Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Tank Journal

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-10-2009, 01:22 AM
Leah Leah is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Penticton B.C.
Posts: 2,142
Leah is on a distinguished road
Default

Your rockwork is amazing.... can't wait to see this all set up as well. Your sun coral is gorgeous, wow!!!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-10-2009, 02:37 PM
makana makana is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Vernon, BC
Posts: 215
makana is on a distinguished road
Default

Thanks! I really like the sun coral. It is impressive when it is all opened up. I have had some problems with algea growing on it though and damaging its skin. I don't really know how to deal with that, but it hasn't stopped the coral from forming new mouths.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-11-2009, 02:40 AM
MMAX's Avatar
MMAX MMAX is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Innisfail, Alberta
Posts: 748
MMAX is on a distinguished road
Default

How do you deal with the cleaner shrimp when feeding your sun coral? I almost had to beat mine off with a stick while I tried feeding my sun. Got to the point that I said the hell with it and sold it (the coral not the shrimps).
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-11-2009, 03:37 PM
makana makana is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Vernon, BC
Posts: 215
makana is on a distinguished road
Default

lol, yah. I usually give the cleaner shrimp a large piece of flake food to keep it busy while I feed the sun coral. Otherwise it will climb on it and pick all the food off. It's funny because the cleaner seems to know that its not allowed on the sun coral. When my hand is no longer in the tank the cleaner will sneak over towards the sun coral, but if I point then it will go back to its spot.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-12-2009, 02:27 PM
makana makana is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Vernon, BC
Posts: 215
makana is on a distinguished road
Default

Well I have moved over the rest of my livestock to the new tank. I put the K1 from the 10g into the new tank but it seems to beat the crap out of the bubble coral. I don't understand how it could have no problems in the 10g but be too powerful in a much larger tank. I have tried pointing it in all sorts of directions but can't find one that doesn't push the bubble coral right over. The stock pumps are only 260gph which roughly gives me only 10X turnover.

Any suggestions? Should I just stick to the stock pumps? 10X turnover seems a little low.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-14-2009, 03:23 PM
makana makana is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Vernon, BC
Posts: 215
makana is on a distinguished road
Default

I think maybe the rounded class is the problem. Nothing to disrupt the flow.

Should I use the K1 or just the stock pumps?
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-14-2009, 05:16 PM
Boomboy's Avatar
Boomboy Boomboy is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: edmonton
Posts: 442
Boomboy is on a distinguished road
Default

have you tried to move the coral around. i would keep the k1 as i have seen many who have one in their tanks.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:16 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.