Newbee in Dallas

DallasJohn210 · Dec 12, 2010

Yes...a new bee. But had my first tanks in 1978....wow what a lab experiment tHat was in the 70's.

Thanks to all those for the hard work to get us here today! My corals and fish thank you.

So do my vendors...yikes my budget went out the window in a month.

210 gal reef w custom stand
Bubble king mini 200
Calcium Reactor
T5's and now AquaRay reef blues and, reef white 500/600s w multicontroller
Phosphate reactor
Axis controller
Refugium
Tunze wave box
Tunze power heads
1hp Chiller

350lbs aged live rock...bought a 7 yr old tank on ebay for the rock and coral
Lots of acans, Bowerbankie, zoas, torches and hammers.
Fish...various (love my flavo) anthias, blue jaw pair, incredible powder blue!, percale pair, black ocellaris pair, black cap, royal gramma, wrasses etc.

Looking for show chalice Mother colony!!!! Show piece!!! HELP!!!???

Problem are getting fewer...but change is still causing problems. Bought blue jaw pair...both came out, ate, died next day!!!! Jeez! Killing triggers!! Thought they were tough...my super sensitive Flavo anthias is fine?

Big problem...can't keep my calcium up!

Reactor is turned up (started it about 3 months ago)...calcium wo adding part A is 390!

Thx

John

Blackhawk Fan · Dec 12, 2010

Welcome to R2R!

clowns101 · Dec 12, 2010

Welcome!

DallasJohn210 · Dec 12, 2010

Thanks. Help me...I want an anenome fir my show tank...everyone says it will walk around tank stinging my corals.

Can't be that hard! Have a pair of percalas and black ocelaris...they want a spot.

What can u suggest please?

Thx

John

clowns101 · Dec 12, 2010

LOL,How did you know my weakness is clownfish and anemones?!?!...LOL

No problem,the idea that anemones will walk around all the time and sting things is SO NOT TRUE!Im not sure why people think anemones are stinging monsters when they really are'nt.

So,if I were you,I would get a Long Tentacal Anemone,they are sand dwelling and a totally cool anemone.I have one who is 18" on his happy days.

Now,Im not gonna say they wont move around,but if we keep our anemones happy,they will very seldome move.

And how many pais of clownfish do you have in your tank?

DallasJohn210 · Dec 12, 2010

Not a rose bubble?

Which do percales prefer?

Two pairs...percs are a bit aggressive to my black mail. Nit bad though...just first couple weeks together.

Which long tenacle? Fo

clowns101 · Dec 12, 2010

You can do a RBTA,no problem,but they split for 1,and will clone often,making it hard to remove them to just keep 1,they are known splitters and will reproduce fast,therefor causing less space for corals,and more anemones.With a LTA,you are able to keep 1 anemone that will generally not get larger than 12" in the average style aquarium,in my case,I have had mine for 3 years now,and I feed it alot,so its grown larger.

Clownfish will be hosted my any hosting anemone,remember clownfish arent the one hosting the anemone,the anemone is hosting the clownfish....

I would get rid of one of the pairs of clownfish,when they start to breed,one pair will wipe out the other,almost always happens.

There is no such thing as a diffiernt long tentcal,there is only one sp. of LTA

Here is a bigger picture of my LTA with female Tomato: