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12/14/2007, 04:15 PM
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Sea Squirts
Rhopalaea Crassa Sea Squirt I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this sea squirt. I would like to add it to my reef tank. Do you think the fish will leave it alone? Or, would it depend on what fish I have? Is it fairly easy to keep? Thanks,
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12/14/2007, 04:26 PM
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Most tunicates fare poorly in reef tanks and end up slowly starving over a period of months.
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12/14/2007, 04:30 PM
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12/14/2007, 04:35 PM
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12/14/2007, 07:13 PM
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Thanks for your reply. Too bad, they are really cool. I have five or six soft and hard corals, anemone, 1 tang, 1 angel, two clownfish, two cleaner shrimp and two mandrels and I would like to add a sun coral in the shady area on my reef. My tank has only been up and running for about a month. Should I wait awhile or would a sun coral be too difficult for a beginner. Thanks,
Daphne
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12/14/2007, 07:39 PM
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A month is still very early.Did you buy live sand and live rock too establish the tank.What are your levels at along with lighting,flow etc.
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12/15/2007, 12:27 AM
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Yes, I have live rock and and live sand. It is a 60 gallon tank with two white fluorescent and two blues. A protein skimmer, rena filter and two
turbo pumps. The Ammonia is 0, the PH could be higher. I had a very experienced reef guy who gave me a lot of his expertise. Daphne
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12/15/2007, 01:14 AM
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ooops mispost sorry
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12/15/2007, 02:04 AM
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How long has the tank been running?
What are your Nitrate and Phosphate levels? You can bring your ph up, simply by pointing your powerheads up towards the surface so there is agitation. How many gallons per hour are your powerheads? How much lighting do you have in watts? How tall is the tank? What else is in there?
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12/15/2007, 06:20 AM
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A person in Cleveland is having some success with them and dendronephyas, A combination of phyto and bactiria culturing
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12/15/2007, 07:26 AM
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In doing some research on the idea of an all natural tank9no skimmer) I came across the attached articles concerning sea grass's.Somewhere in one of the articles is the mention of great success in keeping squirts and sponge's,although the article did not mention why.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/sl/index.php http://www.reefland.com/rho/0305/main3.php http://live-plants.com/ |
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12/15/2007, 08:45 AM
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I have a couple of inches sized (the big siphon) sea squirt, tan-colored, 1.5 yrs already.
It came with sun coral, located between two colonies. When sun coral is fed twice a week, it closes, then opens again. Was covered by green and red cyano, hair algae, looks highly unpresentable, but alive and grows. I had it for 4 months with twice a week feeding only, but it is better now, in the tank, that is fed trice a day, in addition to the previous feedings. |
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