Simon's 450

[SaracensRugby]

Thanks. I am still trying to understand the negative parts of sand "collecting detritus", I guess what are they worried about? I run a semi-triton system (no filter socks in sump) on my tank, and I do not have out of control NO3 and PO4, and I feed frozen and pellets 2-4 times a day. My PO4 is a bit high at .1ppm, but nothing crazy. Corals are happy, not as happy as yours . And I can't grow my chaeto either, not sure why when NO3 is at 2ppm. Great looking tank!

 

[NautiTang]

Another question concerning your sandbed, as it seems relevant. When your flow moves it away from patches do you fill the bare spots with larger grain sizes or do you just tend to try to avoid directing flow towards the sand (perhaps there's another solution/mixture that i didn't mention)?

 

[ca1ore]

I just periodically shovel the sand back over the bare spots. I did position a few rocks on the bottom to try to break up the flow …. and that works to a degree.

 

[ca1ore]

Feeding time ….

 

[NautiTang]

The video won't play, its says "this video is private".

 

[ca1ore]

They’ve changed the procedure to upload YT videos. Ostensibly to make it better .... just seems unnecessarily complicated to me frankly . Got too close to the tank anyhow ....

 

[Victoria M]

Worked for me.

 

[dragon99]

Those poor fish are running out of room to swim The coral has grown in nicely!

 

[ca1ore]

Worked for me.

Had one of my teen sons fix it ....they gotta be good for something ...

 

[ca1ore]

Those poor fish are running out of room to swim The coral has grown in nicely!

yeah gots to do some trimming this weekend.

 

[NautiTang]

It works now. I thank you son!

 

[jman930]

@ca1ore what is your tang stock list? I see you have at least 3 different Zebrasoma tangs. Yellow, purple, and desjardini I think? Sorry if you have listed this before I didn’t see it in the 46 pages of the thread lol

 

[ca1ore]

Four zebrasomas in the main display actually, plus a black in the frag tank. Purple, yellow, desjardini and a gem. Zebra, chevron, hippo and a couple of different Naso.

 

[jman930]

Wow I’d love to add a desjardini to my 350 but with an established yellow and purple not sure he’ll make it. How do you keep them together like this? Feed 12 times a day to prevent aggression? Lol

 

[ca1ore]

I do feed a lot ....

Always makes me laugh when novice reefers say their tangs are ‘best friends’. Not mine. But they mostly coexist. The occasional skirmish and a few tattered fins. Introducing a new one can be problematic. When I added the gem, I had to sump the purple for a few weeks otherwise I’d have had an ex-gem. If you want to add a desjardjni, just go with one that is larger than the resident purple/yellow. That is how I added mine and there was very little aggression. Even now, the purple, yellow and gem will fight a bit but the D gets left alone.

 

[NautiTang]

I've also heard that adding 3 tangs at a time will spread the aggression.

 

[dragon99]

How has the YT damsel herd manged over time? Has there been noticeable fighting or attrition?

 

[jman930]

I too am interested in this!

 

[ca1ore]

How has the YT damsel herd manged over time? Has there been noticeable fighting or attrition?

A bit of bickering but nothing excessive. I am sure there have been some lost, but it's almost impossible to count them so canto say for sure. Broadly they seem as numerous now as when added. The other chrysiptera in the tank that are less numerous are easier to count …. they're all still around. Large groups of damsels are awesome … disperses the aggression well.

 

[ca1ore]

Maybe a bit hard to see well but I thought lights out was pretty cool ...