just got a new led light for my 6x2x2 and keen to try some corals or anemone. my tank has a lot of rock and is fairly heavily stocked with fish and inverts. just after any suggestions of what to try first. below is list of fish and inverts i know of.
2 x lionfish
1 x koran angelfish
1 x lunar wrasse
1 x dragon wrasse
1 x fox face
5 x stripeys
1 x tomato clown
1 x catfish
1 x pencil urchin
? x turbo snails
? x crabs
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Easy Corals And Anemone?
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, Jul 17 2012 09:17 PM
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lawdog
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 05:56 PM
My setup is smaller by far at only 275 litres, but I am having great success with hammer and plate corals as well as brains.
I currently have:
BiColor Angel
Emporer Angel (Soon destined for the 7 footer)
a pair of Tomato Clowns
3 Green Chromis (Was more however they vanish never to be seen again)
Powder blue Tang
Shrimp and snails.
It will depend on the type of lighting and the intensity it produces, my nano has a 120w basic LED, the bigger runs 6x 24w t5's (10 Hours per day)
Good luck
I currently have:
BiColor Angel
Emporer Angel (Soon destined for the 7 footer)
a pair of Tomato Clowns
3 Green Chromis (Was more however they vanish never to be seen again)
Powder blue Tang
Shrimp and snails.
It will depend on the type of lighting and the intensity it produces, my nano has a 120w basic LED, the bigger runs 6x 24w t5's (10 Hours per day)
Good luck
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Neakit
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Location: Ascot
Posted 18 July 2012 - 06:50 PM
That tank seems fairly heavily stocked, With any angel in the tank it will be a fruitless exercise putting coral into that tank. How ever if you do try start off with corillamorphs (spelling?) and your lighting and in tank flow will limit what you can put in there.
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Posted 19 July 2012 - 09:31 PM
thanks guys was wondering bout the angel and also if i had to many fish. was wondering if a bubble tip might be a better start. it would also give my tomato clown a nice home. my light is a 4ft 32pc 1.2M 100W LED aquarium light
32 LED lights - 16 white, 16 blue
Switch between blue and white light
Power(W)
100W
Led quantity
32PCS/3W
Input voltage(V)
AC 85-265V ±10%
Size
1200*136*36mm
Frequency(HZ)
50-60
Shine angle（℃）
60°±5
Luminous energy(LM)
3650-3900
life（H）
≥50000 h
Working environment temperature（℃）
-20°～40°
Wavelength/colour temperature
450-455nm
12000-15000K
Shell material
Aluminum
Shell color
black/silver sandblasting
chip: USA Briglux and Taiwan Epistar
32 LED lights - 16 white, 16 blue
Switch between blue and white light
Power(W)
100W
Led quantity
32PCS/3W
Input voltage(V)
AC 85-265V ±10%
Size
1200*136*36mm
Frequency(HZ)
50-60
Shine angle（℃）
60°±5
Luminous energy(LM)
3650-3900
life（H）
≥50000 h
Working environment temperature（℃）
-20°～40°
Wavelength/colour temperature
450-455nm
12000-15000K
Shell material
Aluminum
Shell color
black/silver sandblasting
chip: USA Briglux and Taiwan Epistar
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Neakit
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Location: Ascot
Posted 21 July 2012 - 12:23 AM
Ok the leds are of decent construction, however it may be lacking in concentration for the more light hungry corals. The bubble tip will meet the same end as coral with the angel, My advice is either get rid of the angel or stay away from coral. They just dont co-exist even dwarf angels are touch and go, with munching corals.
Anemones are not very easy to keep, they require decent light and even then if the water flow is right they will walk all over the tank trying to find a suitable place. During this walk they usually end up in power heads which will cut them up and crash your tank. The clown fish doesnt need an anemone to live happily, they will host a whole variety of objects (even power heads).
Are you running a protein skimmer? if so what make and model.
Anemones are not very easy to keep, they require decent light and even then if the water flow is right they will walk all over the tank trying to find a suitable place. During this walk they usually end up in power heads which will cut them up and crash your tank. The clown fish doesnt need an anemone to live happily, they will host a whole variety of objects (even power heads).
Are you running a protein skimmer? if so what make and model.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 08:42 PM
i am running a protien skimmer but not sure of make or model as i have had it for quit a few years now. it is an internal type hanging on inside of tank and run by a 2000lph power head. seems to work well and i have had no problems with it.
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Riggers
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Location: Kingsley
Posted 03 August 2012 - 02:27 PM
Go for some Xenia, it looks cool and I've found that most fish tend to leave it alone. It doesn't require huge amounts of light and grows like a weed!! As far as anemones go there's no easy ones to keep, theyre a pain because they tend to move around a lot, often getting sucked into power heads and the like. At the moment I'm keeping a range of corals that are nice and easy to keep including Xenia, morphs, torches, hammers, rics and brains. Placement is something to think about as well because some corals will sting each other if there too close to each other 
good luck with it
good luck with it
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Posted 03 August 2012 - 08:29 PM
decided to give a bubble tip a go, I have always wanted one for my clown fish so I thought bugger it. I got one that was on a nice piece of rock and its been in the tank three days now and all looks good. it hasn't walked and the fish aren't bothering it including the angel. unfortunately my clown doesn't seem to interested either.
wasn't sure about getting xenia or morphs because of my koran angel?
wasn't sure about getting xenia or morphs because of my koran angel?
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 09:17 PM
just a quick update. my bubble tip still doing well and hasn't moved. but best of all my tomato clown has moved in. looks pretty happy with his new digs
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