. I think ideally, there is just a slight amount of algae visible. Meaning your cuc is always trying to play catch-up and almost getting there, but not starving. Also means there’s plenty of nutrients for your corals :)

 

[living_tribunal]

I’ve seen over and over that you should have about 1-1.5 CUC members per gallon. I added a few at the time until my tank started to stabilize. I think ideally, there is just a slight amount of algae visible. Meaning your cuc is always trying to play catch-up and almost getting there, but not starving. Also means there’s plenty of nutrients for your corals :)

I personally feel like 1-1.5 cuc per g is too much. I think people wayyyy overdo it. People recycle these poor things!

I kind of get attached to everything I keep and also want some algae in my tank. I feel similar to how you are with keeping a little more algae than they can handle. I probably have 1 cuc per 2 gallons and it's working well. This turbo could easily dominate 5 gallons by itself.

 

[Magellan]

I personally feel like 1-1.5 cuc per g is too much. I think people wayyyy overdo it. People recycle these poor things!

I kind of get attached to everything I keep and also want some algae in my tank. I feel similar to how you are with keeping a little more algae than they can handle. I probably have 1 cuc per 2 gallons and it's working well. This turbo could easily dominate 5 gallons by itself.

oh by no means am I advocating go out and buy 15 more snails! just that you might have room for a few more members. it seems that as long as you have visible algae you are growing enough food to support a larger cuc.

 

[Katrina71]

Andrew has a few massive snails. The others don't survive his watchman.

 

[Katrina71]

@Magellan I'm sorry for your losses :(

 

[Katrina71]

So I wake up to find you guys gaming and talking tank. :)

 

[Katrina71]

It makes me very happy to see the love and support through all of it here. Not just our tanks. I feel very fortunate to be a part of your lives in some small way.

 

[NY_Caveman]

It makes me very happy to see the love and support through all of it here. Not just our tanks. I feel very fortunate to be a part of your lives in some small way.

I am a proud Katrinarino!

#Katrinarinos

 

[Katrina71]

Coral warefare. Ugh. The dendro got it's butt kicked by a plate it got knocked off on. I think it will recover, but...

 

[living_tribunal]

Coral warefare. Ugh. The dendro got it's butt kicked by a plate it got knocked off on. I think it will recover, but...

Plates can whoop some tail like that?

I channeled my inner noob a little too hard the other day and bought a Kenya tree and Xenia, those guys are growing wayyyyyy too fast and are starting to touch everything :/. I might have to sell them.

 

[sfin52]

I was looking at a galaxia coral is just can't put something so aggressive in my tank.

 

[JoshH]

Coral warefare. Ugh. The dendro got it's butt kicked by a plate it got knocked off on. I think it will recover, but...

I was looking at a galaxia coral is just can't put something so aggressive in my tank.

Crazy to think the least dangerous looking corals in our tanks are actually some of the most destructive and aggressive...


And thanks to all the game talk lastnight I stayed up till 2am playing BF4 ;Shifty

 

[Magellan]

Plates can whoop some tail like that?

I channeled my inner noob a little too hard the other day and bought a Kenya tree and Xenia, those guys are growing wayyyyyy too fast and are starting to touch everything :/. I might have to sell them.

The Kenya leather is really manageable (I used scissors when I had it in a tighter space) but not sure about the Xenia lol

 

[sfin52]

The Kenya leather is really manageable (I used scissors when I had it in a tighter space) but not sure about the Xenia lol

I just gather up the loose limbs and toss them into another tank. Working on a keyna tree forest

 

[Magellan]

I just gather up the loose limbs and toss them into another tank. Working on a keyna tree forest

I let it frag itself a couple times (has 4 main trunks now) but it took advantage of my kindness and now the extra limbs go in the trash ;)

I think it makes a really fantastic nutrient export, it grows so fast!

 

[sfin52]

I let it frag itself a couple times (has 4 main trunks now) but it took advantage of my kindness and now the extra limbs go in the trash ;)

I think it makes a really fantastic nutrient export, it grows so fast!

Like a rose bush. It's pretty but hate dealing with it.

I'm lucky my lfs loves for me to bring in a couple a frags a week.

 

[sfin52]

My keyna trees. I have a dark and light type. One of the stalks, on the light one, is the size of a Nickel.

 

[Magellan]

My keyna trees. I have a dark and light type. One of the stalks, on the light one, is the size of a Nickel.

Kenya and GSP! Yessss :) I’ve got some on the same rock right now, they seem to be getting along so far. Do you use carbon?