stlouisguy
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thought I would add a few pics tank was looking pretty good tonight
just got this one blue is awesome
just got this one blue is awesome
450 Cube tank build thread. Here I go!
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mrchriscarlton
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hubba hubba hubba.... that is looking truly amazing. love the top down shots. The cap is just unreal! Fan-blooming-tastic!!
stlouisguy
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well, when you plan a frag tank its not good to forget that someone needs to clean it !! About a month after the tank was set up, I started getting hair algae. Within 3 days the rich warm water had hair algae covering EVERYTHING. Question was how do I clean it out and keep it gone without disturbing all the frags I had in there.
Thanks to someone in my reefclub who put some mollies in their pond this summer, they came up with the idea that since mollies love to eat algae, that they would be perfect in the frag tank.
So he caught about 50 out of the pond and I acclimated them to saltwater. That was 5 days ago. Today there is only a small bit of algae left in the tank!! they are like machines on the stuff, and best part they are having babies that are then going to my main tank as a food supply. Working out great.
Picked up a few new corals today also. My first table and a tri color acro that is 9" across!!
Here is a cool pic where it looks like the cap is almost grown around the acro, but the acro is living above the cap
More later.
Thanks to someone in my reefclub who put some mollies in their pond this summer, they came up with the idea that since mollies love to eat algae, that they would be perfect in the frag tank.
So he caught about 50 out of the pond and I acclimated them to saltwater. That was 5 days ago. Today there is only a small bit of algae left in the tank!! they are like machines on the stuff, and best part they are having babies that are then going to my main tank as a food supply. Working out great.
Picked up a few new corals today also. My first table and a tri color acro that is 9" across!!
Here is a cool pic where it looks like the cap is almost grown around the acro, but the acro is living above the cap
More later.
NewSchool04
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I take it a molly is a freshwater fish, right? You acclimated them into being salt water fish? I didn't know you could do that.
stlouisguy
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Mollies are brackish water fish usually, and are mostly found in the freshwater systems. If you drip acclimate them for about 4-6 hours slowly increasing the salinity of the water, their system adapts. Since they are not atrue reef fish though, they dont know the dangers of anemones, crabs, etc so in a reef system they disapprear pretty quick.
Many people keep them in their sump or fuge to breed and add food to the tank through the fry. They are a nice safe fish that doesnt hurt the system in anyway
Many people keep them in their sump or fuge to breed and add food to the tank through the fry. They are a nice safe fish that doesnt hurt the system in anyway
stlouisguy
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Mollies are brackish water fish usually, and are mostly found in the freshwater systems. If you drip acclimate them for about 4-6 hours slowly increasing the salinity of the water, their system adapts. Since they are not atrue reef fish though, they dont know the dangers of anemones, crabs, etc so in a reef system they disapprear pretty quick.
Many people keep them in their sump or fuge to breed and add food to the tank through the fry. They are a nice safe fish that doesnt hurt the system in anyway
Many people keep them in their sump or fuge to breed and add food to the tank through the fry. They are a nice safe fish that doesnt hurt the system in anyway
reef / aholic
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10747689#post10747689 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stlouisguy
My two favorite pic's so far!!!!!!!
juststartingout
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Polywise, don't hold your breath on the update.....
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=11176499#post11176499
It's a shame, but I quess rules are rules.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=11176499#post11176499
It's a shame, but I quess rules are rules.
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