Here is the start to my Reef
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That's good the best thing is to take everything nice and slow make sure and have a quarantine tank at the ready trust me it gives you added protection
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Ya the bio cube will probably turn into the quarantine tank once the other is setup. Its so hard to have a bunch of systems going though.
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Yup right now I have two I'm maintaining and it's easy once you keep on top of it
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Nice little reef in the making you have there! We can see the coraline algae blooming which is a very good sign.
I haven´t kept reef tanks for more than 5 years (after 21 years with reefs I needed a break, so now I only have FW) but from what I still remember I would give you a couple of hints:
- I have kept several mandarins and it is very complicated to keep them in the long run in a small tank. They need to eat tons of copepods to thrive and for that you need lots of stable (old) live rock. Around 10-15kgs (22-35 pounds more a less) per fish. Wihout constantly eating copepods, they become weeker and weeker and eventually die in a few months. Furthermore with the 2 "stenopus" shrimps (sorry but I dont´t know the English name) competing withthe mandarin... the odds are not good;
- another difficult combo is the tomato clown (very hardy and aggressive for its size) with the young "premnas" clowns (again... don´t know the English names). Once they´re older and bigger they´re very hardy also, but when young.. .it´s not the case.
Just my 2 cents. Enjoy your reef
I haven´t kept reef tanks for more than 5 years (after 21 years with reefs I needed a break, so now I only have FW) but from what I still remember I would give you a couple of hints:
- I have kept several mandarins and it is very complicated to keep them in the long run in a small tank. They need to eat tons of copepods to thrive and for that you need lots of stable (old) live rock. Around 10-15kgs (22-35 pounds more a less) per fish. Wihout constantly eating copepods, they become weeker and weeker and eventually die in a few months. Furthermore with the 2 "stenopus" shrimps (sorry but I dont´t know the English name) competing withthe mandarin... the odds are not good;
- another difficult combo is the tomato clown (very hardy and aggressive for its size) with the young "premnas" clowns (again... don´t know the English names). Once they´re older and bigger they´re very hardy also, but when young.. .it´s not the case.
Just my 2 cents. Enjoy your reef
Well I tried to stay away from an anemone for all of about... not to long. Its stayed more or less where I put it and I hope it will stay for a good while. I really enjoy the clown fish in it. Now I need another for my other pair of clowns as the tomato has taken over.
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Cool anemone. I have been wanting one for my clowns but I am not sure I have enough lighting for them to stay healthy. Do you feed them?
