10g nano pic intense

[sarduci]

I've had my zoanthids out of the water for up to 2 hours while I did work on my tank. 47 different varieties and none of them were any worse for the experience.

Some people ship them in nothing more than a damp paper towel. I've received them in nothing more than a zip lock bag with not more than a few drops of water.

 

[fishes2889]

I didnt know that they could spend that long of a time out. Ive always only kept them out for no longer than 5 minutes. But better safe than sorry.

Steve

 

[BlueNano22]

If you only have one polyp, will it spread?

 

[fishes2889]

yup

Steve

 

[BlueNano22]

Cuz I've been thinkin' MAYBE, that I might get one for a first coral MAYBE! Are they hard to keep?

 

[fishes2889]

So you might go into corals eh?=) Zooanthids, no, they are not hard to keep. They can be kept under PC's but can really thrive under Mh's. And they are supposed to be kept with medium water flow. Overall very easy corals to keep. And one of my favorite kinds.

Steve

 

[BlueNano22]

Yeah, but reading in the Zoanthid section about how toxic they are, that's a little freaky. I'm goin' to Marine land tomorrow (Jul.5) to see what they have. I probably won't buy any, but just get an idea of what I would like. I'm goin' to get maybe some hermits or some snails. What do Zoa's eat?

 

[fishes2889]

You dont need to feed them. I never have. just with the proper lighting and trace elements etc. they will thrive. Yea the toxins are a little scary but i use rubber gloves to protect me when im fragging them. what lighting do you have on your tank again?

Steve

 

[fishes2889]

And an update. I added 6 hermits today. So now a total of 7 snails and 11 hermits. Still i might pick up more snails. never hurts. This friday i hope to add fish or corals???? fish??? or corals??? any opinions??

Steve

 

[fishes2889]

Update:
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5.....dont know how though. it was 0 4 days ago.
calcium:450 ppm added some yesterday
Dkh:11
Ph:8.4 was 8.0 but i buffered last night.
Magnesium:1240
All seems well but i think im going to add corals before fish.
Tommorrow i will be making some purchases. Zoa's, and a LPS frag....im thinking some favites. But still i might change my mind and go with fish ...idunno.

Steve

 

[fishes2889]

Update: I bought some zoa's yesterday. They are blue in the center with oragne skirts. I will post pics later tonight. I will also get more corals today because im working at my lfs. pics later.......

Steve

 

[fishes2889]

pics but very very bad ones...........
The zoa's......
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The yellow watchman goby.............
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Again im sorry for the bad pics....
The watchman is doing really well. he is eating and he has found a cave as shown in the second pic. he comes out occassionally but, is not used to me and darts right back into his cave when i make a sudden move. As for the zoa's, they are very small and in different variety's. I have some fire and ice then i have soem clusters of green crossettes. I will update tommorrow as i will be traveling to the tampa bay fish farm at 2 am. I will be picking up livestock with my boss and buying some for me......

enjoy
Steve

 

[fishes2889]

update,

I replaced the old crappy lighting with an orbit 2x40w PC lighting system. Its awesome!! And plus i got a few more zoa's......
pics-
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Actincs on....
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FTS-
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Enjoy....

Steve:rollface:

 

[fishes2889]

bump

 

[fishes2889]

I just wanted to update and say that im on vacation right now but i have added some livestock since the last update:
-sandsifting starfish
-emerald crab(for that annoying hair algae)
-baby true perc
Corals............
-muti-colored ricordia
-and some sort of sps on the frag i got from the ric.......
Again im on vacation and will be back by tommorrow night to post some pics.

Steve

 

[The Reefer91]

any more updates? just wanted you to know that hermits won't keep the sand that clean. they will eat leftover food, but you want nassarius snails would actually clean it.

 

[SMS76]

So those screw on lighting didn't work? Any info please if you can.