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Posted by Gill Passman on December 14, 2006, 7:06 pm
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Marksfish wrote:
>>Thanks for posting these links - you wouldn't believe how much you have
>>cheered me up....the tank is looking fantastic and it is amazing how much
>>everthing has grown and spread....I'm trying to set up a 60L Nano Reef
>>(been up since beginning of Sept) and needless to say it is being a
>>challenge (lost my cleaner shrimps this morning after a disasterous
>>Mushroom purchase). Seeing your tank just made me focus again on what a
>>worthwhile and rewarding project mine could be.
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>>Thanks again
>>Gill
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> Thanks for the comments Gill, it is getting there slowly!! I lost my cleaner
> shrimps when first introduced, apparently they need acclimatising a bit more
> gently than the fish as they are sensitive to the salinity changes. All was
> well for the other two until I came home to find a Banggai cardinal with one
> in it's mouth!!
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> I have just purchased my first hard coral after a great deal of time
> debating about it. The first week it looked really good with great
> extension, it is looking a bit sorry for itself at the moment though. Time
> for a calcium test kit I think.
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> I have also just fragged my leather coral as it was too big for its new
> position. A lot of worthwhile information on the GARF (http://www.garf.org/ )
> website.
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> Don't give up, you'll kick yourself ;0)
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> Mark
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Even though I am down at the moment I'm sure not about to be
beaten....my cleaner shrimps had been the stars of the tank for many
weeks before their sudden deaths....so I doubt it was the tank itself
but more something nasty shot into the water - the measurable parameters
have always been fine and give no reason for concern. Corals can be evil
devils....I have my suspicions....and need to get to grips as to whether
I am making a decision based on evidence rather than emotion first....I
supect I have a dying button colony that will emit poisons harmful to
man let alone other corals or inverts....
Because of the size of the tank I'm sticking to soft corals - plus it is
difficult to give sufficient light for much else - my calcium levels
are around 550ppm so fine....in fact everything is ideal....but red
algae is a problem....and the disolving mushrooms was the last straw - I
do have another colony of mushrooms that are peaking at the moment - so
go figure that one out....
Leather corals are very cool....when I bought my first ones it split
naturally before I got it in the tank - I now have two very beautiful
leathers....and a third a recently purchased that is just fantastic as
well.....
Patience, I have learnt is the key, I have an urge to go out and buy but
I guess I need to wait for stuff to grow....bit like that with the
garden and covering every bit of soil....
It's an interesting twist after keeping freshwater and a whole new
learning cycle....not giving up......but do realise I will make mistakes
along the way....and losing a Coral colony is quite an expensive mistake
to make....
I'm just eyeing up the other tanks to see what I could convert....I know
which one would make the best but it is just such a great home to the FW
fish and I don't want to part with them I think it will be a while....
Gill
PS My Newsserver for some reason seems to have dropped the
uk.rec.aquaria.misc group so sorry if I miss anything posted there...I
can still get it on google
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> I thought I would share a few videos of my current reef set up. the first
> video shows how it looked a couple of months after set up in December 2005.
> The second shows how it has progressed in 9 months and the last is the
> difference a year makes (December 2006)
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> Mark