In another 30-45 minutes I'm going to put them in. I've already figured out where they will go, kept in mind their flow needs and temperament too. No pictures until tomorrow, I have guests over.
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Also the hammer coral closed up during transport and looks so small compared to before. Hopefully it will open back up in a couple days, its kind of embarrassing with just these 2 tiny frags.
Its been 2 hours since I put them in now. But at first I had the drip way too slow so I'm not counting 30 minutes.
You should start out at 1 drip per second. With better pics we can tell you what the xenia is. Your hammer will open as long as your water parameters are okay, just remember to keep the lights off for a while to let them destress a little.
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You should start out at 1 drip per second. With better pics we can tell you what the xenia is. Your hammer will open as long as your water parameters are okay, just remember to keep the lights off for a while to let them destress a little.
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1 drip per second?
Everywhere i have read online and even my 'how to: maintaining a reef tank' book both say 2-3 drips per second. Right now im at 2dps.
1 drip per second?
Everywhere i have read online and even my 'how to: maintaining a reef tank' book both say 2-3 drips per second. Right now im at 2dps.
Start at 1per second and slowly raise the drips over a half hour to a slow stream. There is really no need to drip acclimate for longer than 30 minutes unless you are acclimating hard corals or very sensitive inverts. Xenia is a very very hardy coral and a hammer coral is hardy too.
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There in the tank. Also thought I'd mention i bought some phytofeast to feed the coral. Next thing im getting a fire scallop and a peppermint shrimp. I found aptasia in my tank. EEK! Its just 1 tiny tiny head though. But the peppermint shrimp just in case.
There in the tank. Also thought I'd mention i bought some phytofeast to feed the coral. Next thing im getting a fire scallop and a peppermint shrimp. I found aptasia in my tank. EEK! Its just 1 tiny tiny head though. But the peppermint shrimp just in case.
Remember where there is one aptasia there is generally more. I would just take care of it myself before it has time to spread. Flame scallops are a little more hard to take care of and they prefer a mature reef aquarium. Make sure your nitrates are under control because they do not tolerate them. They also need to be target fed. I feed mine marine snow with a medicine dropper upstream.
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What color hammer you get? I couldn't really see in the pic.
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What color hammer you get? I couldn't really see in the pic.
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Green.
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