Where the corn meets the sea

[vabben]

Welcome fellow Iowan here.

 

[Rhoads238]

Welcome to r2r! good luck with your new projects

 

[Woolvy034]

My wife says I should clarify my title; "Where the corn meets the sea".
Well.... the only place in Iowa where the corn will meet the sea will be in my basement! lol
Why Iowa? Well, I've lived in CA, ID, UT, AZ, TX & FL. I loved them all for their own reasons. Love, love love the Northern rockies. And loved Naples FL! I guess when I met the people here...holy crap the people are WAY to nice here. I mean its crazy, people you don't know just say "hi, how are you today". Chivalry isn't dead here either...guys will still hold a door open for a lady (don't mean to offend anybody but I think thats courteous).
I guess you could say it's the people, just good people. But man there is alot of corn!

 

[Woolvy034]

Welcome fellow Iowan here.

Vabben, where at? I'm in the QC's.

 

[BaysEndReef]

 

[vabben]

Vabben, where at? I'm in the QC's.

Iowa City area. You're lucky some nice stores over that way. I usually venture over to Aquatic Environments when I feel like checking out coral.

 

[Woolvy034]

Yeah we have a couple Coral Haven was really close to my house in Bettendorf but they closed during the shutdown...there is one across the river in Illinois I'm going to look at.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Welcome brother! This place will help you out with literally any tank problems you have!
1. I would suggest you go with a sandbed if you want corals, plus it just ads an extra asthetic to the tank.
2. What kind of fish are you thinking of keeping? Ever thought of a predator tank maybe?

 

[Dark_Knightt]

My wife says I should clarify my title; "Where the corn meets the sea".
Well.... the only place in Iowa where the corn will meet the sea will be in my basement! lol
Why Iowa? Well, I've lived in CA, ID, UT, AZ, TX & FL. I loved them all for their own reasons. Love, love love the Northern rockies. And loved Naples FL! I guess when I met the people here...holy crap the people are WAY to nice here. I mean its crazy, people you don't know just say "hi, how are you today". Chivalry isn't dead here either...guys will still hold a door open for a lady (don't mean to offend anybody but I think thats courteous).
I guess you could say it's the people, just good people. But man there is alot of corn!

If your looking for courteous and chivalrie, how bout comin up to Canada eh?

 

[Woolvy034]

If your looking for courteous and chivalrie, how bout comin up to Canada eh?

I dated a girl from Calgary while in college... I've fished the boundary waters...maybe snuck into Canada a few miles while on those trips. It is a beautiful country!

 

[Woolvy034]

Welcome brother! This place will help you out with literally any tank problems you have!
1. I would suggest you go with a sandbed if you want corals, plus it just ads an extra asthetic to the tank.
2. What kind of fish are you thinking of keeping? Ever thought of a predator tank maybe?

Tell me more about the predator tank....haven't looked into that at all. I was primarily going for the typical reef setup for fish, mostly utilitarian as I'm going ULM.

 

[sp1187]

welcome to the show.

 

[G Santana]

Welcome aboard

 

[Ippyroy]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Welcome! And then there is Southern Hospitality except so many folks have moved here the natives have become the exception!

 

[Woolvy034]

Welcome! And then there is Southern Hospitality except so many folks have moved here the natives have become the exception

 

[Woolvy034]

lol

 

[Leah Ryan]

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Tell me more about the predator tank....haven't looked into that at all. I was primarily going for the typical reef setup for fish, mostly utilitarian as I'm going ULM.

Well a predator tank would be full of more predatorial fish, more aggressive fish: lionfish, eels, most puffers, triggers, and if you had a bigger tank you could put a shark in. You can still add corals, just some more aggressive fish like puffers will nip at corals.
I personally dont have one but id like to upgrade my 20g into maybe a 50g so I can make a small predator tank: dwarf lionfish, snowflake eel, i just gotta find a way for them not to eat my two clowns. (I think if I got a small ones my clowns would be fully grown, 3-4 inches before the eel and lion reaches fullsize.) Ive also thought of spotted or valentini puffer, eel, two clowns with a big nem to protect them.

 

[Woolvy034]

Well a predator tank would be full of more predatorial fish, more aggressive fish: lionfish, eels, most puffers, triggers, and if you had a bigger tank you could put a shark in. You can still add corals, just some more aggressive fish like puffers will nip at corals.
I personally dont have one but id like to upgrade my 20g into maybe a 50g so I can make a small predator tank: dwarf lionfish, snowflake eel, i just gotta find a way for them not to eat my two clowns. (I think if I got a small ones my clowns would be fully grown, 3-4 inches before the eel and lion reaches fullsize.) Ive also thought of spotted or valentini puffer, eel, two clowns with a big nem to protect them.

Interesting, I assume you would have to do some high volume feeding to keep their aggression down? Don't know if I'd be up for that. Also, would the different species require different diets?