Salt'n'Lime's 29 Gallon Project

Amyjoe · Post by **Amyjoe** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 5:54 pm

Okay I can't find an emoticon with its fingers in its ears and toung sticking out so.... Just take a mental picture of me doing this..... Okay got the mental picture ..... Going to kick my darling hubbies butt now since my 29 looks like

compared to yours...... I need more corals............

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:45 pm

thanks.....

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:09 pm

some new pics

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:16 pm

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:29 pm

Looks Great! Just an awesome, well thought-out setup... I gotta get mine organized one of these days.

Question.. below the frogspawn in rightclose.jpg, is that aiptasia?

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:45 pm

yes... I have four polyps of it in the tank... looking for a shrimp or crab that will eat it. I've been told that some peppermint shrimp will eat them, but that they sometimes pick on corals too......

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:48 pm

Inject the Aptasia with Kalkwasser. Great looking tank man, truly nice.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:51 pm

Made me go ahead and get rid of my aiptasia in my nano:
I always went for the brute-force methods myself

http://www.mbrk.com/viewtopic.php?t=320

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 6:23 pm

What is that SPS in the last picture just below the water outlet? Do you know what the other SPS are? Looking good.

Scott

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:24 pm

Scott wrote:What is that SPS in the last picture just below the water outlet? Do you know what the other SPS are? Looking good.

Scott

I believe it was called a tri-color staghorn encrusting acropora.... I really have no idea... It is orange/brown with green covering most of it and purple on the tips. I hope it does well !

the other corals I think are

I'm not sure about the other sps other than they are acros... I have one monti that I got from you that came close to buying the farm ( frogspawn grabbed it up). It is doing well and has recovered mst of the burnt areas back with new growth.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:35 pm

You can't hardly kill a Montipora. I hope they do well too. I will need a frag. Did you get those in Pensacola? What kind of prices do they have on frags or small colonies? Did you get any close up pictures to compare any color changes? What kind of lights were they under in the store? Did you acclimate them to your lighting? Are polyps out on any of them?

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:52 pm

Scott wrote:You can't hardly kill a Montipora.

I don't know, I almost did.

I hope they do well too. I will need a frag.

Of course I'll give you a frag.

Did you get those in Pensacola? What kind of prices do they have on frags or small colonies?

Yeah, got them at Reefer's Aquatics. Small frags were $10-$15 bucks. That colony near the corner was $25 or $30 I think. Got a few tiny ones free!

Did you get any close up pictures to compare any color changes?

Yup

What kind of lights were they under in the store? Did you acclimate them to your lighting?

They were under halide and VHo. Yes, I am aclimating the VHO ones to the halide. They are lower in the tank and my lights are on 3 hours less a day.

Are polyps out on any of them?

Yes... on all but 2... The power went off and I had to wait 15 mins to get the halide back on. Everything had closed, but we were ready to leave so I went ahead and snapped some shots. I'm hoping they do well!

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:34 pm

your tank is looking good man, keep it up

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:53 pm

comverting the 29 to a frag tank...kinda a sad day

but think of the frags I will have one day

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:54 pm

Oh, that sucks, that was a kickass tank.

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