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[dazzabozza]

Hi all

Just started up another tank This time I'm going full coral and leaving the 6 footer as a predator only tank.

A big thanks to Pete (Madasa) for getting this tank to me real quick!






Dazza

[alec]

looks very nics and i thinks that is one of the cleanest marine tank i have ever seen

no mantis shrimp i hope

[Andrew]

cool. looking forward to this one:)

[madasa]

My pleasure. Looking good.

Hopefully you were happy with the condition it came in - has been well looked after.

Pete

[NicholasC]

Awesome Darryl can't wait to see it done

[dazzabozza]

No signs of a mantis shrimp yet. It'd be kinda cool if I did come across one though assuming it doesn't get the change to multiply in the display that is. There's some awesome vids on youtube where the mantis battle it out with crabs. I'd like to raise one and have that special relationship like Homer did on the Simpsons with Pinchy the lobster hehehe.

Mantis vids -




Yep is very clean atm. Give it time I'm sure I'll get an algae bloom soon :roll: The higher wattage lighting gives that bleach look too making appear bright n clean also. My predator tank with standard fluoros looks quite dull and dirty in comparision.

Yep Pete the tank and cabinet are in great condition. I'm very happy with the purchase

Might grab some more liverock tomorrow. Anyone interested in a group buy? PM asap if so.

Dazza

[alec]

i think mine has multiplied because i saw a deasd mantis in the intake of the power head :?
lol those videos are good

[hlokk]

You're just going to give your mantis a nice hot bath later arent you


What kinds of corals are you aiming to go for and are you going to add any fish?

I think I can see an elegance, blasto perhaps and I dont know what the polyps are.

though...... more LR, more LR!

[dazzabozza]

Just to make hlokk happy I got some more liverock today. Now have about 15kg in total. This will be the main filtration along with protein skimming.

Fish will come last but will stick with small clowns, shrimp etc.

Got a elegance, coral morphs, zooanthias and forget the name of the other coral lol.






Dazza

[Tucunare]

hey darryl nice tank, give your catophylia, heaps of flow mate they love it.
keep an eye on your heat and Sg these things can get out of control quikly in smaller tanks.
love the holy rocks, a few manderins would look great cruizin the in out of them

[NicholasC]

Whoa 15kg of LR 8O i need to setup my game up a bit i only have 7 in a 2.5 foot :roll:

I love the corals how much did they cost if you don't mind me asking?

[dazzabozza]

Hey Nic

Paid $30 for the elegance, roughly $40 for the zoos and $15 per morph.


Dazza

[NicholasC]

Is the elegance the one to the left with many tentacles?

Someone was telling me about a $6 coral started with C i think. I was told it could grow under basically any lighting.

[Tucunare]

hi nic id say they were talking about corilamorphs which is the one daz had that he paid $15 for, you may be able to get browns for $6 but the Reds, fluros and fluffys are around the $15 mark

[benckie]

dazzabozza its a very nice what you have done with the tank set up, ive seen the tank at pete,s place very nice, a great buy nice set up very thick glass not a cheap tank

[NicholasC]

How do they sell you corals? Dazza how did you attach them to your LR?

[hlokk]

Is the elegance the one to the left with many tentacles?

Someone was telling me about a $6 coral started with C i think. I was told it could grow under basically any lighting.

Thats the elegance. The genus for elegance corals is Cataphyllia, but theres no way they would be $6, unless it was a small frag off a fellow reefer perhaps.

You usually buy corals like you would fish, in a bag (though for long trips, wrapped in wet newspaper works arguably better).

As for attaching, you can nestle them in a spot, or attach them to a rock then nestle that. Or you can attach direct to live rock using say aqua-kneadit, or better yet (IMO), superglue gel.

[dazzabozza]

Yep as hlokk said. Also some will come on the liverock already such as the Zooanthias.

Thanks for the compliments btw

[dazzabozza]

Updated pic. Added some more coral, hermits and snails.

[Neakit]

hey howz the tank going??