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11/12/2007, 08:42 PM
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So easy to do and the results are stellar. You know if the Great dgasmd is using one, it works well.
 And I should have written, "different length pipes can be used..."
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11/13/2007, 07:38 AM
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Nice Reef blower. That would surefly provide a lot of flow to hit the corals with and at the same time not act like a water jet and blow the tissue away.
I have been using a maxijet, hand held.. but I like the idea of having a 45 degree elbow on it with a pipe extension, to allow access to underneath the corals. The reason that I like the maxijet (unmodified) is that I can easily stop the flow, by putting my hand on the intake. This comes in handy when I need to b;ast the corals that are closer to the bottom and control the sand that could get created. sanjay. |
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11/13/2007, 06:04 PM
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Hello Sanjay,
Congratulations on the success of your tank. Your hard work has certainly paid off. Besides the calcium reactor, are you supplementing anything else? Also, what and how often do you feed your tank? |
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11/14/2007, 09:01 AM
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I do not supplement with any thing else, unless its a boost to increase alk, Ca, or Mg.
I feed the fish with an assortment of food... spectrum pellets, hikari mysis, and pacifica mysis - twice a day usually. Once after I get back from work, and once more late in the night. sanjay. |
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11/14/2007, 10:22 AM
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Going through the picture it seemed like last week you had these mini little frags and now they are fantastic corals. But I guess it was a little longer than a week, but still the most growth I have ever seen in 1 year.
Okay You have good balanced lighting, And loads of water flow. But what else is your secret to success. How are you feeding your corals? What are you adding to keep the calcium and Kh up to proper levels? Are you using other additives? Iodine? Strontium? etc.? Great job now how do I get my little 120 looking like that? Dennis
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11/14/2007, 09:51 PM
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I have to say that even I was surprised with the growth especially when I compared it to this picture from Jan 07.  I don't know what else is there as far as secrets go. I keep things stable, attach the corals and don't move them around, use a reactor for Ca and Alk, and use Randy's 2 part to give it a boost of Ca, Mg, and Alk when needed. No other additives. I feed the fish a wide varietty of food, spectrum pellets, pacifica mysis, hikari mysis, cyclopeeze. Nothing in particular for the corals, they trap whatever they can. So really I don't have any secrets to share. If I did I could bottle them and sell them... may be I just have a "coral thumb".  sanjay. |
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11/15/2007, 10:52 AM
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That could be part of it for me as I'm just adding TurboCa now on a weekly bases. Alkilinity is still holding for me without any addition. Was planning on a Kalk reactor in the long run but now chem levels do not seem to merit it yet. Probably whjen my corals get bigger they will start depleting the system faster. Now as far as the different brands of mysis is this on purpose? or simply which is on sale at the time? Now for an off topic question for the expert in the field. Which do you prefer as far as hermiot crabs the blue leg or scarlets. And how many roughly for a 120 gallon tank (2' X 4' X 2") Thanks Dennis
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11/15/2007, 02:43 PM
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Very nice growth Sanjay....I believe you do indeed have a blue thumb!
FWIW I lived with AEFW's for about a year managing with a powerhead and a Christmas wrasse (Halichoeres sp.). The tank did ok. Here is a picture of the tank after several months of management. It did pretty well but what I noticed over time was that the flatworms had their favorite corals and those in particular suffered quite a bit even with frequent dips and blowing off the worms every couple of weeks. I also noticed overall Ill health creeping in on several colonies with a general dull color and poor polyp extension.....even without obvious signs of infestation. My poor results could have been due to my schedule with Vet school and the fact I was only able to blow off corals every 2 or 3 weeks and not every week. I ended up treating out of tank mainly because I wanted to be able to trade and sell frags again but also because of the gradual decline in my corals health. Unfortunately I ended losing almost all of my Acros. Another thing that has popped up is the possibility of using Camel Shrimp for an out of tank or in sump treatment to reduce the worm burden.......also mentioned in this thread. Just thought I would relate my experience. Good luck with them. They really are a nightmare. Chris
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11/15/2007, 05:55 PM
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11/15/2007, 06:02 PM
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ROTFLMFAO!! That was too damn funny. I had no idea Sanjay had such a big lamp!
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11/22/2007, 01:18 AM
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You need to have another one of those bulbs photoshopped over your head.
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11/25/2007, 09:00 AM
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Nice pictures/corals and an inspirational aquascape!
Do you supplement the Giesseman Coral 400 W with some other lighting? Leonardo
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11/25/2007, 09:35 AM
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Hey Sanjay,
Corals look great, so on your next visit to NY besides your normal cache of goodies from: http://www.creamery.psu.edu/ me thinks a few frags are in order as well, especially the first acro pic (echinata?). We don't have that good an ice cream here, but I can certainly send you home with some frags. See you in Germany in 4 days. Hope you're going to include your "Got Par" pic in your presentation...
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.. here sare some pics that I took while between football games and work.
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